Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 9th November, 2018

Nowadays, English section of Banking exams is filled with full of surprises. In most of the topics, Vocabulary plays an important role and a good hold over it will help you score good marks. Also, It will help in understanding the context of sentences as well as improves the area of communication like, speaking, listening, reading and even writing.

Nobody can cram all the meanings of the words in one go. To help you out in this, we are providing you with the series, ‘Shape up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’ which solely aims to enhance your vocabulary. This will present the words used in newspaper editorial articles with the appropriate meanings, synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation, usage in sentences, etc. 

The today's article will be from "The Hindu BusinessLine" newspaper. Understand the gist of the article using the meaning of words are given and practice questions given after the words.

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Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Enumerate (गणना करना)

• Pronunciation: ih-noo-muh-reyt/इनूमरैट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:

        a. mention (a number of things) one by one.

        b. establish the number of.

• Synonyms: calculate, compute, count 
• Antonyms: estimate, countless
• Use in a Sentence: I enumerate the work that will have to be done.

2. Word: Expedient (लाभकारक)

• Pronunciation: ik-spee-dee-uhnt/इक्स्पीडीअन्ट
• Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
• Meaning:

        a. (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

        b. a means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral.

• Synonyms: convenient, advantageous, prudent
• Antonyms: useless, inappropriate, fruitless
• Use in a Sentence: It might be expedient not to pay him until the work is finished.

3. Word: Obscure (अस्पष्ट)

• Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
• Meaning: 

        a. not discovered or known about; uncertain [Adjective]

        b. keep from being seen, conceal [Verb]

• Pronunciation: Obs-cure/अब्स्क्युर
• Synonyms: ambiguous, hidden
• Antonyms: clear, common
• Use in a Sentence: His poetry is full of obscure literary allusions.

4. Word: Disquiet (व्याकुल होना)

• Pronunciation: dis-kwahy-it/डिस्क्वाइइट
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:

        a. a feeling of worry or unease. [Noun]

        b. make (someone) worried or uneasy. [Verb]

• Synonyms: uneasiness, worry, anxiety, agitate, upset
• Antonyms: calm, ease, comfort, peace
• Use in a Sentence: We shall find the reason for disquiet about this argument.

5. Word: Convoluted (कान्वलूटिड)

• Pronunciation: kon-vuh-loo-tid/कान्वलूटिड
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:

        a. (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow.

        b. intricately folded, twisted, or coiled.

• Synonyms: complicated, involved, intricate, elaborate
• Antonyms: simple, basic, pleasing
• Use in a Sentence: His book is full of long convoluted sentences.

6. Word: Savvy (व्यावहारिक ज्ञान रखना)

• Pronunciation: sav-ee/सैवी
• Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective, Verb
• Meaning:

        a. shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgements. [Noun]

        b. shrewd and knowledgeable; having common sense and good judgement. [Adjective]

        c. know or understand. [Verb]

• Synonyms: smart, grasp, comprehend, understand
• Antonyms: unintelligent, ignorant, witless
• Use in a Sentence: Her performance was a remarkable display of political savvy.

7. Word: Conglomerate (एकत्रित होना)

• Pronunciation: kuh n-glom-er-it/कन्ग्लामरिट
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:

        a. a thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts or items that are grouped together. [Noun]

        b. gather together into a compact mass. [Verb]

• Synonyms:  mixture, mix, combination, amalgamation, integrate
• Antonyms: 
• Use in a Sentence: The firm has been taken over by an US conglomerate.

8. Word: Precedent (पूर्व उदाहरण)

• Pronunciation: pres-i-duh nt/प्रेसिडन्ट
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:

        a. an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.

• Synonyms: model, exemplar, example, pattern
• Antonyms: subsequent, posterior
• Use in a Sentence: The court's decision has set a legal precedent.

9. Word: Candidly (खुलकर)

• Pronunciation: kan-did-ly/कैन्डिड्ली
• Part of Speech: Adverb
• Meaning:

        a. in an honest and straightforward way; frankly.

• Synonyms: sincerely, genuinely, earnestly
• Antonyms: dishonestly, dubiously, evasively
• Use in a Sentence: She candidly admitted her mistakes.

10. Word: Vexatious (अफ़सोसनाक)

• Pronunciation: vek-sey-shuhs/वेक्सैशस
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:

        a. causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry.

• Synonyms: irritating, irksome, displeasing, infuriating

Antonyms

: pleasing, comfortable, convenient
• Use in a Sentence:  He chewed over a vexatious problem of personnel.

Practice Time 

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: 

Exercise 2:

Try to frame sentences from the given words and share them with us in the comments section!

• Sprawl
• Expedient
• Disquiet
• Enumerate
• Obscure

Answer in the comment section.  

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You can also check the wordlist articles for the previous days from the link below:

Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist

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