Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 22 November, 2019

Nowadays the English section of Banking exams is full of surprises. In most of the topics, Vocabulary plays an important role and a good hold over it will help you score good marks. Also, Vocabulary helps in understanding the context of sentences while improving communication skills like speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Nobody can cram all the meanings of the words in one go. To help you out in this, we are providing you with the series, ‘Shape up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’ which solely aims to enhance your vocabulary. The series will present the words used in newspaper editorials with the appropriate meanings, synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation, usage in the sentences, etc.

Today's article is from "The Hindu" newspaper. Understand the gist of the article using the meaning of the words given below and practice questions at the end of this article. 

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Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Bizarre (विचित्र)

• Pronunciation: bih-zahr/ बिज़ार 
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: very strange or unusual
• Synonyms: strange, unusual, weird, funny
• Antonyms: normal, common, average, usual
• Usage in a Sentence: I just heard the most bizarre story.

2. Word: Apparent (स्पष्ट)

• Pronunciation: uh-par-uhnt/ अपेरन्ट
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: clearly visible or understood; obvious.
• Synonyms: obvious, evident, clear
• Antonyms: unclear, mysterious
• Usage in a sentence: It soon became apparent that the company was losing money.

3. Word: Humongous (विशालकाय)

• Pronunciation: hyoo-muhng-guh s/ ह्यूमॉंगगस
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: huge; enormous.
• Synonyms: gigantic, immense, gargantuan
• Antonyms: small, little
• Usage in a sentence: The cars beside the feet of this humongous tyrannosaurus look like small beetles.

4. Word: Envisage (विचार करना)

• Pronunciation: en-viz-ij/एन्विज़िज
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
  
• Synonyms: imagine, visualize, conceive
• Antonyms: unforeseen, withdrawn, unseen
• Use in Sentence: I can envisage difficulties if you continue with this policy.

5. Word: Persecution (उत्पीड़न)

• Pronunciation: pur-si-kyoo-shuh n/ पर्सक्यूशन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs; oppression.
  b. persistent annoyance or harassment.
• Synonyms: abuse, oppression, torment, harassment, cruelty
• Antonyms: protection, stimulation, charity, benevolence
• Usage in a Sentence: The marginalization and persecution of the Roma and Sinti did not end with the war’s conclusion.

6. Word: Demit (इस्तीफा देना)

• Pronunciation: dih-mit/ डिमिट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: resign from (an office or position).
• Synonyms: resign, quit, abdicate, renounce, relinquish
• Antonyms: enlist, enter, renew
• Usage in a Sentence: He is due to demit the office the next week.

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7. Word: Defiance (अनादर)

• Pronunciation: dih-fahy-uh ns/ डिफाइअन्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: open resistance; bold disobedience.
• Synonyms: challenge, rebellion, opposition, contempt, resistance
• Antonyms: obedience, respect, acquiescence, compliance, acceptance
• Usage in a Sentence: Any defiance of the authoritarian regime would have dire consequences.

8. Word: Tortuous (जटिल)

• Pronunciation: tawr-choo-uhs/ टॉर्चवस
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. full of twists and turns.
  b. excessively lengthy and complex.
• Synonyms: winding, sinuous, convoluted, serpentine, twisted, devious
• Antonyms: direct, straight, straightforward, uncomplicated
• Usage in a Sentence: We took a tortuous mountain road marked by numerous hairpin turns.

9. Word: Deportation (निर्वासन)

• Pronunciation: dee-pawr-tey-shuh n/ डीपोर्टेशन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the action of deporting a foreigner from a country.
• Synonyms: expulsion, removal, eviction, ejection, exile
• Antonyms: recruitment, approval, acceptance, absorption, admission
• Usage in a Sentence: The deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492 is a landmark event in the history of the world.

10. Word: Enshrine (प्रतिष्ठापित करना)

• Pronunciation: en-shrahyn/ एन्श्राइन
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. place (a revered or precious object) in an appropriate receptacle.
  b. preserve (a right, tradition, or idea) in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected.
• Synonyms: sanctify, consecrate, exalt
• Antonyms: defile, desecrate, disrespect, debase, degrade
• Usage in a Sentence: Some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar.

11. Word: Expel (निष्कासित करना)

• Pronunciation: ik-spel/ इक्स्पेल
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization.
• Synonyms: eject, banish, discharge, dismiss
• Antonyms: absorb, welcome, admit, permit
• Usage in a Sentence: The government is trying to expel all foreign journalists.

12. Word: Lurk (छिपे रह कर इंतज़ार करना)

• Pronunciation: lurk/ लर्क
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something.
  b. (of an unpleasant quality) be present in a latent or barely discernible state, although still presenting a threat.
• Synonyms: sneak, prowl, creep, loiter
• Antonyms: exposed, reveal, come out, visible
• Usage in a Sentence: She could tell there was someone out there lurking in the shadows.

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'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!

• Defiance
• Enshrine
• Bizarre
• Expel
• Lurk
• Tortuous

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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