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English Madhyam
(Weekly vocabulary compilation)
From 18 Sep 2023 to 23 Sep 2023
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Table of Contents
Part - A
Indian Express Editorial: Alien fossils: Life as you don’t know it (18 SEP 2023) ............................. 4
The Hindu Editorial: Testing time (19 SEP 2023) ............................................................................ 6
Indian Express Editorial: Raising the game (20 SEP 2023) .............................................................. 8
The Hindu Editorial: Serious allegations (21 SEP 2023) ................................................................ 10
The Hindu Editorial: Legislating change (22 SEP 2023)................................................................. 12
The Hindu Editorial: Silent killer (23 SEP 2023) ............................................................................ 14
Part - B
Indian Express Editorial: The new front: (18 SEP 2023) ............................................................... 16
The Hindu Editorial: Sanctions for change (19 SEP 2023) ............................................................ 17
Indian Express Editorial: Topic of interest (20 SEP 2023) ............................................................. 20
The Hindu Editorial: Asian giant (21 SEP 2023) ............................................................................ 22
The Hindu Editorial: Keep calm (22 SEP 2023) ............................................................................. 24
The Hindu Editorial: Gold Hunt (23 SEP 2023) .............................................................................. 27
Part - C
The Tribune Editorial: Responsible lending (18 SEP 2023) ........................................................... 29
The Pioneer Editorial: Moral compass in education is a must (19 SEP 2023) .............................. 31
The Pioneer Editorial: Stree shakti (21 SEP 2023) ........................................................................ 33
The Indian Express Editorial: Undoing reform (22 SEP 2023) ....................................................... 35
Indian Express Editorial: RBI’s framework for wilful defaulters (23 SEP 2023) ............................ 37
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Indian Express Editorial: Alien fossils: Life as you don’t know it (18 SEP 2023)
1. Fossil (noun) – the shape of a bone, a 12. Fossilised (adjective) – petrified,
shell, or a plant or animal that has been ossified, hardened, preserved
preserved in rock for a very long period जीवाल्मभकृत
2. Narcissism (noun) – the habit of 13. Corpse (noun) – body, carcass, cadaver,
admiring yourself too much, especially remains शव
your appearance स्वमॊ की अत्मधधक प्रशॊसा
कयने का स्वबाव 14. Mummified (adjective) – preserved,
embalmed, dried up भभीफनामा हुआ
3. Of the kind (phrase) – like or similar to
what has been said इस तयह का 15. Remain (noun) – residue, remnants,
leftovers, traces ऩाधथिव अवशेष
4. Insist (verb) – maintain, assert, hold,
contend, argue दृढता से कहना 16. Cliché (noun) – platitude, banality,
truism, stereotype तघसी-वऩटी उल्तत
5. Evolution (noun) – development,
progression, transformation, 17. Elongated (adjective) – stretched,
adaptation, growth ववकास lengthened, extended, expanded रॊबफ
8. Myth (noun) – legend, fable, saga, 20. Take with a pinch of salt (phrase) – be
folktale, lore कल्ल्ऩत कथा skeptical, doubt, distrust, be wary of
शॊका से दे खना
9. Archetype (noun) – the most typical
example of a particular kind of person 21. Turn out to be (phrase) – prove to be,
or thing भर
ू प्रततरूऩ be found to be, be revealed to be
साबफत होना
10. Demon (noun) – devil, fiend, evil spirit,
fallen angel दानव 22. Renewed (adjective) – restored,
revitalized, rekindled, rejuvenated
11. Fairy (noun) – sprite, pixie, nymph, elf नवीनीकृत
ऩयी
23. Testify (verb) – bear witness, give
evidence, attest, affirm साक्ष्म दे ना
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24. Assert (verb) – declare, state, profess, 31. Often (adverb) – frequently, regularly,
affirm जोय दे ना commonly, usually, habitually अतसय
25. Possess (verb) – own, have, hold, be 32. Resemble (verb) – look like, be similar
the owner of ऩाना to, mimic, echo, mirror सभान ददखना
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7. Inbound shipment (noun) – Import 18. Imply (verb) – Indicate, suggest, hint,
goods
insinuate, infer. सधू ित कयना
8. Lead (to) (verb) – Result in, cause,
19. Bridge (verb) – to reduce or lessen the
bring about, produce, engender, give
gap/deficit कभ कयना
rise to वजह फनना
20. Current account deficit (noun) –A
9. Trade deficit (noun) – a situation in
measurement of a country’s trade in
which the value of goods a country
which the value of goods and services
imports is greater than the value of
it imports exceeds the value of the
goods it exports व्माऩाय घाटा
products it exports.
