Improve Your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 22nd June, 2020

Our series, ‘Improve Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’ aims to help you completely understand the commonly used words with their meanings, pronunciations, synonyms, antonyms, proper use in sentences, etc.

Here is an important editorial for you from ‘The Hindu’, followed by important words from the same, to help you strengthen your vocabulary. Read it, understand the context and go through the meanings of words to boost up your learning.

United front in Delhi: On Kejriwal government-Centre camaraderie

Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Camaraderie (सखापन)

• Pronunciation: kah-muh-rah-duh-ree/कामराडरी
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. a feeling of friendliness towards people that you work or share an experience with
  b. comradeship; good-fellowship
• Synonyms: comradeship, friendship, fellowship, companionship
• Antonyms: hate, solitude, loneliness, enmity
• Usage in a sentence: For me mountain climbing is less about physical effort than about cooperation and camaraderie.

2. Word: New-found (नवीन-खोज)

• Pronunciation: nyoo-found/न्यू फॉउन्ड
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. newly found or discovered
  b. only recently happening, discovered, or beginning to exist
• Synonyms: newly discovered, fresh, brand new, next, further
• Antonyms: old, not updated
• Usage in a sentence: This success is a reflection of their new-found confidence.

 3. Word: Exploitative (शोषक)

• Pronunciation: ik-sploi-tuh-tiv/एक्स्प्लॉइटटिव
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. using someone unfairly for your own advantage
  b. taking unfair or unethical advantage of a person, group, or situation for the purpose of profit, comfort, or advancement
• Synonyms: predatory, scout
• Antonyms: generative, beautiful
• Usage in a sentence: Her success attracted too many exploitative relatives to count.

4. Word: Breaking-point (अत्यंत तनावग्रस्त स्थिति)

• Pronunciation: brey-king point/ब्रेकिंग पॉइंट
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. the moment of greatest strain at which someone or something gives way
  b. the point at which a situation or condition becomes critical
• Synonyms: tipping point, point of failure, extremity
• Usage in a sentence: The social and political tensions have now reached breaking point.

5. Word: Bona-fide (यथार्थ)

• Pronunciation: boh-nuh fahyd/बोन फाइड
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. authentic; true
  b. real, not false
• Synonyms: good faith, real, true, genuine
• Usage in a sentence: Make sure you are dealing with a bona-fide company.

6. Word: Concede (स्वीकार करना)

• Pronunciation: kuhn-seed/कन्सीड
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit
  b. to grant as a right or privilege; yield
  c. to make concession; yield to pressure or circumstances; admit defeat
• Synonyms: admit, allow, acknowledge, grant
• Antonyms: deny, fight, refuse, reject
• Usage in a sentence: The government has conceded that the new tax policy has been a disaster.

7. Word: Expediency (उपयोगिता)

• Pronunciation: ik-spee-dee-uh n-see/इक्स्पीडीअन्सी
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Noun
  a. the quality of being expedient; advantageous
  b. a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense of self-interest
• Synonyms: convenience, advisability, usefulness, suitability
• Antonyms: inexpediency, altruism, prejudice, detriment
• Usage in a sentence: It might be expedient not to pay him until the work is finished.

8. Word: Mellow (परिपक्व होना)

• Pronunciation: mel-oh/मेलो
• Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit (Adjective)
  b. well-matured, as wines (Adjective)
  c. soft and rich, as sound, tones, color, or light (Adjective)
  d. made gentle and compassionate by age or maturity; softened (Adjective)
  e. to make or become mellow (Verb)
• Synonyms: mature, smooth, sweet, pleasant
• Antonyms: harsh, sour, hard, strong
• Usage in a sentence: The brickwork will mellow over the years so that it blends with the surroundings.

9. Word: Hurtle (तेजी से दौड़ना)

• Pronunciation: hur-tl/हर्टल
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to move very fast, especially in a way that seems dangerous
• Synonyms: rush, speed, dash, race, dart
• Antonyms: linger, crawl, dawdle
• Usage in a sentence: The explosion sent pieces of metal and glass hurtling through the air.

10. Phrase: Not come a moment too soon/early (काफी देर में)

• Pronunciation: nawt-a- moh-muhnt-too-soon/नॉट अ मोमेन्ट टू सून 
• Meaning:
  a. used to say that something happened when it was almost too late
• Synonyms: not too early, not too soon, too late
• Usage in a sentence: Help arrived - but not a moment too soon.

'Writer's Corner'

Based on the description of the words, we have some practice questions for you. Answer these questions in the comments section. Our team will review them at the earliest!

Exercise 1. Make your own Sentences.

Here are some of the words from the above article. Try to frame sentences from them in your own words and share them with us in the comments section!

• Camaraderie
• Bona-fide
• Hurtle
• Not a moment too soon
• Expediency

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section.

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