➡ Challenging Words from the Article 25-02-2019
1. Word: Intimidation (संत्रास)
Pronunciation: in-tim-i-deytion/ इन्टिमिडैशन
Part of Speech:
Meaning: the action of frightening someone, or the state of being frightened.
Synonyms: threat, menace, compulsion, terror
Antonyms: independence, fearlessness, incitement
Usage in a Sentence: The defendant complained of intimidation during the investigation.
2. Word: Ghastly (गैस्ट्ली)
Pronunciation: gast-lee/ भयावह
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning:
a. causing great horror or fear
b. extremely unwell
c. very objectionable, bad, or unpleasant
Synonyms: scary, gruesome, frightful, awful
Antonyms: delightful, pleasant, charming
Usage in a Sentence: Today’s newspaper gives all the ghastlydetails of the murder.
3. Word: Stern (कठोर या निर्दय)
Pronunciation: sturn, स्टर्न
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Meaning:
a. (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline. [Adjective]
b. the rearmost part of a ship or boat [Noun]
Synonyms: harsh, severe, strict, rigid
Antonyms: kind, flexible, tolerant
Usage in a Sentence: The judge was a stern, unapproachable man.
4. Word: Expel (निष्कासित करना)
Pronunciation: ik-spel/ इक्स्पेल
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization.
Synonyms: eject, banish, discharge, dismiss
Antonyms: absorb, welcome, admit, permit
Usage in a Sentence: The government is trying to expel all foreign journalists.
5. Word: Semblance (अनुरूपता)
Pronunciation: sem-bluh ns/ सेम्ब्लन्स
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.
Synonyms: likeness, similarity, guise
Antonyms: contrast, opposite, unlikeness
Usage in a Sentence: The film lacks any semblance of realism.
6. Word: Infuse (भर देना)
Pronunciation: in-fyooz/ इन्फ्यूज़
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: fill; pervade
Synonyms: permeate, suffuse
Antonyms: remove, take away
Usage in a Sentence: He infused enthusiasm into his students.
7. Word: Ambiguity (संदिग्धता)
Pronunciation: am-bi-gyoo-i-tee/ ऐम्बग्यूइटी
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
Synonyms: vagueness, obscurity, uncertainty
Antonyms: certainty, clarity
Usage in a Sentence: There was an element of ambiguity in the president’s reply.
8. Word: Outright (प्रत्यक्ष)
Pronunciation: out-rahyt/ आउट्राइट
Part of Speech: Adverb, Adverb
Meaning:
a. directly or openly
b. clear and undisputed
Synonyms: downright, absolute, unqualified
Antonyms: incomplete, ambiguous, conditional
Usage in a Sentence: No one party is expected to gain an outrightmajority.
9. Word: Preface (प्रस्तावना)
Pronunciation: pref-is/ प्रेफस
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Meaning:
a. a preliminary explanation [Noun]
b. introduce or begin (a speech or event) with or by doing something [Verb]
Synonyms: introduction, prologue, preliminary
Antonyms: end, conclusion
Usage in a Sentence: Our defeat may be the preface to our successor’s victory.
10. Word: Dismissive (उपेक्षापूर्ण)
Pronunciation: dis-mis-iv/ डिस्मिसिव
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration
Synonyms: apathetic, uninterested, indifferent
Antonyms: interested, acceptive, cherishable
Usage in a Sentence: The young artist seems to have the same dismissive outlook.
11. Phrase: Slip into (गिरना, वस्त्र धारण करना)
Pronunciation: स्लिप ईंटो
Part of Speech: Phrase
Meaning:
a. to gradually start to be in a bad state or situation
b. to put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other people
Synonyms: descend into, sneak into, put on, assume
Antonyms: relinquish, sneak into
Usage in a Sentence: Armed with such a precept, a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices.
12. Word: Rhetoric (शब्दाडम्बर)
Pronunciation: ret-er-ik/ रेटरिक
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but which is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.
Synonyms: elocution, discourse, bombast
Antonyms: conciseness, quiet
Usage in a Sentence: As the elections are just one week away, the rhetoric on both parties is building.
13. Word: Hues (रंग, वर्ण, मत)
Pronunciation: hyoo/ ह्यू
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning:
a. a colour or shade
b. character or aspect
Synonyms: tints, aspects
Antonyms: uniform, wholes
Usage in a Sentence: And rather than depicting various hues of political opinion, the new paintings make an environmental statement.