10. So far (phrase) – Until now, up to this 21. Escalate (verb) – Increase, amplify,
point, hitherto, as yet. अफ तक magnify, heighten, intensify. फढना
11. Extrapolation (noun) – Projection, 22. Outgoing shipment (noun) – Export
prediction, forecast, estimation. अनभ
ु ान goods
12. Resilient (adjective) – Robust, durable, 23. Fuel (verb) – Power, drive, energize,
tough, hardy, adaptable. भजफत ू stimulate, provoke. प्रेरयत कयना
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26. Omen (noun) – Sign, portent, 37. Dent (verb) – Reduce, diminish, lessen,
harbinger, presage, prognostication. undermine, Depress कभ कयना
सॊकेत
38. Festive demand (noun) – Requirement
27. Amid (preposition) – Among, amidst, during celebration times. त्मोहायी भाॊग
between, amongst, in the midst of. के
39. Lift (verb) – Raise, elevate, uplift, hoist,
फीि भें
boost. फढाना
28. Gloom (noun) – Despondency, 40. Order book (noun) – A record of orders
melancholy, sadness, misery, sorrow. received by a business.
उदासी/ तनयाशा
41. Engineering goods (noun) –
29. Tally (noun) – Count, total, record, Manufactured products of engineering.
account, score. धगनती
42. Account for (phrasal verb) –
30. A double-edged sword (phrase) – Constitute, represent, comprise, make
Something having both positive and up, form के मरमे उत्तयदमी होना
negative consequences. दोधायी तरवाय
43. Clock (verb) – Register, record, note,
31. Strategic (adjective) – Tactical, log, measure. दजि कयना
calculated, deliberate, planned,
scheming. यणनीततक 44. Uptick (noun) – Increase, rise, growth,
boost, surge. वद्ृ धध
32. Gambit (noun) – Maneuver, strategy,
ploy, scheme, tactic. िार 45. Nurture (verb) – Encourage, support,
develop, foster, cultivate. प्रोत्साहन दे ना
33. Lucrative (adjective) – Profitable,
gainful, remunerative, moneymaking, 46. Precious (adjective) – Valuable, costly,
fruitful. राबकायी dear, prized, cherished. भल्
ू मवानGreen
shoots (noun) – Early signs of recovery
34. Moreover (adverb) – Furthermore, in or positive growth. अथिव्मवस्था भें सध
ु ाय
addition, also, additionally, besides.
के सॊकेत
इसके अततरयतत
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2. Stare (at) (verb) – looked at, gaze, watch, 15. Summon (verb) – Call, order, command,
gawk, gape दे खना/घयू ना instruct फर
ु ाना
3. Downturn (noun) – Decrease, decline, 16. Accuse (of) (verb) – Charge with, indict
reduction, slump, drop ऩतन for, blame for आयोऩ रगाना
7. Mark (verb) – Indicate, signify, denote, 20. Invoke (verb) – cite, refer to, bring forth,
point out, show सधू ित कयना turn to, resort to आह्वान कयना
10. Bilateral (adjective) – Two-sided, mutual, 23. Rival (noun) – Competitor, opponent,
reciprocal द्ववऩऺीम adversary ववयोधी
11. Set off (phrasal verb) – Trigger, initiate, 24. Remark (noun) – Comment, statement,
begin, start प्रायॊ ब कयना observation दटप्ऩणी
12. A chain of events (phrase) – Sequence of 25. Critical of (phrase) – Disapproving of,
incidents, succession of happenings, condemning, censuring आरोिना कयते हुए
series of developments घटनाओॊ की श्ॊख
ृ रा
26. Chill (noun) – Unfriendliness, lack of
13. Expel (verb) – Oust, remove, dismiss, understanding, lack of sympathy, lack of
eject तनकारना warmth अमभत्रता
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27. Outlast (verb) – Survive, live longer than, 39. Separatist (adjective) – Relating to people
outlive से अधधक सभम तक यहना or groups wanting to form a separate
independent state or organization
28. Vote out (phrasal verb) – Oust from अरगाववादी
position through a vote वोट द्वाया फाहय
40. Interpol (noun) – An international
कयना
criminal police organization that
facilitates worldwide police cooperation
29. Unlike (preposition) – In contrast to, as
opposed to ववऩयीत 41. Red corner notice (noun) – An
international request to locate and
30. NATO (noun) – The North Atlantic Treaty provisionally arrest an individual pending
Organization, an intergovernmental extradition or similar legal action
military alliance between North American
and European countries. उत्तय अटराॊदटक 42. Hail (verb) – Acclaim, praise, commend,
applaud, salute प्रशॊसा कयना
सॊधध सॊगिन
43. Decade (noun) – A period of ten years
31. Alliance (noun) – Coalition,
confederation, federation, union, pact दशक
