Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 8th April, 2021

By Shruti Kapoor|Updated : April 8th, 2021

Vocabulary plays a very important role in enhancing your communication skills, be it written or spoken. As you glance through the newspaper every day, you come across a number of new words. Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist from BYJU'S Exam Prep is a daily vocabulary exercise that will help enhance your vocabulary skills.

Vocabulary plays a very important role in enhancing your communication skills, be it written or spoken. As you glance through the newspaper every day, you come across a number of new words. Your reading exercise is impeded if you do not understand the meaning of a word, or its meaning in a given context. Such challenges could be overcome by inculcating a sound habit of reading. The habit lets you encounter something new every day in the form of words, the meaning of which you were unaware of.

In keeping with the idea of learning and scoring better in English, we bring to you our series, ‘Shape up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’. A daily dose of this article acquaints you with commonly (and not so commonly) used English words. The series tries to feature every such word, with its meaning, contextual usage, pronunciation, synonym, antonym, proper use in sentences, etc., that could save you from sitting with a dictionary while reading. Ultimately, it facilitates smooth reading and better intake of the newspaper article.

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.

Fits and starts: On India-Pakistan dialogue process

Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Détente (दो देशों के संबंध सुधारना)

  • Pronunciation: dey-tahnt/डैटान्ट
  • Part of Speech: Noun
  • Meaning: 
    a. an improvement in the relationship between two countries that in the past were not friendly and did not trust each other
  • Synonyms: accord, agreement, alliance
  • Antonyms: abhorrence, abomination, animosity
  • Usage in a sentence: The talks are aimed at furthering détente between the two countries.

2. Phrase:  Slam the brake (रोकना)

  • Pronunciation: slam-d-brek/स्लैम द ब्रेक 
  • Meaning:
    a. to press down hard on the brakes to make something stop suddenly
  • Synonyms: stop, end, terminate
  • Antonyms: continue, perpetuate
  • Usage in a sentence: If they don't agree on promotion, the stadium's financial backers may slam on the brakes.

 3Word: Bonhomie (मिलनसारिता)

  • Pronunciation: bon-uh-mee/बानमी
  • Part of Speech: Noun 
  • Meaning
    a. friendliness and happiness
  • Synonyms: affability, amiability, geniality
  • Antonyms: animosity, enmity, hostility
  • Usage in a sentence: The group leader wanted to facilitate bonhomie among the new members.

4. Word: Revoke (रद्द करना, वापस लेना)

  • Pronunciation: ri-vohk/रीवोक
  • Part of Speech
  • Meaning:
    a. to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal
    b. to bring or summon back
  • Synonyms: rescind, cancel, repeal
  • Antonyms: collaborate, approve, authorize
  • Usage in a sentence: The authorities have revoked their original decision to allow development of this rural area.

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5. Word: Nascent (उत्पन्न)

  • Pronunciation: nas-uhnt/नैसन्ट
  • Part of Speech: Adjective
  • Meaning:
    a. beginning to exist or develop
  • Synonyms: incipient, budding, emerging
  • Antonyms: moribund, dying, ending
  • Usage in a sentence: Online dating has gone from a nascent idea to an established concept that helps millions of people find love.

6. Word: Salutary (लाभदायक)

  • Pronunciation: sal-yuh-ter-ee/सैल्यटेरी
  • Part of Speech: Adjective
  • Meaning:
    a. favourable to or promoting health; healthful
    b. promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose; wholesome
  • Synonyms: beneficial, healthy, advantageous
  • Antonyms: damaging, noxious, harmful
  • Usage in a sentence: The vitamins have had a salutary influence on John by giving him more energy.

7. Word: Ceasefire (युद्धस्थग्न)

  • Pronunciation: sees-fahyuh r/सीसफाइर
  • Part of Speech: Noun
  • Meaning:
    a. an agreement, usually between two armies, to stop fighting in order to allow discussions about peace
    b. a cessation of hostilities; truce
    c. (Military) an order issued for a cease-fire
  • Synonyms: peace, truce, end of hostilities, shoot, fire
  • Antonyms: war, rage, violence
  • Usage in a sentence: Neither party ever broke the ceasefire.

8. Word: Rapprochement (घनिष्ठता)

  • Pronunciation: rap-rohsh-mahn/रैप्रोश्मान
  • Part of Speech: Noun
  • Meaning: (especially in international affairs) an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations.
  • Synonyms: reconciliation, harmony
  • Antonyms: disagreement, wrangle
  • Use in a Sentence: There are signs of a rapprochement between the two countries.

9. Word: Swing (परिवर्तन, उतार-चढ़ाव)

  • Pronunciation: swing/स्विंग
  • Part of Speech: Noun, Verb 
  • Meaning:
    a. the act, manner, or progression of swinging; movement in alternate directions or in a particular direction (Noun)
    b. the amount or extent of such movement (Noun)
    c. to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above (Verb)
    d. to cause to move in alternate directions or in either direction around a fixed point, on an axis, or on a line of support, as a door on hinges (Verb)
  • Synonyms: sway, wave, oscillate
  • Antonyms: unswirl, continue, remain
  • Usage in a sentence: His mood swings between elation and despair.

10. Word: Back-channel  (माध्यम)

  • Pronunciation: bak -chan-l/बैक चैनल
  • Part of Speech: Noun
  • Meaning:
    a. using a different or unofficial method of communication
  • Usage in a sentence: There have been reports about informal back-channel peace talks between the two governments.

'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!

 

  • Back-channel
  • Slam the brake
  • Bonhomie
  • Revoke
  • Nascent

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

SR No.WordSynonym
1
Ceasefire
 advantageous
2 Salutary truce
3 Rapprochements Oscillate
4 Détente reconciliation
5 Swing alliance

Share your answers in the comment section. 

More from us:

For practice, attempt the quiz based on this daily wordlist from the link below to enhance your exam preparation: Vocabulary Quiz, Click here to attempt!

You can also check the wordlist articles for the previous days from the link below: Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist

That was your Vocabulary dose for the day. 

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