The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 182

Dear Readers, Here we have given The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary helpful for Upcoming Bank PO, SSC and all Competitive Exams. Explore The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary to score good marks in English Section. Start practising this vocabulary to increase your word power. While reading a passage you have to highlight tough words in it and analyse the correct meaning of those words. This will help you understand the passage clearly and also you can learn more new words, it means also you can develop your vocabulary. To help you in this part we have provided an English Vocabulary passage along with meaning, synonyms and usages of hard words in the passage, make use of it.

The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary from Day 1 – Click Here

Daily Editorial Pages from All Popular News Papers

 

Click here to View Hindu Editorial News Paper

Click Here to Subscribe Crack High Level Puzzles & Seating Arrangement Questions PDF 2019 Plan

1) Contingency (Noun) — आकस्मिकता

Meaning: a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.

Synonyms:  eventuality, (chance) event, incident

Antonyms: advantage, certainty, definiteness

Usage: “a detailed contract which attempts to provide for all possible contingencies”

 

2) Stipulations (Noun) — शर्तों

Meaning: a condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement.

Synonyms: condition, precondition, proviso, provision

Antonyms: disagreement

Usage: “they donated their collection of prints with the stipulation that they never be publicly exhibited”

 

3) Squirrelling (Verb) बचाना या अलग रखना,

Meaning: hide money or something of value in a safe place.

Synonyms: save, put aside, put by, lay by

Antonyms: using, exhausting, consuming

Usage: “the money was squirrelled away in foreign bank accounts”

 

4) Prudent (Adjective)विवेकी

Meaning: acting with or showing care and thought for the future.

Synonyms: wise, well judged, judicious

Antonyms: unwise, imprudent, incautious

Usage: “no prudent money manager would authorize a loan without first knowing its purpose”

 

5) Undershooting (Verb)कमी पड़ जाना

Meaning: fall short of (a point or target).

Synonyms: falling short

Antonyms: exceedance

Usage: “the figure undershot the government’s original estimate”

 

6) Stasis (Noun)गतिरोध, निष्क्रियता

Meaning: a period or state of inactivity or equilibrium.

Synonyms: stagnation, immobility, inaction

Antonyms: movement, boom, rise

Usage: “long periods of stasis”

 

7) Ascension (Noun)अधिरोहण

Meaning: the action of rising to an important position or a higher level.

Synonyms: rise, rising, ascent, climb

Antonyms: descent, dip, dive

Usage: “his ascension to the presidency”

 

8) Turncoats (Noun)गद्दार, पाखण्डी

Meaning: a person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one.

Synonyms: traitor, renegade, defector

Antonyms: adherents

Usage: “they denounced him as a turncoat”

 

9) Utterances (Noun)टिप्पणी

Meaning: a spoken word, statement, or vocal sound.

Synonyms:  remark, comment, word

Antonyms: listenings, questions, quiets

Usage: “he whispered, as if to lend his utterances an added confidentiality”

 

10) Preponderance (Noun)प्रधानता

Meaning: the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.

Synonyms:  prevalence, predominance, dominance

Antonyms: disadvantage, inferiority, subordination

Usage: “the preponderance of women among older people”

0 0 votes
Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
guest
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments