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We are here with your Daily dose of Challenging Wordlist. To improve your reading skill we have added a new feature i.e breaking of the words to have a correct pronunciation. Also, Consider the given newspaper article as a Comprehension for your exams and do answer the questions at the end.
Today’s article, 'Revamping the Indian Foreign Service’ has been picked from IDSA.
This article talks about the country's most prestigious service i.e Indian Foreign Service. It also talks about the recent recuritment issues with quality issues which has been arised as the low-ranked candidates are now able to enter the service.
To read more, you can go through the article from the link below -
Revamping the Indian Foreign Service
Challenging Words in the Article -
1) Prestigious (प्रतिष्ठित) - Press-tijj-ous
Meaning - inspiring respect and admiration; having high status - Adjective
Synonyms - respected, esteemed
Antonyms - common, ordinary
Example - The prestigious doctor had a long waiting list of patients.
2) Diplomat (राजनयिक) - Dip-lo-mat
Meaning - an official representing a country abroad - Noun
Synonyms - envoy, agent
Example - Tom wanted to become a diplomat.
3) Gruelling (थकाऊ) - Grew-ling
Meaning - extremely tiring and demanding - Adjective
Synonyms - exhausting, taxing
Example - In between work and school, the medical student managed a very grueling schedule.
4) Deter (रोक रखना) - Di-ter
Meaning - discourage (someone) from doing something by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences - Verb
Synonyms - avert, hinder
Antonyms - advance, aid
Example - Her father taught her that she should never let anything deter her in her goal to get at least a bachelor’s degree.
5) Deterioration (क्षय) - Deter-reo-ration
Meaning - the process of becoming progressively worse - Noun
Synonyms - decline, decay
Antonyms - increase, ascent
Example - This leads to deterioration of agriculture and lessens the production.
6) Lateral (पार्श्व) - Latt-eral
Meaning - a side part of something, especially a shoot or branch growing out from the side of a stem - Noun
of, at, towards, or from the side or sides -Adjective
Synonyms - side, flank
Antonyms - centered, central
Example - Instead of jumping up and down, I placed a pile of books under both ends of a pole and jumped in a lateral direction.
7) Pertain (संबंधित) - Per-tain
Meaning - be appropriate, related, or applicable to - Verb
Synonyms - concern, relate
Antonyms - disconnect, divide
Example - There are many areas that pertain to our well being.
Word of the Day
- Facinorous (सुगमतापूर्ण) - Fas-ci-no-rous
- Meaning - extremely wicked - Adjective
- Example (English) - "I will speak no ill of my opponent in this election campaign. All of us recognize and accept his truly facinorous nature."
- Example (Hindi) - "मैं चुनाव अभियान में अपने प्रतिद्वन्द्वी के विरुद्ध कोई भी बुरी बात नहीं कहूंगा। हम सभी उसकी वास्तविक दुराचारी स्वभाव को जानते और स्वीकार करते हैं।"
Now considering the article above as a Reading Comprehension question, try to answer the following -
- Who is a diplomat and what does he represent?
- What are the two concerns discussed in the article? How it can be sorted?
Given below are some words to check your vocabulary you can make sentences with those words in the comment section which will be reviewed by us.
- Conscious
- Equipped
- Execute
- Revamp
Take the Quiz below to find out how versed you are in your vocab.
Quiz on Daily Wordlist
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