Wordlist - 03rd June 2017

Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist - 03rd June 2017

Today’s article, 'Pharma lobby strikes: on the threat from e-pharmacies’ has been picked from The Hindu.

This article talks about the Pharmacies protest as they increasingly feel the heat of competition and regulation.

To read more, you can go through the article from the link below - 

Pharma lobby strikes: on the threat from e-pharmacies

Challenging Words in the Article -

1) Screws (शिकंजा) - Sc-rew-s
Meaning - (a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated so that it pierces wood or other material and is held tightly in place - Nounfasten or tighten with a screw or screws - Verbcheat or swindle (someone), especially by charging them too much for something - Informal
Synonyms - bolt, twist
Antonyms - unscrew, help
Example - Don't go to that store; they screwed me when I bought a sound system from them.

2) Stringent (कड़ी से कड़ी) - Strin-gent
Meaning - (of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting - Adjective
Synonyms - binding, demanding
Antonyms - amenable, facile
Example - She failed to meet the stringent selection criteria.

3) Ante (कीमत अदा करना) - An-ti
Meaning - a stake put up by a player in poker or brag before receiving cards - Nounpay an amount of money in advance - Verb
Synonyms - pay, stake
Example - We might refer to this as the ex ante demand for bank lending.

4) Halting (लंगड़ा) - Halt-ing
Meaning - slow and hesitant, especially through lack of confidence, faltering - Adjective
Synonyms - awkward, clumsy
Antonyms - clever, easy
Example - An international agreement aimed at halting the destruction of the ozone layer.

5) Ambit (सीमा) - Am-bit
Meaning - the scope, extent, or bounds of something - Noun
Synonyms - boundary, compass
Example - Her case falls within the ambit of moral law.

6) Dispensation (व्यवस्था) - Dis-pen-say-shun
Meaning - exemption from a rule or usual requirement - Noun
Synonyms - disbursement, allotment
Antonyms - denial, veto
Example - Is it true that accountants have a special dispensation?

7) Mandated (अनिवार्य) - Man-date-ed
Meaning - give (someone) authority to act in a certain way - Verb
Synonyms - assigned, decreed
Example - The assembly was mandated to draft a constitution.

Word of the Day

• Delegitimising (अमान्य) - De-lig-it-mice-ing
  
• Meaning - withdraw legitimate status or authority from - Verb
• Example (English) - It is a blatant effort to delegitimize the country as such.
• Example (Hindi) - यह एक प्रबल जैसे देश का अमान्य प्रयास है|

 Now considering the article above as a Reading Comprehension question, try to answer the following -

• Suggest a catchy title to the article.
• What can be done according to you to prevent the sale of fake and substandard drugs?

Given below are some words to check your vocabulary you can make sentences with those words in the comment section which will be reviewed by us.

• Threat
• Perhaps
• Accessibility
• Substantial