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.Scoff (verb)
Meaning: speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
Synonyms: mock, deride, ridicule, sneer at, be scornful about, treat contemptuously, jeer at, jibe at, make fun of, poke fun at, laugh at, scorn, laugh to scorn,
Example: Such gatherings across the country have been the trademark of Mr. Corbyn since his epic
campaign to become leader of the Labour party in 2015, but were scoffed at in the early days by his opponents within and outside his party, convinced that his supporters were hardly representative of the wider British public.
2.Vaunt (verb)
Meaning: boast about or praise (something), especially excessively.
Synonyms: boast about, brag about, make much of, crow about, gloat over, give oneself airs about, exult in, parade, flaunt, show off, flourish;
Example: Much uncertainty remains but there are a number of takeaways for Britain and beyond so
far. First, the much-touted march of the right, vaunted by its proponents in the wake of the Brexit referendum and the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. last year, is far from inevitable.
3.Status quo (noun)
Meaning: the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.
Example: What is happening in Britain points to something far more complex at work in the West:
widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo that doesn’t necessarily give into campaigns of fear and negativity pegged around immigration and Islamaphobia.
4.Flounder (verb)
Meaning: struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water., struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion., be in serious difficulty.
Synonyms: struggle, thrash, flail, toss and turn, twist and turn, pitch, splash, stagger, stumble, falter, lurch, blunder, fumble, grope, squirm, writhe
Example: While the results and the preceding BBC exit poll came as a shock to many, the Conservatives could have looked back to the campaigns of the Brexit referendum to get a sense of where theirs may have floundered.
5.Deride (verb)
Meaning: express contempt for; ridicule.
Synonyms: ridicule, mock, jeer at, scoff at, jibe at, make fun of, poke fun at, laugh at, hold up to ridicule, pillory.
Example: Initial attempts to send a positive message focussed on Ms. May’s track record quickly gave way to a highly personalised assault on Mr. Corbyn and other members of his team, with the Conservatives deriding the “coalition of chaos” that could result from the Labour Party working with others such as the Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats.
6.Barrage (noun)
Meaning: a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.
Synonyms: bombardment, gunfire, cannonade, battery, blast, broadside, salvo, volley, fusillade.
Example: The negative campaigning was cleverly and humorously played on by Labour at times, which used social media to its advantage with great mastery, through the campaign. #LastMinuteCorbynSmears was doing the rounds in the days before the election result, as Labour supporters parodied some of the attempts by the tabloids and others to barrage people with scare stories about Mr. Corbyn and his policies.
7.Accentuate (verb)
Meaning: make more noticeable or prominent.
Synonyms: focus attention on, bring/call/draw attention to, point up, underline, underscore, accent, highlight, spotlight, foreground, feature, give prominence to, make more prominent, make more noticeable, play up, bring to the fore, heighten, stress, emphasize,
Example: Her refusal to take part in a televised debate, which Mr. Corbyn joined in at the last
minute, accentuated that image, while moments captured of her on the election trail suggested she wasn’t fully engaged with the specific concerns of communities.
8.Unprecedented (adjective)
Meaning: never done or known before.
Synonyms: unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched, unrivalled, without parallel, without equal;
Example: No single party securing the necessary majority of 326 out of 650 seats in the House of
Commons is not an unprecedented outcome in U.K. politics: it happened, for instance, in 2010 and in 1974.
9.Cobble (noun)
Meaning: a small round stone used to cover road surfaces.
Example: Yet the spectacle of non-majority party leaders seeking to meet the Queen the morning after in a bid to somehow cobble together a standing coalition government elicited sarcasm.
10.Nuance (noun)
Meaning: a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.
Synonyms: fine distinction, subtle distinction/difference, shade, shading, gradation, variation.
Example: The silver lining may be that by exercising their democratic rights they have given
voice to their collective political opinions; and whoever helms their nation would do well to understand all the nuances of their choice.
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