Daily English Vocab
PDF 11th March 2017
A levelled field
Skill asymmetry (असममममि) determined India’s preference for laying turners at home. Is that a
thing of the past?
Comparing sportsmen across generations is always a fraught (Figuratively- भारयुक्त) exercise, yet
it is tempting to wonder if the current crop of Indian batsmen measure up to their forebears from
another millennium as far as one department of the game is concerned — the ability to tackle spin.
There’s this apocryphal (समं िग्ध प्रामामिक) story of the legendary Pakistani leggie Abdul Qadir being
particularly riled (मिढा हुआ होना) one hot midsummer day during a Test being played in the ’80s.
Reason? Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar were at the crease, and every time Qadir would rip
out his wrong ’un, the batsman at the non-striking end would call it aloud for the other’s benefit
even as the delivery had just left the fingers and commenced on its flight path.
Death by dust
Batting mainstays (मुख्य आधार होना) of the time raised the business of smothering(to stop or
prevent the growth or activity of) the spin, playing with the turn or against it to an art. India’s
successes abroad were too few and far between but its reputation as the last frontier for other
cricketing nations to conquer was built on the edifice of preparing turners with the bench strength
to exploit and negotiate them. From the 1-0 loss against Pakistan in 1986-87 to 1999-2000 when
it lost both Tests against South Africa, India kept its series slate clean at home. And in three
passages through this side of the subcontinent, Shane Warne, arguably the greatest spinner of all
time, could only notch 34 scalps from nine Tests at an average of 43.11. This, when four Tests in
Pakistan yielded a rich haul of 26 wickets.
Cut to the latter half of the 2000s, and we have had to suffer the ignominy (अप्रमिष्ठा/अपकीमिि) of
horrors such as Jason Krejza, who would go on to play only one more Test in his career, finishing
with match figures of 12-358 on debut for Australia at Nagpur in 2008. Four years later, the
humiliation (मानहामन) doubled as Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann spun England to a 2-1 series
win.
An inspired fightback at Bengaluru allowed the team to level the honours in the ongoing series
against Australia, and it’s Advantage India as the action moves to Ranchi next. But as the likes of
Stephen O’Keefe, who recorded the best match figures ever by a visiting spinner in India in the
Pune Test, and Nathan Lyon, whose eight-for at Bengaluru is his third seven-plus haul against
India and the best in an innings by any visiting bowler in India, slice through the Indian order with
ease, it is evident that while increased exposure overseas has resulted in a greater felicity(intense
happiness.) with the horizontal-bat shots, the art of presenting a dead bat is a dying one. It doesn’t
take the eagle eye of Gavaskar or the wristiness (adept use of wrists) of Mohammad Azharuddin
and V.V.S. Laxman to negate (बेअसर करना) spin. Asked once whether it was the tweaker’s fingers
or the red cherry’s revolutions that he took cue from, the West Indian great Gary Sobers revealed
an elaborate game plan: “I play the ball whichever way it goes after pitching.” Keep it simple,
Team India.
Courtesy: The Hindu (Sports)
1. Asymmetry (noun): Lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something
(असममममि)
Synonyms: Imbalance, Inequality, Skewness, Unevenness.
Antonyms: Equality, Balance, Evenness, Parity.
Example: Nobody trusts john, as there is always an asymmetry between what he says and what
he does.
Related words:
Asymmetric (adjective) - characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of
parts or components
2. Fraught (adjective): (of a situation or course of action) filled with (something undesirable).
(Figuratively- भारयुक्त)
Synonyms: Full Of, Filled With, Swarming With, Rife With, Charged With, Loaded With.
Antonyms: Devoid, Empty.
Example: The treasure hunt was fraught with puzzles that had to be solved in order to find the
fortune.
3. Apocryphal (adjective): (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely
circulated as being true. (समं िग्ध प्रामामिक)
Synonyms: Fictitious, Untrue, Fabricated, False, Spurious.
Antonyms: True, Authentic, Doubtless.
Example: Rather than search for the truth about history, many individuals simply accept
apocryphal legends.
Related words:
Apocrypha (noun) – अप्रमाणिक
4. Rile (verb): Make (someone) annoyed or irritated. (मिढाना)
Synonyms: Irritate, Annoy, Vex, Provoke, Offend, Affront.
Antonyms: Calm, Comfort, Delight, Appease, Placate.
Example: one sure way to rile me is to keep yelling for me.
Verb forms: Rile, Riled, Riled.
5. Mainstay (noun): Someone or something on which something else is based or relies. (मुख्य आधार
होना)
Synonyms: Centerpiece, Cornerstone, Backbone, Bulwark.
Antonyms: Weakness, Powerlessness.
Example: My mother has always been the mainstay of our family.
6. Smother (verb): To stop or prevent the growth or activity of (रोकना/दबाना)
Synonyms: Quash, Quell, Overwhelm, Suppress, Suffocate.
Antonyms: Encourage, Allow, Free.
Example: Industrialized countries have mostly smothered the agricultural growth.
Verb forms: Smother, Smothered, Smothered.
7. Ignominy (noun): Disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action.
(अप्रमिष्ठा/अपकीमिि)
Synonyms: Humiliation, Mortification, Disgrace, Dishonor, Stigma, Degradation,
Indignity.
Antonyms: Prestige, Dignity, Honor.
Example: The incriminating pictures brought ignominy to the celebrity.
Infamy,
Related words:
Ignominiously (adverb) - णिरस्कारपर्ू वक
Ignominious (adjective) - अपकीणिवकर
8. Humiliation (noun): The action of humiliating someone or the state of being humiliated.
(मानहामन)
Synonyms: Embarrassment, Mortification, Shame, Indignity, Ignominy, Disgrace, Dishonor.
Antonyms: Esteem, Honor, Respect.
Example: Alice was tired of dealing with the humiliation of having a cheating spouse so she filed
for divorce.
Verb forms: Humiliate, Humiliated, Humiliated.
Related words:
Humiliate (verb) - अपमाणनि करना
9. Felicity (noun): Intense happiness. (आनंि अनुभूमि)
Synonyms: Happiness, Joy, Rapture, Bliss, Euphoria, Delight.
Antonyms: Displeasure, Dissatisfaction, Gloom.
Example: The boy smiled with felicity when his dream girl agreed to have coffee with him.
Verb forms: Felicitate, Felicitated, Felicitated.
Related words:
Felicitate (verb) - express congratulations
10. Negate (verb): Make ineffective (बेअसर करना)
Synonyms: Invalidate, Nullify, Make Ineffective, Neutralize,
Antonyms: Validate, Institute, Uphold.
Example: Having our luggage stolen did not negate the fantastic time we had on our cruise.
Verb forms: Negate, Negated, Negated.
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