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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, 'How to make publicly-funded elections a reality’ has been picked from Live Mint.
In this article, you will read about the publicly funded elections are the major source of corruption in India.
You can go through the article from the link below -
How to make publicly-funded elections a reality
Challenging Words in the Article -
- Turnouts (मतदान) - Noun
Meaning - the number of people attending or taking part in an event, especially the number of people voting in an election
Synonyms - crowd, gathering
Antonyms - source, origin
Example - A large turnout for the meeting. - Omnipresent (सर्व-भूत) - Adjective
Meaning - widely or constantly encountered, widespread
Synonyms - infinite, universal
Antonyms - limited
Example - My religious grandmother believes God is an omnipresent being who sees all and knows all. - Milieu (स्थिति) - Noun
Meaning - a person's social environment
Synonyms - environment, atmosphere
Example - As the son of a legendary pianist, Henry grew up in a musical milieu. - Circumventing (धोखा) - Verb
Meaning - deceive, outwit
Synonyms - avoid, evade
Antonyms - assist, liberate
Example - The burglar tried to find a way to circumvent the alarm system. - Insurmountable (अति कठिन) - Adjective
Meaning - too great to be overcome
Synonyms - hopeless, invincible
Antonyms - possible, defeatable
Example - It was a miracle that the castaways survived under such insurmountable odds. - Stipulated (निर्धारित) - Verb
Meaning - demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement
Synonyms - designate, specify
Antonyms - discourage, confuse
Example - As long as I get what I need first, he stipulated. - Disbursed (कार्यकाल) - Verb
Meaning - pay out (money from a fund)
Synonyms - contribute, donate
Antonyms - hold, keep
Example - The Treasurer shall maintain accurate records of all funds received and disbursed by the Defense Fund. - Plausible (मुमकिन) - Adjective
Meaning - (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable
Synonyms - credible, reasonable
Antonyms - irrational, unlikely
Example - The writer of the movie consulted a professional athlete in order to make his sports’ film more plausible.
Now considering the article above as a Reading Comprehension question, try to answer the following -
- As per author's views in the passage, How the technological revolution in communications has created another role for money in elections?
- According to economic reforms how to make public funded elections more pragmatic in elections?
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