Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist - 27th February 2017

By Shristi|Updated : February 27th, 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, 'India has to do its bit for multilateralism’ has been picked from The Economic Times.

This article talks about agreement trade brought up by World Trade Organisation, trade in India which has been growing faster than trade in goods, permit India to make common cause with industrial countries, which dominate the trade.

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

India has to do its bit for multilateralism

Challenging Words in the Article -

Facilitation (सुगमता) - Noun
Meaning - the action of facilitating something
Synonyms - benefit, assistance
Antonyms - damage, delay
Example - According to the contract, a mediator will facilitate the settling of our dispute.
Perspectives (दृष्टिकोण) - Noun
Meaning - the art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other
Synonyms - aspect, context
Example - When you look at the painting, you are viewing the artist’s perspective of the world.
Rejuvenating (कायाकल्प) - Verb
Meaning - make (someone or something) look or feel better, younger, or more vital
Synonyms - reconstruct, renew
Antonyms - damage, destroy
Example - The football players consume sports drinks to rejuvenate themselves during the game.
Reinforce (पुनः प्रचालित करना) - Verb
Meaning - strengthen (an existing feeling, idea, or habit)
Synonyms - bolster, fortify
Antonyms - decrease, diminish
Example - I used an extra layer of glue to reinforce the weak areas of my science project.
Notches (निशाना साधना)
Meaning - an indentation or incision on an edge or surface (Noun)
make notches in (Verb)
Synonyms - score, achieve
Antonyms - closing, closure
Example - Notched bamboo sticks.
Accredited (अधिकृत) - Verb
Meaning - (of an official body) give authority or sanction to (someone or something) when recognized standards have been met
Synonyms - authorized, certified
Example - He was accredited with being one of the world's fastest sprinters.
Intellectual (बौद्धिक)
Meaning - relating to the intellect (Adjective)
a person possessing a highly developed intellect (Noun)
Synonyms - creative, mental
Antonyms - foolish, ignorant
Example - A prominent political thinker and intellectual.

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

What are the main purpose of Trade Facilitation Agreement?
What is the importance of liberalization in the services sector to the economy?

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.