Almost every competitive exams has English section, that tests the skill of candidates in English language. Therefore candidates have to perform in this section with their best. So it is most important for the students to improve their writing ans well as verbal skills. An important part of this process is working on your English vocabulary.
For improvement of vocabulary we are providing here most important The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 28 May 2020.
- swarm (noun) –
a large group of flying insects. - locust (noun) –
locusts are crop-eating insects (short-horned grasshoppers) that travel in large swarms. - dimension (noun) –
aspect, feature, side, element. - batter (verb) –
damage, spoil, impair/ruin. - decade (noun) –
a period of ten years. - lurk (verb) –
be remain hidden, but poses as a danger; wait quietly to ambush (attack) something. - burgeoning (adjective) –
growing, increasing expanding, mushrooming rapidly. - amplify (verb) –
intensify, magnify/raise, escalate. - agrarian (adjective) –
relating to cultivating/farming. - species (noun) –
a group/breed/family of living organisms (animals & plants) with the individual having the same quality & can breed. - bane (noun) –
burden, curse, scourge. - periodic (adjective) –
regular, periodical, recurrent, recurring. - outbreak (noun) –
sudden appearance/occurrence, outburst, flare-up. - marauding (adjective) –
devastating; to go around & cause damage; It generally means raiding, looting, hunting (to roam around to steal goods & cause damage to the people). - objective (noun) –
aim, intention, purpose. - upsurge (noun) –
sudden increase or rise of something. - breeding (noun) –
reproduction, reproducing, multiplying. - last (verb) –
continue, go on, remain, exist. - quietus (noun) –
(something that has a peaceful) conclusion/end/dissolution. - building up (noun) –
development, formation, beginning/starting. - potentially (adverb) –
possibly, probably, conceivably. - testimony (noun) –
evidence, proof, attestation/witness. - devastating (adjective) –
destructive, ruinous, disastrous, catastrophic. - potential (noun) –
possibilities, potentiality, capability. - arcane (adjective) –
mysterious, secret, hidden, concealed, covert. - noxious (adjective) –
harmful, dangerous, damaging, destructive. - weed (noun) –
an unwanted & valueless plant growing wild in fields of crops/plants and affecting the growth of cultivated crops/plants. - provision (noun) –
term, clause, requirement/condition. - whereby (adverb) –
by which. - call upon (phrasal verb) –
ask formally, demand (to do something). - render (verb) –
give, provide, furnish. - imprisonment (noun) –
incarceration, custody, confinement. - abide by (verb) –
conform to, adhere to, comply with. - antiquated (adjective) –
outdated, old-fashioned, obsolete. - sound (verb) –
seem, appear, look. - humanity (noun) –
humankind, the human race, people. - blight (noun) –
affliction, scourge, bane, curse. - plague (noun) –
a contagious disease. - pestilence (noun) –
deadly epidemic/pandemic disease. - fallout (noun) –
adverse results; after-effects, repercussions. - meteorologist (noun) –
weatherman, weather forecaster. - fall short of (phrase) –
be deficient, be inadequate, be insufficient. - El Nino (noun) –
abnormal warming (of the Equatorial East of the Pacific that lies closer to the Americas). La Niña means abnormal cooling. - flip (noun) –
a somersault (turning over 360 deg) in the air. - relatively (adverb) –
comparatively, to a certain extent, somewhat. - in the works (phrase) –
ongoing, happening, occurring. - cause for cheer (phrase) –
reason to be cheerful. - moist (adjective) –
humid, damp, wet, rainy. - precipitate (verb) –
bring about, cause something (suddenly). - rain-bearing (adjective) –
(of air) bringing rain. - aid (verb) –
help, assist, support. - halt (verb) –
stop, end, cease, terminate. - standing crop (noun) –
a growing & uncut crop. (In ecology, standing crop is the total amount of biomass (living matter/ living material) present in an ecosystem at a particular time). - paradoxically (adverb) –
contradictorily, inconsistently, incongruously. - conducive (adjective) –
helpful, favourable, beneficial/advantageous. - sowing (noun) –
an act of seeding a plant or crop. - highlight (verb) –
underline, underscore, emphasize, call attention to. - disparate (adjective) –
contrasting, different, dissimilar. - potency (noun) –
strength, power. - folly (noun) –
foolishness, stupidity, madness, irresponsibility, thoughtlessness. - transcend (verb) –
go beyond, rise above, cut across. - territorial (adjective) –
localized, zonal. - equitable (adjective) –
fair, impartial. - sustainable (adjective) –
reasonable, sensible, well founded (without disturbing the balance of nature and then without exhausting all of natural resources).
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