A Unique way to learn Vocab: Triumph of the troubadour

October 17, 2016    

A very good morning to all,…

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 : Triumph of the troubadour

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Meaning of the words highlighted in the article

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1. Pedestrian (noun) (पैदल यात्री) – a person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle

Synonyms – mediocre, stroller

Antonyms – different, uncommon

Ex: A large number of people fell asleep during the pedestrian play.

2. Genres (noun) (शैलियों)– a style or category of art, music, or literature

Synonyms – classification, category

Ex: He quite enjoyed this painter’s genre, which seemed to closely resemble reality.

3. Sweepstakes (noun) (घुड़दौड़ का जुआ)– a form of gambling, especially on horse races, in which all the stakes are divided among the winners

Synonyms – betting, hazard

Antonyms – certainty

Ex: He looked at the sweepstakes tickets for a moment; suddenly feeling discouraged.

4. Idiosyncratic (adjective) (विशेष स्वभाव का)– relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual

Synonyms – distinctive, personal

Ex: The home’s colorful idiosyncrasy made it stand out in the neighborhood of white houses.

5. Purists (noun) (जहां शुद्धतावादियों) – a person who insists on absolute adherence to traditional rules or structures, especially in language or style

Synonyms – quibbler, precisionist

Ex: He is a well known purist for arts.

6. Aghast (adjective) (भौचक्का)– filled with horror or shock

Synonyms – amazed, appalled

Antonyms – unsurprised

Ex: When the magician did his disappearing trick, the speechless audience was aghast.

7. Clinched (verb) (जीता) – confirm or settle (a contract or bargain)

Synonyms – assure, conclude

Antonyms – delay, disprove

Ex: Mentally, there was no doubt that he just clinched this round.

8. Chronicled (verb) (लिपिबद्ध) – record (a series of events) in a factual and detailed way

Synonyms – narrate, register

Antonyms – conceal, erase

Ex: His work chronicles 20th-century migration.

9. Contradictorily (adjective) (विरोध रूप) – asserting the contrary or opposite, contradicting, inconsistent, logically opposite

Synonyms – diversely, variously

Ex: The silence, contradictorily, was the most beautiful and awkward thing at the moment.

Word of the Day

Ditto

Meaning (English) – the same thing again (used in lists and accounts and often indicated by a ditto mark under the word or figure to be repeated)

Meaning (Hindi) – ठीक इसी प्रकार से

Synonyms – clone, facsimile

Antonyms – original

Example – In these books ditto marks have been replaced with the applicable actual wording.

उदाहरण – इन पुस्तकों में पूर्वोक्त चिन्हों को लागू वास्तविक शब्दों के साथ प्रतिस्थापित किया गया है।

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