Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist - 07th March 2017

Today’s article, 'Elusive reconciliation’ has been picked from The Hindu.

This article talks about the progress report of Sri Lanka government as per the report released by united nations. The report raises serious concerns about the delay in addressing allegations of war crimes and in meeting other promises. Also it adds more Concern towards the Tamil minority.

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

Elusive reconciliation

Challenging Words in the Article -

• Elusive (परिहारकारी) - Adjective
  Meaning - difficult to find, catch, or achieve
  Synonyms - tricky, baffling
  Antonyms - definite, honest
  Example - The police are finding it difficult to catch the elusive bank robber.
• Reconciliation (सुलह) - Noun
  Meaning - the restoration of friendly relations
  Synonyms - accord, agreement
  Antonyms - disagreement, dissension
  Example - The reconciliation between the two kings will never occur because both men are too stubborn.
• Allegation (अभिकथन) - NounMeaning - a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof
  Synonyms - accusation, charge
  Antonyms - exculpation, denial
  Example - The professor made an allegation of cheating against his student.
• Momentum (गतिमात्रा) - Noun
  Meaning - the impetus gained by a moving object
  Synonyms - energy, power
  Antonyms - lethargy, weakness
  Example - A stationary object has no momentum.
  
• Isolation (अलगाव) - Noun
  Meaning - the process or fact of isolating or being isolated
  Synonyms - desolation, solitude
  Example - If you are in isolation, you are located away from other people.
  
• Undeniably (इसमें शक) - Noun
  Meaning - used to emphasize that something cannot be denied or disputed
  Synonyms - certainly, distinctly
  Antonyms - doubtfully, uncertain
  Example - This is undeniable evidence of fraud.
  
• Hybrid (वर्ण-संकर) - Noun
  Meaning - a thing made by combining two different elements (Noun)
  of mixed character, composed of different elements (Adjective)
  Synonyms - combination, compound
  Antonyms - division, separation
  Example - Because my hybrid car works with both solar power and gasoline, I use less fuel than a lot of people.
• Eroding (नष्ट करना) - Verb
  Meaning - gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed
  Synonyms - destroy, abrade
  Antonyms - build, ignore
  Example - People predicted the Internet would erode the future of newspapers, and for the most part, they were correct.
• Arbitrary (एकपक्षीय) - Adjective
  Meaning - based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system
  Synonyms - erratic, inconsistent
  Antonyms - definite, reasonable
  Example - He made an arbitrary decision to take the car.