Improve Your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 03rd July 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.

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Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Puerile (बचकाना)

• Pronunciation: pyoo-er-il/प्यूअरिल 
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. behaving in a silly way, not like an adult
• Synonyms: immature, childish, silly, foolish
• Antonyms: mature, clever, smart, earnest
• Usage in a sentence: I find his sense of humour rather puerile.

2. Word: Surreptitiously (गुप्त-रूप से)

• Pronunciation: sur-uh p-tish-uh sly/सरप्टिशस्ली
• Part of Speech: Adverb
• Meaning:
  a. a. secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing
• Synonyms: secretly, furtively, stealthily, covertly
• Antonyms: publicly, comfortably, clearly
• Usage in a sentence: Joe surreptitiously had a look in the answer book.

 3.  Word: Amass (संग्रह करना)

• Pronunciation: uh-mas/अमैस
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. to gather for oneself
  b. to collect into a mass or pile
  c. to come together; assemble
• Synonyms: accumulate, collect, gather, hoard
• Antonyms: disperse, divide, dissipate, scatter
• Usage in a sentence: Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed.

4. Word: Impinge (अतिक्रमण करना)

• Pronunciation: im-pinj/इम्पिन्ज
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon)
  b. to encroach; infringe (usually followed by on or upon)
  c. to strike; dash; collide (usually followed by on, upon, or against)
• Synonyms: encroach, trench, intrude, hit
• Antonyms: dodge, avoid
• Usage in a sentence: The Supreme Court will decide if the new communications bill impinges on the Constitutional right to free speech.
  
  

5. Word: Embrace (ग्रहण करना)

• Pronunciation: em-breys/ इम्ब्रैस
• Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. accept (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically.
• Synonyms: hold, embody, accept, take in 
• Antonyms: discard, reject, eliminate
• Use in a Sentence: Some people are not willing to embrace new technologies.

6. Word: Sovereignty (आधिपत्य/स्वतंत्र राज्य)

• Pronunciation: sov-rin-tee/साव्रिन्टी
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. the status, dominion, power, or authority of a sovereign;royal rank or position; royalty
  b. supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state or community
  c. rightful status, independence, or prerogative
  d. a sovereign or independent state, community, or political unit
  e. the power of a country to control its own government
• Synonyms: rule, authority, freedom, dominion
• Antonyms: dependence, submission, servitude
• Usage in a sentence: Talks are being held about who should have sovereignty over the island.

7. Word: Integrity (सत्यनिष्ठा/समग्रता)

• Pronunciation: in-teg-ri-tee/इन्टेग्रिटी
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty
  b. the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished
  c. a sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition
• Synonyms: honesty, morality, uprightness, virtue
• Antonyms: dishonesty, deception, corruption
• Usage in a sentence: He was a man of the highest personal integrity.

8. Word: Prejudicial (हानिकारक)

• Pronunciation: prej-uh-dish-uh l /प्रेजुडिशल
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. harmful or influencing people unfairly
• Synonyms: damaging, detrimental, injurious, harmful
• Antonyms: convenient, beneficial, harmless
• Usage in a sentence: The judge decided that allowing the video as evidence would be prejudicial to the outcome of the trial.

9. Word: Deter (डराना)

• Pronunciation: dih-tur/ डिटर
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. discourage (someone) from doing something by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
• Synonyms: discourage, dissuade, hinder
• Antonyms: encourage, support, persuade
• Usage in a sentence: These measures are designed to deter an enemy attack.

10. Phrase: Scratch the surface (ऊपरी तौर पर होना)

• Pronunciation: skrach-th- sur-fis/स्क्रैच द सरफेस 
• Meaning:
  a. to deal with only a small part of a subject or a problem
• Synonyms: crape the surface, do only a fraction of what is possible, make a modest effort
• Antonyms: examine something very closely
• Usage in a sentence: All the payments we’ve made have hardly scratched the surface of the amount we borrowed.

'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!

• Puerile
• Scratch the surface
• Sovereignty
• Integrity
• Prejudicial

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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