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Today’s article title is: By Liberalising FDI Policy, India Would Surely Grab The Opportunity To Attract Global OEMs: Defence Minister For State Shripad Naik
Did you find words that were absolutely new? Great! Below are the explanations given for some of those difficult words you found. Go through them slowly and don’t forget to do the exercises at the end.
Important words and idioms from the article
LIBERAL 1
Adjective
Pronunciation: lib-er-uhl
Meaning: not bound by traditional ways or beliefs
Synonyms: broad-minded, nonconventional, nonorthodox
Antonyms: conservative, conventional
Usage: He is very liberal in his ideas
LIBERAL 2
Adjective
Pronunciation: lib-er-uhl
Meaning: giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation
Synonyms: bighearted, bounteous, bountiful
Antonyms: cheap, close, closefisted, costive
Usage: He is well liked because he is a liberal man
LIBERAL 3
Adjective
Pronunciation: lib-er-uhl
Meaning: being more than enough without being excessive
Synonyms: abundant, ample, aplenty, bounteous
Antonyms: bare, minimal, scant, spare
Usage: The piza has a liberal amount of cheese on it
CRITICAL
Adjective
Pronunciation: krit-i-kuhl
Meaning: given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things/ needing immediate attention/ of high importance
Synonyms: captious, carping, caviling/ acute, dire, compelling/ prerequisite, compulsory
Antonyms: uncritical/ noncritical, nonurgent/ dispensable, inessential, needless
Usage: He makes critical remarks/The need is critical/The nucleus is critical to survival of the cell
Forms: Critically (adverb), Criticize (verb), Criticism (noun)
ESCALATE
Verb
Pronunciation: es-kuh-leyt
Meaning: to become or make greater in extent
Synonyms: accelerate, accumulate, appreciate
Antonyms: contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, abate, decrease
Usage: Your shouting will only escalate the matter
Forms: Escalation (noun)
Practice Questions
Q1) If the words ‘Critical’ and ‘Dispensable’ make a perfect pair, select the correct pair from the following set of words following the same logic:
- Contract-Decrease
- Carping-Caviling
- Liberal-Ample
- Escalate-Abate
Q2) Create sentences of your own with the following words:
- Critical
- Liberal
- Escalate
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