Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist - 20th February 2017

By Shristi|Updated : February 20th, 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, 'Champions’ league’ has been picked from The Hindu.

This article talks about the upcoming test series to be played between India & Australia. The test series will not only decide the supremacy of teams but also individual players. The Indian spin versus Austria batsmen and Australian pace versus Indian batting may be of interest to the audience and viewers of both countries beside players on- field and off- the- field controversies.

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

Champions’ league

Challenging Words in the Article -

Rivalries (प्रतिद्वंद्विता) - Noun
Meaning - competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field
Synonyms - conflict, contest
Antonyms - accord, agreement
Example - The rivalry between the two teams was a longstanding conflict.
Amplified (विस्तार से व्याख्या करना) - Verb
Meaning - enlarge upon or add detail to (a story or statement)
Synonyms - intensify, magnify
Antonyms - decrease, abridge
Example - Although salt tends to amplify the taste of food, it typically does not change it.
Riveting (रिपट) - Adjective
Meaning - completely engrossing, compelling
Synonyms - engaging, alluring
Antonyms - boring, repulsive
Example - Our cat’s eyes were riveted on the sparkling bulbs on the Christmas tree.
Helmed (संचालन करना) - Verb
Meaning - manage (an organization)
Synonyms - bring, contribute
Antonyms - refuse, subtract
Example - The chairman is to step down after four years at the helm.
Asserting (दावा करना) - Verb
Meaning - state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully
Synonyms - advance, defend
Antonyms - abandon, conceal
Example - You need to learn to be assertive.
Daunting (चुनौतीपूर्ण) - Adjective
Meaning - seeming difficult to deal with in prospect, intimidating
Synonyms - discourage, baffle
Antonyms - calm, delight
Example - Going to a new school is a daunting experience for many young people.
Astutely (चतुर) - Adverb
Meaning - accurately assessing situations or people, perceptively
Synonyms - intelligently, sensibly
Antonyms - awkwardly, unskillfully
Example - The astute thing to do at night is study your vocabulary.
Adaptability (अनुकूलनशीलता) - Noun
Meaning - the quality of being able to adjust to new conditions
Synonyms - flexibility, versatility
Example - The tool is adaptable for a variety of uses.

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

How many matches did India win under Dhoni's captaincy in the recent India-New Zealand test series?
Explain the term "India at home is a daunting opposition"?

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.