Today’s article, 'Unpredictable weather, unreliable insurance, unbelievable profit to companies' has been picked from 'The Hindu '
This article talks about Farmers across India who suffered heavy losses , damage happened to states , when the monsoon turned out to be a non-starter and inspects the crop-insurance schemes available for the farmers.
To read it fully, you can go through the article from the given link below:
Unpredictable weather, unreliable insurance, unbelievable profit to companies
Challenging Words in the Article -
1) Sparse (Adjective) (विरल ): es-par-se
Meaning - thinly dispersed or scattered, in short supply.
Synonyms -thin, inadequate
Antonyms - plentiful , abundant,copious
Example - With only a sparse amount of hair, the man decided to completely shave his head.
2)Perishable (Adjective) (नष्ट होनेवाला): peri-se-bal
Meaning - (especially of food) likely to decay or go bad quickly.
Synonyms - temporary, mortal, spoilable
Antonyms - durable, imperishable, everlasting
Example - It's important to store perishable food in a cool place.
3) Precipitation (Noun) (तेज़ी, अत्यन्त शीघ्रता से , बारिश, बर्फ): pre-c-si-pa-shun
Meaning - cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely.
Synonyms - drizzle, rain, sudden
Antonyms- dry, desert
Example -There is a water shortage in this part of the state this summer due to our unusually low precipitation this year.
4)Affliction (Verb) (यातना) - aff-lik-shun
Meaning - a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony
Synonyms- annoy, bother
Antonyms - delight, help
Example -Although some people claim that she is lucky because she can’t gain weight, she considers it an affliction.
5)Impoverished (Noun)(दरिद्र) - impover-ish-ed
Meaning - very poor
Synonyms - depletion, privation
Antonyms - advantage, comfort
Example -The impoverished girl knew she did not have enough money to attend college.
6)Litigation (Noun) (मुकदमेबाज़ी) - liti-gay-shun
Meaning -the process of taking legal action
Synonyms -action, case
Example - Our firm has a reputation of providing high-quality legal services in cases where the litigation is very complex.
7)Asymmetry (Noun) (विषमता) - a-sim-etry
Meaning -lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something, lack of symmetry
Synonyms - imbalance, inequality
Example -There was an asymmetry between the right and left ears.
8)Emulation (Noun) (अनुकरण) - emu-la-shun
Meaning: to copy something achieved by someone else and try to do it as well as they have
Synonyms - simulation, copying
Example -The company has such a great human resource department that they are truly worthy of emulation.
9)Intrinsic (Adjective) (स्वाभाविक) - in-trin-sick
Meaning -: being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a person or thing
Synonyms - inherent, connate
Antonyms - acquired, learned
Example -Most mothers have this intrinsic need to protect their children at all costs.
10)Sagacity (Noun) (बुद्धिमत्ता) - sage-city
Meaning -having or showing understanding and the ability to make good judgments
Synonyms -insight, experience
Antonyms - ignorance, mistake
Example -His lack of sagacity has led to the closing of his business.
Word of the Day
Guffaw (Verb) - ठहाका लगाना
- Meaning - to laugh loudly, especially at something stupid that someone has said or done
- Synonyms - belly laugh, cackle, laugh, giggle, laugh loudly
- Antonyms - cry, groan, sob, moan
- Example (English) - Every time you guffaw at the antics of the cast of Bareilly Ki Barfi, you are reminded that there is so much humour in our daily routine.
- Example (Hindi) - हर बार जब आप बरेली की बर्फी के कलाकारों की हरकतों पर ठहाका लगाते हैं, तो आपको याद दिलाया जाता है कि हमारे दैनिक दिनचर्या में भी बहुत अधिक हास्य है।
Now it's time to check your vocabulary. We have given below some words from the same article. Try to make sentences with these words in the comment section which will be reviewed by us.
- Capability
- Rescue
- Advisory
- Deficit
Test yourself by attempting the Wordlist quiz from the link given below :
Quiz on Daily Wordlist based on article
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