The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 97

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 practicing 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.

1) Spawned (Verb)

Meaning: produce or generate a large number of.

Synonyms: occasion, generate, engender

Antonyms: killed, maimed

Usage: “the decade spawned a bewildering variety of books on the forces”

 

2) Skirted (Verb)

Meaning: attempt to ignore; avoid dealing with.

Synonyms: avoid, evade

Antonyms:indulged, allowed

Usage: “they are both skirting the issue”

 

3) Clamour (Noun)

Meaning: a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting.

Synonyms: uproar, tumult, babel

Antonyms: silence

Usage: “the questions rose to a clamour”

 

4) Insularity (Noun)

Meaning: ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience.

Synonyms: localism, narrowness

Antonyms: tolerance, accessibility

Usage: “an example of British insularity”

 

5) Disruptive (Adjective)

Meaning: causing or tending to cause disruption.

Synonyms: troublesome, unruly, rowdy

Antonyms: well behaved, manageable

Usage: “disruptive pupils”

 

6) Rumbling (Verb)

Meaning: make a continuous deep, resonant sound.

Synonyms: boom, thunder, roll

Antonyms: peace

Usage: “thunder rumbled, lightning flickered”

 

7) Vent (Noun)

Meaning: an opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space.

Synonyms: outlet, inlet, opening

Antonyms: closing, closure

Usage: “remove any debris blocking the vents”

 

8) Repudiate (Verb)

Meaning: refuse to accept; reject.

Synonyms: reject, renounce, abandon

Antonyms: embrace

Usage:”she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders”

 

9)Succour (Noun)

Meaning: assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.

Synonyms:aid, help, a helping hand

Antonyms: hindrance, obstruction

Usage: “the wounded had little chance of succour”

 

10) Facade (Noun)

Meaning: the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space.

Synonyms: front, frontage, face

Antonyms: back, rear

Usage: “the house has a half-timbered facade”

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