सॊघटन/ सॊधध
44. Mistrust (noun) – Distrust, suspicion,
32. Rupture (noun) – Disagreement, doubt, skepticism, disbelief सॊदेह
separation, estrangement, breach, rift,
45. Brush aside (phrasal verb) – Dismiss,
breakup सॊफध
ॊ ववच्छे द, अरगाव
reject, disregard, ignore, overlook नकायना
33. Fraught (adjective) – tense, anxious,
46. Reset (noun) – A process or instance of
charged, stressed खयाफ/ तनावऩण
ू ि setting, adjusting, or fixing something in a
34. Cold (adjective) – Unemotional, new or different way ऩन
ु स्थािऩन
impassive, unresponsive, reserved,
47. Free trade (noun) – A policy by which a
indifferent उदासीन government does not discriminate against
imports or interfere with exports by
35. Reflection (noun) – Contemplation,
applying tariffs or subsidies
deliberation, meditation, musing,
pondering धिॊतन/ सोि- वविाय 48. Acrimonious (adjective) – Bitter,
rancorous, caustic, resentful, hostile कटु
36. Admit (verb) – Confess, acknowledge,
concede, accept स्वीकाय कयना 49. On the sidelines of (phrase) – not actively
involved; observing rather than taking
37. Assertion (noun) – Claim, declaration, part के भौके ऩय
statement, contention, affirmation दावा
50. Niceties (noun) – Details, subtleties,
38. Safe haven (noun) – A place of safety or nuances, refinements, particulars
refuge; a shelter सयु क्षऺत शयण स्थर फायीफकमों
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25. Grassroots (noun) – The basic or 30. Fall (verb) – to become lower or less कभ
fundamental level, base, जनता का सभह
ू होना, घटना
26. All sorts of (phrase) – Various types of, 31. At the outset (phrase) – In the beginning,
different kinds of, numerous, a range of,
initially, at the start, firstly, प्रायॊ ब भें
assorted, भौजूद हय प्रकाय का
32. Falter (verb) – Hesitate, waver, stumble,
27. Patriarchal (adjective) – Male-dominated,
be unsure, दहिफकिाना
fatherly, androcentric, patrilineal,
वऩतस
ृ त्तात्भक 33. Institute (verb) – Establish, set up, start,
initiate, आयॊ ब कयना
28. Make a difference (phrase) – Have an
impact, bring about change, effect change,
34. Have one’s say (phrase) – Express one’s
matter, अॊतय ऩैदा कयना opinion, voice one's thoughts, get a word
in, speak out, अऩनी याम यखना
29. Counts (noun) – Considerations, aspects,
factors, points, ऩहरू
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2. Grim (adjective) – Bleak, Dire, Dismal, Ghastly, 15. Marginally (adverb) – Slightly, Somewhat, थोड़ा
Harsh, बमॊकय, ववकट सा
3. Inexpensive (adjective) – Cheap, Affordable, 16. Sketchy (adjective) – Incomplete, Rudimentary,
Low-cost, Economical, Reasonable, सस्ता Imperfect, अधूया
4. Cardiovascular disease (noun) – A class of 17. Incidence (noun) – Occurrence, Frequency,
diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels,
Rate, घटनाववृ त्त
such as coronary artery disease, heart failure,
valvular heart disease, etc. रृदम योग 18. Fatality (noun) – Death, Casualty, Mortality,
भौत
5. Stroke (noun) – Paralysis, Seizure, रकवा
19. Intake (noun) – Consumption, Ingestion, Input,
6. Associated (with) (adjective) – Connected,
सेवन
Related, Linked, सॊफधॊ धत
20. Cut down (phrasal verb) – Reduce, Decrease,
7. Continuum (noun) – A continuous sequence in
Lessen, कभ कयना
which adjacent elements are not perceptibly
different from each other, although the
21. Label (verb) – Tag, Mark, Designate, धिल्ह्नत
extremes are quite distinct. अफाध क्रभ, सततत
कयना
8. Classify (verb) – Categorize, Sort, Arrange,
वगीकृत कयना 22. Reformulation (noun) – The process of
changing, altering, or amending the
9. Obese (adjective) – Overweight, Fat, Corpulent, composition or structure of something.
अत्मधधक भोटा ऩन
ु तनिभािण
10. Underestimate (verb) – Undervalue, 23. Undertake (verb) – Embark on, Take on,
Underrate, Disregard, कभ सभझना Commit to, कयना
11. Cumulative (adjective) – Combined, Aggregate, 24. Novel (adjective) – New, Original, Innovative,
Total, सॊिमी नमा
12. Rely (on) (verb) – Depend (on), Count (on), 25. Enroll (verb) – Register, Sign up, Join, बती कयना
Trust (in), तनबिय कयना
26. Hypertensive (adjective) – Relating to or
13. Diagnose (verb) – Identify, Detect, Find, योग का affected by hypertension. उच्ि यततिाऩ सॊफधॊ धत
ऩता रगाना
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