Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist - 28th February 2017

By Shristi|Updated : February 28th, 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, 'What exactly is a money bill?’ has been picked from The Hindu.

This article briefly talks about why we need to reconsider the Aadhaar Act, with all its implications for privacy. Also it states about a money bill, which comprise a set of seven features, broadly including items such as the imposition or regulation of a tax; the regulation of the borrowing of money by the Government of India; the withdrawal of money from the Consolidated Fund of India; and so forth.

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

What exactly is a money bill?

Challenging Words in the Article -

Redundant (अनावश्यक) - Adjective
Meaning - not or no longer needed or useful, superfluous
Synonyms - bombastic, unnecessary
Antonyms - needed, concise
Example - My professor’s redundant speech consisted of him saying the same thing over and over again.
Contravenes (का उल्लंघन) - Verb
Meaning - offend against the prohibition or order of (a law, treaty, or code of conduct)
Synonyms - breach, interfere
Antonyms - allow, approve
Example - Because your actions contravene school policy, you're being suspended for ten days.
Imperils (आपत्ति में डालना) - Verb
Meaning - put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed
Synonyms - risk, endanger
Antonyms - assist, aid
Example - They advised against tax increases for fear of imperilling the recovery.
Insidious (कपटी) - Adjective
Meaning - proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects
Synonyms - corrupt, crooked
Antonyms - fair, honest
Example - The car dealership used attractive insidious models to lure in buyers.
Flagrant (ज्वलंत) - Adjective
Meaning - (of an action considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive
Synonyms - atrocious, bold
Antonyms - hidden, obscure
Example - The driver’s flagrant disregard for the speeding laws did not escape the police officer’s notice.
Purported (कथित) - Verb
Meaning - appear to be or do something, especially falsely
Synonyms - imply, pretend
Antonyms - conceal, deny
Example - The drug manufacturer knows it is against the law to purport claims about its product’s effectiveness.
Discretion (विवेक) - Noun
Meaning - the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offence or revealing confidential information
Synonyms - attention, maturity
Antonyms - disregard, ignorance
Example - Because my daughter spends money recklessly, I have to give out her allowance at my discretion.
Pernicious (तेज़) - Adjective
Meaning - having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
Synonyms - damaging, destructive
Antonyms - assisting, beneficial
Example - If you are going to behave in such a pernicious manner, I would prefer to not be around you.
Mockery (मज़ाक) - Noun
Meaning - teasing and contemptuous language or behaviour directed at a particular person or thing
Synonyms - farce, sham
Antonyms - honesty, flattery
Example - The judge’s fake praise was nothing more than a mockery of my performance.

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

What is money Bill, and how it is useful?
How will Aadhaar Act enable its features to implicate the privacy?

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.