Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 8 June 2020

Reading is one of the best ways to boost your vocabulary. As you read a piece of writing, you come across new words which you might not have come across before. So, we must always try to inculcate a habit of reading.

Keeping this vision in mind, we bring to you the series, ‘Shape up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’. The articles in this series fulfil your daily intake of English words. The series tries to feature words from an article, with their meanings, contextual usage, pronunciation, synonyms, antonyms, proper use in sentences, etc. Given below is an important editorial from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’. Read it, understand the context and go through the meanings of words to boost up your learning.

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Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Treacherous (अधर्मी/कपटी)

• Pronunciation: trech-er-uhs/ट्रेचरस
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust
  b. deceptive, untrustworthy, or unreliable
  c. unstable or insecure
  d. dangerous or hazardous
• Synonyms: deceitful, perfidious, untrustworthy
• Antonyms: loyal, safe, true, faithful
• Usage in a sentence: Freezing rain made driving treacherous.

2. Word: Revulsion (घृणा/आकस्मिक भाव परिवर्तन)

• Pronunciation: ri-vuhl-shuhn/रिवल्शन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike
  b. a sudden and violent change of feeling or response in sentiment, taste, etc.
  c. the act of drawing something back or away
  d. the fact of being so drawn
  e. (Medical) the diminution of morbid action in one part of the body by irritation in another
• Synonyms: repugnance, disgust, abhorrence
• Antonyms: desire, love, like, passion
• Usage in a sentence: I turned away in revulsion when they showed a close-up of the operation.

 3. Word: Impassive (आवेगहीन/उदासीन)

• Pronunciation: im-pas-iv/इम्पैसिव
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. without emotion; apathetic; unmoved
  b. calm; serene
  c. unconscious; insensible
  d. not subject to suffering
• Synonyms: indifferent, apathetic, stoic, unemotional
• Antonyms: flirty, emotional, wild, excited
• Usage in a sentence: Nick kept his face impassive but his mind was racing.

4. Word: Befall (घटित होना)

• Pronunciation: bih-fawl/बिफॉल
• Part of Speech: Verb
  a. to happen or occur
  b. to happen to someone especially by chance or fate
• Synonyms: happen, occur, take place, transpire
• Antonyms: blunder, vary greatly, intensification
• Usage in a sentence: Should any harm befall me on my journey, you may open this letter.
  
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5. Word: Ebb (कम होना/घटना)

• Pronunciation: eb/एब
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow) (Noun)
  b. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay (Noun)
  c. a point of decline (Noun)
  d. to decline or decay; fade away (Verb)
  e. to flow back or away, as the water of a tide (Verb)
• Synonyms: wane, decline, decrease, subside
• Antonyms: surge, increase, advance, tide
• Usage in a sentence: He could feel his strength ebbing.

6. Word: Ghastly (डरावना/डरावने रूप में)

• Pronunciation: gast-lee/गैस्ट्ली
• Part of Speech: Adjective/Adverb
• Meaning: 
  a. shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible (Adjective)
  b. resembling a ghost, especially in being very pale (Adjective)
  c. terrible; very bad (Adjective)
  d. in a ghastly manner; horribly; terribly (Adverb)
  e. with a deathlike quality (Adverb)
• Synonyms: scary, awful, terrible, frightful
• Antonyms: delightful, beautiful, lovely, pleasing
• Usage in a sentence: Today's newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.

7. Word: Perpetrator (अपराधी)

• Pronunciation: pur-pi-trey-ter/पर्पट्रैटर
• Part of speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. a person who perpetrates, or commits an illegal, criminal, or evil act
• Synonyms: offender, culprit, criminal, felon
• Antonyms: victim, sufferer, slop, swine
• Usage in a sentence: The perpetrators of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals. 

8. Word: Imbue (भर देना)

• Pronunciation: im-byoo/इम्ब्यू
• Part of speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.
  b. to saturate or impregnate with moisture, color, etc.
• Synonyms: permeate, pervade, infuse, saturate
• Antonyms: drain, dry, commiserate
• Usage in a sentence: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.

9. Word: Mitigate (घटाना)

• Pronunciation: mit-i-geyt/मिटिगेट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate
  b. to make less severe
  c. to make (a person, one's state of mind, disposition, etc.) milder or more gentle; mollify; appease
• Synonyms: reduce, alleviate, ease, lessen
• Antonyms: aggravate, increase, intensify
• Usage in a sentence: It is unclear how to mitigate the effects of tourism on the island.

10. Word: Eviscerate (अशक्त कर देना)

• Pronunciation: ih-vis-uh-reyt/इविसरेट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. to remove the entrails from; disembowel
  b. to deprive of vital or essential parts
• Synonyms: disembowel, gut, weaken
• Antonyms: offend, fill, redirect
• Usage in a sentence: Each mouse carcass was skinned, eviscerated and digested.

11. Word: Hue (विविध रंग/चिल्लाहट)

• Pronunciation: hyoo/ह्यू
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. (a degree of lightness, darkness, strength, etc. of) a colour
  b. a different type or group
  c. form or appearance
• Synonyms: shade, tone, tint, tinge
• Antonyms: bleach, light
• Usage in a sentence: In the Caribbean waters there are fish of every hue.

12. Word: Verdant (ताजा/अनाड़ी)

• Pronunciation: vur-dnt/वर्डन्ट
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass
  b. of the color green
  c. inexperienced; unsophisticated
• Synonyms: green, lush, fresh
• Antonyms: barren arid, infertile, multi skilled
• Usage in a sentence: Much of the region's verdant countryside has been destroyed in the hurricane.

13. Word: Intrusion (दखल)

• Pronunciation: in-troo-zhuh n/इन्ट्रूश़न
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. an act or instance of intruding
  b. the state of being intruded
  c. (Law) an illegal act of entering, seizing, or taking possession of another's property.
  d. (Geography) the flowing of hot melted rock into layers or cracks of rocks that already exist
• Synonyms: interference, invasion, trespass
• Antonyms: consideration, courtesy
• Usage in a sentence: His phone call was a welcome intrusion into an otherwise tedious morning.

'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!

• Treacherous
• Impassive
• Ebb
• Imbue
• Eviscerate
• Verdant

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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