➡ Challenging Words from the Article 11-12-2018
1. Word: Bolster (सहारा)
Pronunciation: bohl-ster/बोल्स्टर
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: support or strengthen.
Synonyms: reinforce, brace, fortify
Antonyms: obstruct, weaken, hinder
Use in a Sentence: He is making a strong effort to bolster the territory’s confidence.
2. Word: Purview (नियम का लेख)
Pronunciation: pur-vyoo/पर्व्यू
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: the scope of the influence or concerns of something.
Synonyms: range, reach
Antonyms: constriction, domain
Use in a Sentence: These are questions that lie outside the purview of our inquiry.
3. Word: Dominance (प्रभाव)
Pronunciation: dom-uh-nuh ns/डामनन्स
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning:
a. power and influence over others.
Synonyms: control, authority, supremacy
Antonyms: modesty, weakness, inferiority
Use in a Sentence: The man asserted his dominance over the other team members.
4. Word: Vest (अधिकृत करना)
Part of Speech: Verb
Pronunciation: vest/वेस्ट
Meaning: confer or bestow (power, authority, property, etc.) on someone.
Synonyms: empower, pertain
Antonyms: disallow, deprive
Use in a Sentence: In the case of bankruptcy, the property shall vest in the custodian.
5. Word: Ambit (क्षेत्र)
Pronunciation: ऐम्बिट
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: the scope, extent, or bounds of something.
Synonyms: Range, Scope, Periphery, Orbit
Antonyms: Center, Forefront, Area
Use in a Sentence: The cricket crowd of sufficient size is within the ambit of the section.
6. Word: Dislodge (निकाल देना)
Pronunciation: dis-loj/डिस्लाज
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning:
a. knock or force out of position.
b. remove from a position of power or authority.
Synonyms: displace, eject, evict
Antonyms: attach, embed, absorb
Use in a Sentence: We need two victories to dislodge the former team from first place.
7. Word: Barely (केवल)
Pronunciation: bair-lee/बेर्ली
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning: only just; almost not, in a simple and sparse way.
Synonyms: hardly, scarcely, just
Antonyms: completely, easily
Use in a Sentence: The act was barely justified by the circumstances.
8. Word: Merely (केवल)
Pronunciation: meer-lee/मीर्ली
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning: only as specified and nothing more; simply
Synonyms: simply, solely, alone
Antonyms: absolute, abundantly
Use in a Sentence: There is no point in merely repeating what we’ve done earlier.
9. Word: Status-quo (यथास्थिति)
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: the way things are
Pronunciation: stey-tuh s kwoh/estatus-quo
Synonyms: State, situation, condition
Antonyms: Reverse, revolution
Use in a Sentence: A lack of desire to change the status quo is the reason for the poor voter turnout at last year’s election.
10. Word: Whittle down (धीरे – धीरे कम करना)
Part of Speech: Phrasal verb
Meaning: to reduce the number of people or things, or the size of something
Pronunciation: hwit-l doun/विटल डाउन
Synonyms: reduce, cut down, decrease.
Antonyms: increase, lengthen
Use in a Sentence: The list of 50 candidates was finally whittled down to four.
11. Word: Fork out (हार मान जाना)
Part of Speech: Phrasal verb
Meaning: to pay an amount of money, especially unwillingly
Pronunciation: fawrk out/फॉर्क आउट
Synonyms: shell out, disburse, lay out
Antonyms: not get, accumulate
Use in a Sentence: They had to fork out $ 100 to get the lorry repaired!
12. Word: Spark Off (शुरू करना)
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: to bring into being or action; activate or initiate. to spark off an argument.
Pronunciation: spahrk awf/
Synonyms: trigger, set off, activate
Antonyms: quench
Use in a Sentence: A film you’ve watched can spark off a new idea