Dear students, English language is the flavor of the millennium. In every aspect of life, we need great English language skills to stand out and be a success in your chosen field. In your competitive Exams for govt. jobs, English section is the most challenging. The best way to improve your language skills is by Reading newspapers. We are providing 10 vocabulary words from The Hindu Newspaper Editorial. Read and learn.
1.Refute (verb)
Meaning: prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.
Synonyms: disprove, prove wrong/false, show/prove to be wrong/false, rebut, confute, give the lie to, demolish, explode, debunk, drive a coach and horses through, discredit, invalidate.
Example: Mr. Abbasi’s claims and allegations were refuted by both India and Afghanistan at the UN General Assembly (UNGA). In a strongly worded reaction, India said Pakistan had become a “terroristan,” and Jammu and Kashmir would remain an integral part of India.
2.Strident (adjective)
Meaning: (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating.
Synonyms: harsh, raucous, rough, grating, rasping, jarring, loud, stentorian, shrill, screeching, piercing, ear-piercing.
Example: Striking a strident note against the neighbours and portraying Pakistan as a victim of terrorism, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi also sought the appointment of a special UN envoy on Kashmir, and accused India of human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.
3.Expeditious (adjective)
Meaning: done with speed and efficiency.
Synonyms: speedy, swift, quick, rapid, fast.
Antonyms: slow
Example: He said India was trying to “divert the world’s attention from its brutalities,” by ceasefire violations on the LoC. “The Kashmir dispute should be resolved justly, peacefully and expeditiously. Terming the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir the “most intense foreign military occupation in recent history,” Mr. Abbasi sought an international investigation into “India’s crimes in Kashmir.”
4.Concordance (noun)
Meaning: agreement or consistency.
Example: The key political question that has arisen in Tamil Nadu is whether Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami commands a majority in the State Assembly. There is a remarkable concordance among political and constitutional functionaries concerned in abdicating their core responsibility to find an answer to this question.
5.Dissident (noun)
Meaning: a person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state.
Synonyms: dissenter, objector, protester, disputant.
Example: The Chief Minister is not keen on demonstrating his strength on the floor of the House. The Speaker is concentrating on ensuring that dissidents are kept out of any possible confidence vote, if and when one takes place. The Leader of the Opposition has not moved a motion of no confidence, but, on the contrary, believes that the Governor should order a floor test.
6.Vertebrate (noun)
Meaning: an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
Example: The population of vertebrate species on Earth in the wild saw a dramatic fall of about 30% between 1970 and 2006, with the worst effects being in the tropics and in freshwater ecosystems.
7.Obliterate (verb)
Meaning: destroy utterly; wipe out.
Synonyms: destroy, wipe out, annihilate, exterminate, extirpate, demolish, eliminate, eradicate, kill, decimate, liquidate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map.
Example: Destruction of species’ habitats by pollutants and land-use change are obliterating flora and fauna at unprecedented rates. In fact, the ecological footprint of humanity — the natural habitats, such as water and land, transformed or destroyed as a result of human activity — far exceeds the biological capacity of the earth.
8.Rendition (noun)
Meaning: a performance or interpretation, especially of a dramatic role or piece of music.
Synonyms: performance, rendering, interpretation, presentation, execution, delivery.
Example: Holding court Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadeyar, the titular maharaja of Mysuru, conducted the ‘khas durbar’ and ascended the golden throne as part of the Dasara celebrations, at the Amba Vilas palace in the city on Thursday. ‘Khas Durbar’ is a symbolic rendition of the practices which were in vogue during the rule of the maharajas.
9.Dodder (verb)
Meaning: tremble or totter, typically because of old age.
Synonyms: totter, teeter, toddle, hobble, shuffle, shamble, falter, walk haltingly, walk with difficulty, move falteringly, stumble, stagger, sway, lurch, reel.
Example: Frail and doddering, Ma Xunkai fights back tears on meeting Joe Thomas Karackattu, who is equally moved after tracing the descendant of a Malayali family that reportedly settled in South China some 700 years ago.
10.Renunciation (noun)
Meaning: the formal rejection of something, typically a belief, claim, or course of action, express or tacit abandonment of a right or position, usually without assignment to another person.
Synonyms: abstention from, refraining from, going without, doing without, giving up of, eschewal of, rejection of, relinquishment, giving up, abandonment, resignation, abdication, surrender, signing away, waiving, forgoing.
Example: India supports the Afghan quest for peace and reconciliation. Indeed peace and reconciliation were embedded in the very first international compact on Afghanistan, in the text of the Bonn Agreement of December 2001. Renunciation of violence will help this process. For regional security there must be closer involvement of regional powers in international efforts to ensure non-interference and a stable Afghanistan; this also requires involvement of the Central Asian Republics, which border Afghanistan. It is important for India to coordinate its efforts with those of Russia and Iran to ensure success.
