Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist - 16th March 2017

By Shristi|Updated : March 16th, 2017

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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, 'On the rocks’ has been picked from The Hindu.

This article talks about the second referendum on independence for Scotland approached by Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister. The prospects for a separate Scotland once again revived after British Prime Minister Theresa May’s landmark speech in January, in which she made clear her decision to quit the common market.

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

On the rocks

Challenging Words in the Article -

Coincided (एक साथ होना) - Verb
Meaning - occur at the same time
Synonyms - concur, coexist
Antonyms - differ, oppose
Example - The grand opening of the gift shop will coincide with the winter festival so residents can begin their holiday shopping.
Excised (उत्पादन शुल्क) - Verb
Meaning - charge excise on (goods)
Synonyms - eradicate, extract
Antonyms - create, insert
Example - Rather than excise the tooth, the dentist will try to repair the damage.
Overwhelmingly (अत्यधिक रूप से) - Adverb
Meaning - to a very great degree or with a great majority
Synonyms - forcibly, strongly
Antonyms - gently, mildy
Example - The country voted overwhelmingly for independence.
Receded (दूर जाना) - Verb
Meaning - go or move back or further away from a previous position
Synonyms - retreat, withdraw
Antonyms - develop, enhance
Example - The animals will recede further into the forest as developers continue to cut down trees.
Futile (व्यर्थ) - Adjective
Meaning - incapable of producing any useful result, pointless
Synonyms - vain, pointless
Antonyms - effective, helpful
Example - Unfortunately, all rescue attempts were futile during the hurricane.
Assuage (शांत करना) - Verb
Meaning - make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
Synonyms - relieve, temper
Antonyms - incite, provoke
Example - To help assuage my guilt, I told the truth.
Coherent (स्पष्ट) - Adjective
Meaning - (of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent
Synonyms - logical, lucid
Antonyms - irrational, obscure
Example - If you can’t explain this concept in a more coherent way, I will never be able to understand it.
Proponents (समर्थकों) - Noun
Meaning - a person who advocates a theory, proposal, or course of action
Synonyms - advocate, defender
Antonyms - enemy, foe
Example - Vihaan is such a proponent of water conservation that she only takes a shower once a week.
Secessionist (स्वपक्षत्यागी) - Noun
Meaning - a person who favours formal withdrawal from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state (Noun)
favouring formal withdrawal from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state (Adjective)
Synonyms - fanatic, rioter
Antonyms - conservative, moderate
Example - They are opposed to the secession negotiations.

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

What according to you is the greatest political challenge for the Conservative government?
Is it would be a good decision for Scotland to quit the common market, Explain with examples?

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.