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Here we are with our next article based on current news which contains some difficult words, we will highlight and explain those words in order to improve your vocabulary skills and to have a good command on English language section. Hope this will help you with your preparation. From now on we are going to provide the link of the article. You can go through the article by clicking on the link. Below here you will get the 10 important words from the article which will help you to excel in the exam.
Article : Needed: Scientific flood management
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Meaning of the words highlighted in the article
1. Vulnerability (adjective) (भेद्यता) – quality of being easily hurt or attacked
Synonyms – susceptibility, culpability
Antonyms – asset, help
Ex: Her vulnerability shimmered around her in a way that left him unable to leave her alone, until he was certain the worst was over.
2. Invariably (adverb) (सदा ही)– in every case or on every occasion, always
Synonyms – customarily, unalterably
Ex: During the middle ages the walls of Venetian buildings were constructed invariably of brick.
3. Efficacy (noun) (प्रभावोत्पादकता)– the ability to produce a desired or intended result
Synonyms – adequacy, vigor
Antonyms – idleness, inability
Ex: Fortunately, the medicine had the efficacy to reduce the amount of pain John was feeling.
4. Tardy (adjective) (मंदा) – delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time, late
Synonyms – dawdling, slack
Antonyms – prompt, ready
Ex: I was tardy in keeping him informed, especially concerning Julie, now a sort-of member of our group.
5. Catastrophic (adjective) (आपत्तिजनक)– involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering
Synonyms – calamitous, fatal
Antonyms – fortunate, blessed
Ex: The catastrophic wreck on the highway involved over forty vehicles.
6. Stockpiling (verb) (एकत्रीकरण)– accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials)
Synonyms – hoard, reverse
Ex: He had had five cups of coffee, and my stockpile of coffee granules from fifty years ago was depleting fast.
7. Cascading (verb) (व्यापक)– (of water) pour downwards rapidly and in large quantities
Synonyms – spew, gush
Ex: This will create a cascading effect; once energy, for instance, is free, it will make precious metals free.
8. Anecdotal (adjective) (वास्तविक)– (of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research
Synonyms –unreliable, unscientific
Antonyms – scientific
Ex: But you still were working with the biased, anecdotal opinions of a few people not very like you.
9. Impoverishing (verb) (गरीबी)– make (a person or area) poor
Synonyms –bankrupt, deplete
Antonyms – enrich
Ex: It is machinery that has impoverished India.
Word of the Day
Maverick
Meaning (English) – an unorthodox or independent-minded person
Meaning (Hindi) – आवारा
Synonyms – bohemian, radical
Example – Kiran Bedi was a maverick police officer; she even issued a traffic ticket to the prime minister.
उदाहरण –किरण बेदी एक अपरंपरागत पुलिस अधिकारी रहीं; उन्होंने प्रधान मंत्री को भी यातायात के नियमों की अवहेलना करने पर चालान कर दिया।
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