Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist - 14th March 2017

By Shristi|Updated : March 14th, 2017

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Good Morning Everyone..!!

We are here with your Daily dose of Challenging Wordlist. Consider the given newspaper article as a Comprehension for your exams and do answer the questions at the end.

Today’s article, 'spring budget: not enough’ has been picked from The Guardian.

This article talks about the decision taken by Philip Hammond who had been courageous and right in breaking a Tory promise on tax. But the economy is in a mess and with Brexit looming.

To read more, you can go through the article from the link below -

spring budget: not enough

Challenging Words in the Article -

Gimmicks (चालबाज़ियों) - Noun
Meaning - a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade
Synonyms - scheme, ploy
Antonyms - reality, honesty
Example - It is not so much a programme to improve services as a gimmick to gain votes.
Contradiction (अंतर्विरोध) - Noun
Meaning - a combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another
Synonyms - conflict, difference
Antonyms - accord, agreement
Example - Because the professor is arrogant, he is not willing to listen to any argument that might contradict his opinions.
Repudiation (परित्याग) - Noun
Meaning - denial of the truth or validity of something
Synonyms - disapproval, refusal
Antonyms - confirmation, ratification
Example - The company will repudiate any claims of negligence.
Dodging (बहाना करना) - Verb
Meaning - avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement
Synonyms - dive, escape
Antonyms - face, meet
Example - It continues to spin while dodging the cannon fire.
Dreadful (भयानक) - Adjective
Meaning - causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness, extremely bad or serious
Synonyms - terrible, grim
Antonyms - great, happy
Example - The server’s dreadful attitude caused many appalled customers to leave the restaurant
Ideological (विचारधारा) - Adjective
Meaning - based on or relating to a system of ideas and ideals, especially concerning economic or political theory and policy
Synonyms - spiritual, subjective
Antonyms - balanced, sane
Example - My elderly neighbor still has the racist ideology that was prominent during his teen years.
Doldrums (उदासी) - Noun
Meaning - a state or period of stagnation or depression
Synonyms - depression, gloom
Antonyms - concern, happiness
Example - People who suffer from depression are often in the doldrums and have little or no interest in their favorite activities.
Bizarre (विचित्र) - Adjective
Meaning - very strange or unusual
Synonyms - peculiar, strange
Antonyms - common, familiar
Example - Everyone stared at the student who wore the bizarre outfit to school.

Now considering the article above as a Reading Comprehension question, try to answer the following -

What is the term Spring Budget related to?
Explain the term "Brexit will make this worse"?

Given below are some words to check your vocabulary you can make sentences with those words in the comment section which will be reviewed by us.