Learning to use effective vocabulary

Reciprocity…

Model sentence… Sasmita presented a new flower painting to Monalisa. As a gesture of reciprocity, the latter (Monalisa ) gave a big chocolate pack to the former (Sasmita) as a gesture of reciprocity.

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Israel exports a lot of its missiles and missile technology to India. Modi has so far not criticized Netenyahu for his brutal attack on the Palestinians of Gaza. As a gesture of reciprocity, Israel sided with India in the recent Indo-Pak conflict.

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Scepticism …

The young man pleaded with his widowed mother to give him Rs.2 lakh to start a business which could get the family handsome profits. His mother treated the idea with skepticism because she was not convinced by her son’s business plans.

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The Home Minister was peeved at the way the chief minister turned down his proposal to recruit more women constables for the police force. The minister failed to understand why the chief minister had so much skepticism in his mind about employing women constables.

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Sustainability…

The farmer’s son planted a mango sapling in their backyard. Just after three years, the tree began to bear bumper fruits. The son proudly told everyone about his success. However, his grandfather was not very impressed. He said that the tree might or might not yield such crop in later years. He said sustainability of harvest is important as most trees can’t sustain their yield over later years.

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The student scored 100 out of 100 in mathematics. He boasted about his score before everyone in the school. The mathematics teacher intervened to say that he would really praise the student if he continued to score cent percent in all subsequent examinations. He said sustainability of performance was the key parameter of a student’s merit.

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Concession ….

Old and aged passengers are entitled to buy railway tickets at concessional rates.

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The Supreme Court gave some concession to the bail applicant because he was an ex-army man. The Court allowed conditional bail.

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Escalation…

When inflation is high, prices of food items go up quickly. Such escalation of prices causes hardship to poor consumers.

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The politician’s fiery speech led to escalation of violence in the area.

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Rubble …

After the bulldozer demolished the old building, a huge quantity of rubble was scattered in the spot. The municipality sent trucks and tractors to cart away the rubble and clean up the spot.

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Effective missile attack by India reduced Pakistan’s air defence system to rubble.

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Vulnerability…

It has now been confirmed that mobile addiction increases vulnerability of young minds to mental disorders.

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Shortage of Vitamin C increases the vulnerability of a human being to cold and fever attacks

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Durable…

The pant cost me high, but its cloth was very durable.

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Cars made in India now are far more durable than the ones manufactured in the 60’s and 7’s.

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Forged….

Meaning one …. The wicked student forged his mark sheet to get admission in BBA course in Ravenshaw College. Later, the forgery was detected and the student was expelled from the college.

Meaning 2…The blacksmith of our village heats iron till it is red hot. Then he hits the iron piece to make agricultural equivalent. Such process is called forging.

Meaning 3.,, India is trying very hard to forge a strong bond of friendship with Nepali but the efforts haven’t succeeded much.

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Tentative….

The Dalit girl approached the principal of the college for a seat in BBA. He agreed tentatively to admit her, but said that after all applications are received and examined, he would give his final decision.

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The high court criticized the state government for its tentative policy towards women safety in public spaces.

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Crumble….

Unable to withstand the strong storm, the old building crumbled throwing rubble all over the place.

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In recent months, Syria is trying very hard to rebuild its crumbled infrastructure in the fields of transport, education, and healthcare.

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Hostility…

There was some old hostility between the teacher’s family with our family. Because of this, he used to punish me severely for minor offences.

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Bangladesh’s increasing hostility towards India is now backfiring as India denies use of its ports for Bangladeshi exports.

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Unilateral…

After a trade treaty is signed between two countries, neither of them can abrogate it unilaterally.

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