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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 23 January 2019
| Sr No. | Word | Meaning | Synonyms | Usage |
| 1. | ANCESTRY | One’s family or ethnic descent. | Ancestors,
forebears, forefathers |
He was proud of his Jewish ancestry. |
| 2. | ARRAY | An impressive display or range of a thing | Arrangement,
Line-up
|
The delicious smell came from the array of food at the buffet. |
| 3. | BLINDSIDED | Hit or attack someone on their blind side;
Make someone unable to perceive the truth of a situation |
Assail | We got blindsided by our own government. |
| 4. | CALIBRATE | Mark a gauge or instrument with a standard scale of readings;
Carefully assess, set, or adjust something |
Set, Fine-tune | The regulators cannot properly calibrate the risks involved in bidding. |
| 5. | CAPITALISE | Take the chance to gain advantage from;
Convert into capital |
Exploit,
Finance, Fund |
The opposition capitalised on the government’s embarrassment after demonetisation. |
| 6. | CONUNDRUM | A confusing and difficult problem or question | Difficulty, Quandary, Dilemma | Trying to solve this conundrum will be difficult. |
| 7. | CURVEBALL | Something which is unexpected | Surprising or disruptive | There will always be a curveball in any adventurous mission. |
| 8. | DIVERGENCE | The process or state of diverging;
A difference in opinions, interests |
Separation;
Dissimilarity, Variance |
The brothers show a fundamental divergence of attitudes. |
| 9. | GAUGE | An instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something;
Estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of |
Indicator, Measure, Calculate,
Compute
|
Astronomers can gauge the star’s intrinsic brightness. |
| 10. | HEFT | Lift or carry something heavy;
The weight of someone or something; Ability or influence |
Lift, Raise | They lacked the political heft to get the film banned. |
| 11. | NATIVIST | Relating to or supporting the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants | He has expressed his nativist beliefs through his divisive comments about immigrants. | |
| 12. | POPULISM | A political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups | Doctrine | The government came to power on a wave of populism. |
| 13. | PROMINENT | Important; Famous | Well known, Eminent | The wedding saw all the prominent personalities from the entertainment industry. |
| 14. | ROBUSTNESS | The quality or condition of being strong and in good condition | Hardiness, Ruggedness | There is an overall robustness of national and international financial systems. |
| 15. | SOAR | Fly or rise high in the air | Rise, Mount | The prices of the vegetables soared after the floods. |
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