Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 12th December, 2018

In the English language, Vocabulary plays an important role. To increase your command over it, reading skills need to be enhanced. To improve your reading skills, just read the newspaper on daily basis and understand the meaning of different words. This will help you to understand the context of the sentences very easily.

Our series, ‘Shape up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’ aims to help you understand the different aspects of the commonly used words, ranging from their meaning, pronunciation, synonym, antonym, proper use in sentences, etc.

So, here is an important editorial for you from ‘The Hindu Businessline’, followed by important words from the same, to help you strengthen your vocabulary.

Happy Reading!

Death in the air: on tackling air pollution

Challenging Words from the Article

1. Word: Accrue (उत्पन्न होना)

Pronunciation: uh-kroo/अक्रू
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning:
a. (of a benefit or sum of money) be received by someone in regular or increasing amounts over time.

b. accumulate or receive (payments or benefits) over time.

Synonyms: result, arise, follow, ensue, emanate, gather, amass
Antonyms: diminution, decrease, disappear, eradicate
Use in a Sentence: Interest will accrue until payment is made.

2. Word: Scourge (कष्ट देना)

Pronunciation: skurj/स्कर्ज
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Meaning:

a. a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering. [Noun]

b. whip (someone) as a punishment/cause great suffering to. [Verb]

Synonyms: curse, bane, affliction
Antonyms: advantage, benefit
Use in a Sentence: The old man is scourged by a guilty conscience.

3. Word: Notoriously (कुख्यात रूप से)

Pronunciation: noh-tawr-ee-uh s-lee/नोटोरीअस्ली
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning:

a. used to emphasize that a quality or fact, typically a bad one, is well known.

Synonyms: terribly, prominently
Antonyms: generously, worthily
Use in a Sentence: The television world was a notoriously fickle one.

4. Word: Chronic (दीर्घकालीन)

Pronunciation: kron-ik/क्रानिक
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:
a. (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.

b. of a very poor quality.

Synonyms: persistent, long-standing, long-term, lasting
Antonyms: curable, temporary, delicate, docile
Use in a Sentence: Iron deficiency anaemia is commonly caused by chronic blood loss

5. Word: Apathy (उदासीनता)

Pronunciation: ap-uh-thee/ऐपथी
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning:
a. lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Synonyms: indifference, unconcern, unresponsiveness, detachment,
Antonyms: interest, sympathy, passion
Use in a Sentence: The campaign failed because of public apathy.

6. Word: Morbid (दूषित)

Pronunciation: /मॉर्बिड
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:
a. of the nature of or indicative of disease.

b. characterized by an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

Synonyms: unhealthy, gruesome, diseased, horrible
Antonyms: healthy, cheerful, wholesome
Use in a Sentence: His head was full of morbid thoughts.

7. Word: Ambient (परिवेशी, व्यापक)

Pronunciation: am-bi-yent/ऐम्बीअन्ट
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:
a. relating to the immediate surroundings of something.

Synonyms: environment, atmosphere, climate
Antonyms: distant, stationary
Use in a Sentence: When the baby heard the ambient sound of the waterfall, she quickly fell asleep.

8. Word: Unbridled (निरंकुश)

Pronunciation: un-brahyd-ld/अन्ब्राइडल्ड
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:
a. not restrained

Synonyms: uncontrolled, crazy
Antonyms: unconstrained
Use in a Sentence: Unbridled ambition led the man to success since there was no one to hold him back from his dreams.

9. Word: Affluent (भरापूरा)

Pronunciation: ऐफ्लूअन्ट/af-loo-uh nt
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:
a. (especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy.

Synonyms: wealthy, rich, prosperous, opulent, well off, moneyed
Antonyms: indigent, poor, needy
Use in a Sentence: Affluent people tend to look upon illiteracy with comfortable detachment.

10. Word: Defy (विरोध करना)

Pronunciation: dih-fahy/डिफाइ
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning:
a. openly resist or refuse to obey.

b. appear to be challenging (someone) to do or prove something.

Synonyms: disobey, disregard, challenge, ignore
Antonyms: obey, comply, surrender
Use in a Sentence: They believe it is essential to defy convention.

Practice Time

Based on the above article, we have some practice questions for you. Try to answer these questions in the comments section & our team will review them at the earliest!

Exercise 1:

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!