Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 6 April, 2019

To enhance your command over English vocabulary, you must learn new words regularly. Now, the question arises, how you can strengthen your vocabulary skills. For this, it is necessary that you improve your reading habit by going through newspapers on a daily basis and look up the new words. This exercise will also help you understand the context of the sentences.
Our series, ‘Shape up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’ comes in very handy to boost this exercise. It helps you grasp the commonly used words with their meanings, pronunciation, synonym, antonym, proper use in sentences, etc.
Given below is an important editorial from the newspaper ‘The Hindu BusinessLine’. Read it, understand the context and go through the meanings of words given below to scale-up your knowledge.

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Important Words from the Article!

1. Word: Galvanise (प्रेरित करना)

• Pronunciation: gal-vuh-nahyz/ गैल्वनाइज़
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: shock or excite (someone) into taking action.
• Synonyms: stimulate, excite, energize, encourage
• Antonyms: discourage, deter, dissuade
• Usage in a sentence: He decided to talk loudly and galvanise the team into action.

1. Word: Poised (संतुलित)

• Pronunciation: poizd/ पॉइज़्ड
• Part of Speech: Verb, Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. be or cause to be balanced or suspended. [Verb]
  b. having a composed and self-assured manner. [Adjective]
• Synonyms: confident, balanced, tranquil
• Antonyms: unbalanced, insecure, discomposed
• Usage in a sentence: He walked along with a water jug poised on his head.

1. Word: Dexterity (कौशल)

• Pronunciation: dek-ster-i-tee/ डेक्स्टेरिटी
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: skill in performing tasks, especially with hands.
• Synonyms: skill, adroitness, ability
• Antonyms: clumsiness, inability, incapacity
• Usage in a sentence: His manual dexterity and fine spatial skills were wasted on routine tasks.

1. Word: Testimony (कथन)

• Pronunciation: tes-tuh-moh-nee/ टेस्टमोनी
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.
• Synonyms: evidence, proof, statement
• Antonyms: denial, refutation, disproof
• Usage in a sentence: His testimony was an important element of the prosecution case.

1. Word: Articulate (स्पष्ट)

• Pronunciation: ahr-tik-yuh-leyt/ आर्टिक्यलैट
• Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently. [Adjective]
  b. pronounce (something) clearly and distinctly. [Verb]
• Synonyms: enunciate, eloquent, fluent
• Antonyms: mute, silent, disconnect
• Usage in a sentence: The teachers help the children to be more articulate about their strengths and weaknesses.

1. Word: Doctrinal (सैद्धांतिक)

• Pronunciation: dok-trahyn-l/ डाक्ट्रनल
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: concerned with a doctrine or doctrines
• Synonyms: orthodox, traditional, didactic
• Antonyms: liberal, untraditional, progressive
• Usage in a sentence: Fundamentalists were obsessed with doctrinal.

1. Word: Deterrence (निवारण)

• Pronunciation: dih-tur-uh ns/ डिटरन्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
• Synonyms: obstruction, prevention, dissuasion
• Antonyms: incentive, support, encouragement
• Usage in a sentence: My father's deterrence shaded into acceptance.

1. Word: Incapacitate (अशक्त बना देना)

• Pronunciation: in-kuh-pas-i-teyt/ इन्कपैसिटेट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: prevent from functioning in a normal way.
• Synonyms: disable, paralyze, cripple
• Antonyms: enable, allow, empower
• Usage in a sentence: A successful attack would incapacitate military training camps.

1. Word: Legitimate (जायज)

• Pronunciation: li-jit-uh-meyt/ लिजिटमेट
• Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. conforming to the law or to rules. [Adjective]
  b. make lawful or justify. [Verb]
• Synonyms: legal, valid, lawful
• Antonyms: illegal, invalid, outlaw
• Usage in a sentence: The army must give power back to the legitimate.

1. Word: Forge (ढालना)

• Pronunciation: fawrj/ फॉर्ज
• Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
• Meaning:
  a. make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it. [Verb]
  b. a furnace for melting or refining metal. [Noun]
• Synonyms: falsify, fabricate, shape, fake
• Antonyms: destroy, abolish, recede
• Usage in a sentence: The programme aims to forge links between higher education and small businesses.

'Writer's Corner'

Based on the words description, 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!

• Doctrinal
• Galvanise
• Poise
• Dexterity
• Testimony

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Answer in the comment section.  

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