Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 24th October 2018

In 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’, followed by important words from the same, to help you strengthen your vocabulary.

Happy Reading!

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Challenging Words from the Article

1. Word: Overarching (अति महत्वपूर्ण)

Pronunciation: oh-ver-ahr-ching/ओवरार्चिंग
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:

a. comprehensive or all-embracing.

Synonyms: very important, urgent, essential, all-important, top of mind
Antonyms: insignificant, unimportant, trivial, frivolous
Use in Sentence: The Supreme Court said that there has to be 'overarching' guidelines to guard personal information in public domain.

2. Word: At Loggerheads (असहमत)

Pronunciation: law-ger-hed/लॉगर्हेड
Part of Speech: Phrase of loggerhead
Meaning: in violent dispute or disagreement.
Synonyms: clashing, quarreling
Antonyms: agreements, understanding
Use in a Sentence: The Prime Minister is at loggerheads with the chairman over public spending.

3. Word: Dissent (एतराज़ करना)

Pronunciation: dih-sent/डिसेन्ट
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Meaning:

a. the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held. [Noun]

b. hold or express opinions that are at variance with those commonly or officially held.

Synonyms: conflict, disagree
Antonyms: ascent, approve
Use in a Sentence: There were murmurs of both assent and dissent from the crowd.

4. Word: Stance (अवस्थिति)

Pronunciation: stans/स्टैन्स
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning:

a. the way in which someone stands, especially when deliberately adopted (as in cricket, golf, and other sports); a person's posture.

Synonyms: standpoint, attitude, bearing
Antonyms: unsteadiness, inaction
Use in a Sentence: The man maintains a rigidly right-wing political stance.

5. Word: Purview (नियम का लेख)

Pronunciation: pur-vyoo/पर्व्यू
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: the scope of the influence or concerns of something.
Synonyms: range, reach
Antonyms: constriction, domain
Use in a Sentence: These are questions that lie outside the purview of our inquiry.

6. Word: Legitimate (न्याय्य करना)

Pronunciation: li-jit-uh-mit/लिजिटमेट
Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
Meaning:
a. conforming to the law or to rules. [Adjective]
b. able to be defended with logic or justification; valid. [Adjective]
c. make lawful or justify.[Verb]
Synonyms: legal, valid
Antonyms: illegal, invalid
Use in a Sentence: It seemed a perfectly legitimate question.

7. Word: Essence (निष्कर्ष)

Pronunciation: es-uhns/एसन्स
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning:

a. the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character.

b. an extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter and used for flavouring or scent.

Synonyms: quintessence, soul, spirit, extract, concentrate
Antonyms: detail, nonexistence, trivia
Use in Sentence: The essence of language is human activity.

8. Word: Oversee (निरीक्षण करना)

Pronunciation: oh-ver-see/ओवर्सी
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: supervise (a person or their work), especially in an official capacity.
Synonyms: manage, administer
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Use in a Sentence: We must hire someone to oversee the project.

9. Word: Synergy (सहक्रियता)

Pronunciation: sin-er-jeeसिनर्जी
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning:

a. the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.

Synonyms: cooperation, teamwork, union
Antonyms: inactivity, inconsistency, antipathy
Use in Sentence: Teamwork at its best results in a synergy that can be very productive.

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!