HINDU EDITORIAL VOCABULARY WORDS- APRIL 5th & 6th , 2017

Hai Friends Iam Neeharika J .Here Iam Sharing English Vocabulary From Editorial Section Of The Hindu Dated 5th&6th  April 2017.Happy Reading........

1.      Embark on (phrasal verb)             –     commence, start, open up.

2.      exacerbate (verb)                           –     aggravate, exasperate, worsen, embitter, amplify the

       worseness.

3.      slump (noun)                                 –    steep fall, plunge, drop, collapse, tumble, plummet,

       downturn.

4.      Extraneous (adjective)                  –    irrelevant, immaterial, unrelated, unconnected,

 inapposite, inappropriate .

5.      headway (noun)                            –    advancement, furtherance, progress.

6.      villainy (noun)                                –    evil doing, wrong doing, immorality, iniquity.

7.      vet (verb)                                        –    assess, evaluate, appraise, examine, scrutinize, inspect.

8.      rationale (noun)                              –    reasoning , (logical) basis, on the grounds of.

9.      revamp (verb)                                –    remake, revitalize, remodel, revive, renew.

10.  oversight (noun)                             –    supervision, surveillances, superintendence.

11.  bemuse (verb)                                 –    puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder, muddle.

12.  masquerade (verb)                          –    impersonate, pretend as, disguise oneself as sitmulate.

13.  draconian (adjective)                     –    harsh, severe, strict, extreme, drastic, stringent.

14.  synergy (noun)                               –    symbiosys, coaction, cooperation, combined efforts.

15.  overarching (adjective)                 –    including, encircling, comprehensive, encompassing.

16.  humongous (adjective)                   –    enormous, huge, colossal, prodigious, immense.

17.  dictum (noun)                               –    pronouncement, proclamation, edict, decree, mandate,

 fiat.

18.  hubris (noun)                                 –    arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, pomposity.

19.  maliciously (adverb)                      –    malevolently, malignantly, spitefully.

20.  Collateral (adjective)                     –    auxiliary, additional, complementary, subsidiary,

                   subordinating