Introduction
A Newspaper is a printed or online publication that provides readers with news and articles i.e. the current affairs of a country and the world. Current Affairs play a prominent role in several government-related recruitment exams in India. To better understand the current state of affairs, a candidate should acquire rich vocabulary primarily used by editors and publications of newspaper articles and editorials. SPLessons has made an effort to provide a comprehensive list of commonly used words in newspaper articles and editorials. Current Affairs Vocabulary Day 298 provides the readers with a collection of useful vocabulary for newspapers.
Vocabulary
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| Downturn (Noun) | a decline in economic, business, or other activity. |
"Some economists say a recession is possible in 2022, while others believe an economic downturn may not begin until the following year" |
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| Retaliation (Noun) | the action of returning a military attack; counter-attack. |
"He, in retaliation, has launched against them the most concentrated onslaughts that he has been able to devise" |
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| Slump (Verb) | undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount. |
"There’s been a slump in the demand for new cars" |
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| Extradite (Verb) | hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed. |
"The man was arrested last Wednesday and will be extradited to Utah to face charges alleged in the warrant" |
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| Orchestrate (Verb) | arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance. |
"It’s still unclear who was responsible for orchestrating the attack" |
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| Coup (Noun) | a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. |
"Some of the leaders of the coup took their lives rather than face dishonor" |
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| Affiliate (Verb) | officially attach or connect (a subsidiary group or a person) to an organization |
"Their group does not affiliate itself with any political party" |
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| Tipping point (Noun) | the point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more important change. |
"There are two prevailing theories for what might happen past the Amazon’s tipping point" |
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| Counterweight (Noun) | a weight that balances another weight. |
"The crane has a heavy counterweight on the back" |
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| Resurgence (Noun) | an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence. |
"There has been some resurgence in economic activity recently" |
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| Spanned (Verb) | extend from side to side |
"The stream was spanned by a narrow bridge" |
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| Encapsulated (Verb) | express essential features of something, summarize |
"It is difficult to encapsulate the story of the revolution in a single hour" |
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| Tenet (Verb) | one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based. |
"A major tenet of the women’s movement is that society needs their talents" |
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| Tantamount (Adjective) | equivalent in seriousness too, as good as |
"His refusal to answer was tantamount to the admission of guilt" |
Verbose (Adjective) |
expressed in more words than needed, garrulous. |
"Shashi Tharoor’s writings are often difficult and verbose" |
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