Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 30th October 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.

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GK Question:

1. Who is the current Minister of State (independent charge) for Communications?

Important Words from the article

1. Word: Hitherto (अब तक)

Pronunciation: hith -er-too/हिदर्टू
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning: until now or until the point in time under discussion.
Synonyms: yet, so far, till date
Antonyms: currently, instantly, recently
Use in a Sentence: All attempts to make hydrogen enters into stable chemical union have hitherto proved unsuccessful.

2. Word: Augur (पूर्वसूचना देना)

Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: portend a good or bad outcome.
Pronunciation: aw-ger/ऑगर
Synonyms: predict, forecast, anticipate
Antonyms: approachable, promising, unpredictable
Use in a Sentence: The quality of my colleague's work augurs well for the appraisals next month.

3. Word: Offload (ज़िम्मे करना)

Part of Speech: Verb
Pronunciation: awf-lohd/आफ्लोड
Meaning:
a. rid oneself of (something) by selling or passing it on to someone else.
b. relieve oneself of (a problem or worry) by talking to someone else.
Synonyms: disburden, discard
Antonyms: load, burden
Sentence: It's nice to have someone you can offload your problems onto.

4. Word: Interoperable (अंतःप्रचालनीय)

Pronunciation: in-ter-op-er-uh-buh l/
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:

a. (of computer systems or software) able to exchange and make use of information.

Synonyms: practical, realistic, feasible
Antonyms: visionary, idealistic
Use in Sentence: Our aim is to design and execute a reliable and interoperable web application.

5. Word: Seamlessly (निर्बाध)

Pronunciation: सीमलेसली/seem-lis-ly
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning:

a. smoothly and continuously, with no apparent gaps or spaces between one part and the next.

Synonyms: perfectly, coherently
Antonyms: defectively, faultily
Use in Sentence: The man has moved seamlessly from theory to practice.

6. Word: Hop (फुदकना)

Pronunciation: hop/हाप
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning:

a. pass quickly from one place to another.

Synonyms: jump, bounce
Antonyms: steady, still
Use in Sentence: It's a short hop from London to Paris.

7. Word: Shy Away (संकोच करना)

Pronunciation: shahyuh-wey/शाइ अवै
Part of Speech: Phrasal Verb
Meaning:

a. to avoid someone, or to be unwilling to do something

Synonyms: back away, drawback, vacillate
Antonyms: pertain to, belong to, refer to
Use in Sentence: They frequently shy away from making decisions.

8. Word: Move the needle (ध्यान देने योग्य अंतर)

Pronunciation: मूव दी नीडल
Part of Speech: Idiom
Meaning:

a. To change a situation to a noticeable degree.

Synonyms: considerably, significantly
Antonyms: inconsiderably, marginally
Use in Sentence: Management canceled the marketing campaign when it failed to move the needle in sales.

9. Word: Roll out (प्रदर्शित करना)

Pronunciation: rohl-out/रोल आउट
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning:

a. the introduction or inauguration of a new product or service, as by an advertising campaign, public announcement, or exhibition:

Synonyms: arise, present, exhibit
Antonyms: fall down
Use in Sentence: The company expects to roll out the new software in November.

10. Word: Scale up (बढ़ाना)

Pronunciation: स्केल उप/skeyl uhp
Part of Speech: Phrasal Verb
Meaning:

a. to make something larger in size, amount etc than it used to be

Synonyms: enlarge, expand, aggrandize
Antonyms: abbreviate, minimize, compress
Use in Sentence: Production at the factory is being scaled up.

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!