Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 31st 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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Important Words from the article

1. Word: Buoyant (प्रसन्नचित्त, बहता हुआ)

Pronunciation: boi-uhnt/बॉइअन्ट
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:

a. able or tending to keep afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas.

b. cheerful and optimistic.

Synonyms: happy, light-hearted, floatable, lively
Antonyms: sad, heavy, downcast
Use in Sentence: The team was in a buoyant mood after winning our match.

2. Word: Decimate (समाप्त करना)

Pronunciation: des-uh-meyt/डेसमेट
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
Synonyms: abolish, devastate, eradicate
Antonyms: accept, enact, introduce
Use in a Sentence: The population was decimated by the harmful disease.

3. Word: Proactive (अग्रसक्रिय)

Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:

a. (of a person or action) creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened.

Pronunciation: proh-ak-tiv/प्रोऐक्टिव
Synonyms: vigorous, energetic
Antonyms: passive, sluggish
Use in a Sentence: We need to be proactive and confront challenges in our career.

4. Word: Scuttle (बिगाड़ना/तीव्र गति)

Pronunciation: skuht-l/स्कटल
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Meaning:

a. run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps. [Verb]

b. deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail. [Verb]

c. a metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire. [Noun]

Synonyms: hasten, wreck
Antonyms: decelerate, resume
Use in a Sentence: The incident threatens to scuttle the peace process.

5. Word: Offset (कमी पूरी होना या करना)

Pronunciation: awf-set/ऑफ्सेट
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Meaning:
a. a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of an opposite one. [Noun]
b. the amount or distance by which something is out of line. [Noun]
c. counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect. [Verb]
Synonyms: counterbalance, compensate, neutralize
Antonyms: ending, extension
Use in a Sentence: The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity.

6. Word: Splurge (आडम्बर)

Pronunciation: splurj/स्प्लर्ज
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Meaning:

a. an act of spending money freely or extravagantly. [Noun]

b. spend (money) freely or extravagantly. [Verb]

Synonyms: spend, dissipate
Antonyms: amass, economize
Use in a Sentence: They decided to splurge on a trip in Switzerland next year.

7. Word: Chase Down (पीछे लगना)

Pronunciation: cheys doun/चैस डाउन
Part of Speech: Idiom
Meaning:

a. To search for and find someone or something.

b. To track down and seize someone or something.

Synonyms: drive out, hunt down
Antonyms: abandon, avoid
Use in Sentence: Investigators are now trying to chase down all possible clues.

8. Word: Leeway (गुंजाइश)

Pronunciation: lee-wey/ लीवै
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: the amount of freedom to move or act that is available.
Synonyms: space, range, extent
Antonyms: adjust, embargo, hallway
Use in a Sentence: I have got a lot of leeways to make up things.

9. Word: Sorely (कष्टपूर्वक)

Pronunciation: sawr-lee/सोर्ली
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning: to a very high degree or level of intensity.
Synonyms: bitterly, painfully
Antonyms: calmly, happily
Use in a Sentence: The demands of the job have tried him sorely.

10. Word: Burgeon (बढ़ना)

Pronunciation: bur-juh n]/बर्जन
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
Synonyms: develop, expand
Antonyms: diminish, dwindle
Use in a Sentence: Seeds begin to burgeon at the initiation of spring.

11. Word: Pin (one's) hopes on (someone or something) (उम्मीद)

Part of Speech: Idiom
Meaning:

a. To have expectations that are tied to the success, performance, etc., of a particular person or thing.

Synonyms: hope, trust
Antonyms: lose heart
Use in Sentence: The man had pinned his hopes on this year's promotion.

12. Word: Shore up (मजबूत करना)

Pronunciation: shohr uhp
Part of Speech: Idiom
Meaning:

a. To give someone or something robust support in the face of difficulty or to prevent potential failure

Synonyms: support, brace, reinforce
Antonyms: abstain, cancel, cease
Use in Sentence: They had to shore up the damaged wall.

Practice Time

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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!