➡ Challenging Words from the Article 15-12-2018
1. Word: Psuedo (आभासी)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:
a) not genuine; sham.
b) pretentious or insincere.
Pronunciation: soo-doh/सूडो
Synonyms: bogus, imitation, artificial, fake, pretended
Antonyms: genuine, real, authentic, honest
Use in a Sentence: The apparent interest of the man in modern music is completely pseudo.
2. Word: Haul (बलपूर्वक खींचना)
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Meaning:
a) (of a person) pull or drag with effort or force. [Verb]
b) a quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally. [Noun]
c) a distance to be covered in a journey. [Noun]
Pronunciation: hawl/हॉल
Synonyms: tug, heave, hump, trail, draw, tow, manhandle
Antonyms: push, force, crowd, jolt
Use in a Sentence: Our camp is only a short haul from here. [Noun]
3. Word: Ruse (चाल)
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning:
a) a plan or plot to mislead someone
Pronunciation: रूज़/rooz
Synonyms: tactic, trick, cunning plan.
Antonyms: Honesty, loyalty, truth
Use in a Sentence: According to the president’s enemies, his interest in public education is a ruse to distract attention from the economy.
4. Word: Repercussions (प्रतिक्रिया)
Pronunciation: ree-per-kuhsh-uh n/रीप्रकशन
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning:
a. an unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one.
b. the recoil of something after impact.
Synonyms: effect, outcome, by-product
Antonyms: causes
Use in Sentence: There were serious repercussions on his career.
5. Word: Jeopardise (खतरे में डालना)
Pronunciation: jep-er-dahyz/जेपर्डाइज़
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure.
Synonyms: endanger, hazard, menace
Antonyms: protect, defend
Use in a Sentence: I don’t think that he would jeopardize his future by taking illegal medications.
6. Word: Scramble (संघर्ष)
Pronunciation: es-cram-bal/
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Meaning:
a. an eager or uncontrolled and undignified struggle with others to obtain or achieve something/a disordered mixture of things. [Noun]
b. move hurriedly or clumsily from or into a particular place or position/struggle or compete with others for something in an eager or uncontrolled and undignified way [Verb]
Synonyms: struggle, hurry, rush, race, scurry
Antonyms: classify, order, unscramble
Use in a Sentence: When the manager retired, there was a scramble for his job.
7. Word: Introspect (आत्मविश्लेषण करना)
Pronunciation: in-truh-spekt/इन्ट्रस्पेक्ट
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: examine one’s own thoughts or feelings.
Synonyms: ponder, consider
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Use in a Sentence: It is very important for all of us to introspect into our own minds.
8. Word: Languish (क्षीण होना)
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning:
a. (of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak.
b. be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.
Pronunciation: lang-gwish/लैंगग्विश
Synonyms: deteriorate, decay
Antonyms: recover, flourish
Use in a Sentence: The children soon began to languish in the heat.
9. Word: Disenchantment (निराशा)
Pronunciation:dis-en-chant-ment/डिसिन्चैन्ट्मन्ट
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: a feeling of disappointment about someone or something you previously respected or admired; disillusionment.
Synonyms: discontent, disgruntlement, dissent
Antonyms: satisfaction, delight, gratification
Use in a Sentence: Citizens have expressed growing disenchantment with the government.
10. Word: Offload (ज़िम्मे करना)
Part of Speech: Verb
Pronunciation: awf-lohd/आफ्लोड
Meaning:
a. rid oneself of (something) by selling or passing it on to someone else.
b. relieve oneself of (a problem or worry) by talking to someone else.
Synonyms: disburden, discard
Antonyms: load, burden
Sentence: It’s nice to have someone you can offload your problems onto.
11. Word: Euphoric (उल्लासमय)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:
a) characterized
by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
Pronunciation: यूफॉरिक/yoo-fawr-ik
Synonyms: happy, joyful, joyous, delighted, gleeful
Antonyms: brokenhearted, sad, dejected, depressed
Use in a Sentence: It had received euphoric support from the public.
11. Word: Woefully (उदासी से)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning:
a) in a manner expressing sorrow or misery.
b) very badly; deplorably.
Pronunciation: woh-fuhl -ly/वोफली
Synonyms: unfortunately, sadly, distressfully
Antonyms: cheerfully, admirably, blissfully
Use in a Sentence: The preparations were woefully inadequate.