Vocabulary on 1st August 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SOOT, 2. #PARAFFIN, 3. #SPORADIC, 4. #PRECIPITOUS]

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Word Meanings:

1. SOOT= ঝুল; কালিঝুলি; Smut; কাল দাগ; Inclination; Stoop; Lampblack; বাতির কালো; ভুসাজাত কালি; 

2. PARAFFIN= মোমবাতি; taper; wax candle; bougie; খনিজ তৈল; খনিজ মোম; 

3. SPORADIC= বিক্ষিপ্ত; scattered; distraught; dispersed; effuse; অসংহত;

4. PRECIPITOUS= দ্রুত; dangerously high or steep; (of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration; hasty; overhasty; rash; hurried; rushed; impetuous;  দ্রুতবেগে ধাবমান; impulsive; আবেগতাড়িত; 

5. INTERDICTED= নিষেধাজ্ঞা; Verb: Interdict= prohibit or forbid; ban; bar; veto; proscribe; নিষেধ;  make illegal; 

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Sentences:

1. The walls were blackened with SOOT and all the windows were broken, some by the inferno itself and others by desperate people trying to jump to safety.

2. An unreliable electricity supply meant that PARAFFIN lamps and candles were used for lighting, and portable gas stoves for cooking.

3. The water supply was SPORADIC.

4. Baleni estimated that there were more than 1,000 buildings in central Johannesburg in a similar state of neglect – a PRECIPITOUS decline for what was once the country’s richest suburb.

5. “When you try to do this you get INTERDICTED by certain organisations that seek to interfere,” he said, referring to NGOs such as the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, and the Inner City Federation, which argue that residents cannot be evicted unless they are provided with adequate alternative accommodation.