Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 14th Sept 2021

Reading is one of the best ways to boost your vocabulary. As you read a piece of writing, you come across new words which you might not have come across before. So, we must always try to inculcate a habit of reading.

Keeping this vision in mind, we bring to you the series, ‘Shape up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’. The articles in this series fulfil your daily intake of English words. The series tries to feature words from an article, with their meanings, contextual usage, pronunciation, synonyms, antonyms, proper use in sentences, etc. Given below is an important editorial from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’. Read it, understand the context and go through the meanings of words to boost up your learning.

Happy Reading!

Foreclosure: On Test cricket, IPL and BCCI

Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Lucrative (लाभदायक)

• Pronunciation: loo-kruh-tiv/ लूक्रटिव
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: producing a great deal of profit.
• Synonyms: profitable, remunerative, gainful, fruitful, advantageous
• Antonyms: unprofitable, baneful, damaging
• Usage in a sentence: The business has proved to be highly lucrative.

2. Word:  Initiate (संस्कार करना)

• Pronunciation: ih-nish-ee-eyt/ इनिशीऐट
• Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
• Meaning: a. cause (a process or action) to begin. [Verb]
  b. a person who has been initiated into an organization or activity. [Noun]
• Synonyms: start, begin, commence
• Antonyms: finish, jeff, terminate
• Usage in a Sentence: The ability to initiate and operate independently.

 3. Word: Contestation (प्रतिवाद)

• Pronunciation: kon-te-stey-shuhn/कान्टेस्टेशन
• Part of Speech: 
• Meaning:
  a. the act of contesting; controversy; dispute
  b. an assertion contended for
• Synonyms: argument, controversy, disputation
• Antonyms: acquiesce, peace, harmony
• Usage in a sentence: There is still considerable contestation over various mining projects.

4. Word: Amend (ठीक करना)

• Pronunciation: uh-mend/ अमेन्ड
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: make minor changes to (a text, piece of legislation, etc.) in order to make it fairer or more accurate, or to reflect changing circumstances.
• Synonyms: change, modify, alter
• Antonyms: worsen, degrade
• Usage in a sentence: A two-thirds majority is needed to amend the club's constitution.

5. Word: Precipitate (मारना,प्रचण्ड,जल्द)

• Pronunciation: pri-sip-i-teyt/प्रिसिपिटैट
• Part of speech: Verb, Noun, Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly (Verb)
  b. to throw someone or something from a height with great force (Verb)
  c. to separate, or cause a substance to separate from a liquid as a solid (Verb)
  d. a solid substance that is produced from a liquid during a chemical process (Noun)
  e. If an action is precipitate, it is done sooner or faster than expected and without enough thought or preparation (Adjective)
• Synonyms: hasty, rash, sudden, abrupt
• Antonyms: slow, deliberate
• Usage in a sentence: An invasion would certainly precipitate a political crisis.

6. Phrase: Cluster (समूह)

• Pronunciation: kluhs-ter/क्लस्टर
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:
  a group of things or persons close together (Noun)
  a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch (Noun)
  to gather into a cluster or clusters (Verb)
  to furnish or cover with clusters (Verb)
• Synonyms: group, bunch, crowd, band, aggregate
• Antonyms: disperse, individual, scatter, one
• Usage in a sentence: Have a look at the cluster of galaxies in this photograph!

7. Word: Breach (उल्लंघन)

• Pronunciation: breech/ब्रीच
• Part of Speech: Noun/Verb
• Meaning:  

         a. an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct. [Noun]

         b. make a gap in and breakthrough (a wall, barrier, or defence). [Verb]

• Synonyms: break, violation, separation
• Antonyms: comply, fulfill
• Use in a Sentence: We do not have any breach of discipline.

8. Word: Talismanic (जादुई)

• Meaning - anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions
• Synonyms: magical, sorcerous, extraordinary, unusual, wonderful
• Antonyms-: natural
• Usage in a sentence-  The talismanic Virat Kohli's Team India became the first to win an ODI series in SA.

9. Word: Foray (आक्रमण करना)

• Pronunciation: fawr-ey/ फॉरै
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid.
• Synonyms: despoil, charge, attack
• Antonyms: idleness, relax
• Usage in a Sentence: After an unsuccessful foray into diplomacies, Sham went back to his law practice.

10. Word: Disparage (डिस्पैरिज)

• Pronunciation: dih-spar-ij/ डिस्पैरिज
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: regard or represent as being of little worth.
• Synonyms: belittle, depreciate, denigrate, defame
• Antonyms: flatter, praise, commend
• Usage in a Sentence: Don't disparage her attempts to become an actor.

'Writer's Corner'

Based on the description of the words, we have some practice questions for you. Answer these questions in the comments section. Our team will review them at the earliest!

Exercise 1. Make your own Sentences.

Here are some of the words from the above article. Try to frame sentences from them in your own words and share them with us in the comments section!

• Breach
• Lucrative
• Talismanic
• Foray
• Disparage

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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That was your Vocabulary dose for the day. 

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