Some exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read their usages to learn how to use them in sentences. This will really help you boost up your learning.

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1. curt (adjective) – अशिष्टतापूर्ण
Pronunciation: kert
Meaning: rudely brief
Synonyms: terse, brusque, abrupt, clipped, blunt, short
Antonyms: polite, expansive
Usage: The service agent was fired after he was overheard treating customers in a curt manner.

2. vindictive (adjective) – प्रतिशोधी
Pronunciation: vin-dik-tiv
Meaning: having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge
Synonyms: vengeful, revengeful, avenging, unforgiving
Antonym: forgiving
Usage: I cannot believe you are so vindictive you would spread a nasty rumor about me.

3. desecrate (verb) – अपवित्र करना, अपमान करना
Pronunciation: desi-kreit
Meaning: treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect
Synonyms: violate, profane, pollute, contaminate, infect, befoul
Antonyms: venerate, sanctify
Usage: Do not desecrate the temple by speaking loudly during your visit.

4. obloquy (noun) – तिरस्कार, नापसंदगी
Pronunciation: ob-luk-wi
Meaning: strong expression of very strong disapproval
Synonyms: vilification, opprobrium, vituperation, condemnation, castigation, denunciation
Antonym: praise
Usage: He endured years of contempt and obloquy.

5. eloquent (adjective) – सुवक्ता
Pronunciation: eluk-wunt
Meaning: fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing; clearly expressing or indicating something
Synonyms: persuasive, expressive, articulate, fluent, strong, forceful
Antonym: inarticulate
Usage: She made an eloquent appeal for action before it was too late.

6. effluent (noun) – तरल अपशिष्ट
Pronunciation: ef-lu-unt
Meaning: liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea
Synonyms: sewage, effluvium, outflow, discharge, emission, pollutant, pollution
Usage: The effluent from the factory was dumped into the river.

7. affliction (noun) – यातना, कष्ट, पीड़ा
Pronunciation: uf-lik-sh(u)n
Meaning: a cause of pain or harm; the state of being in pain
Synonyms: disorder, disease, malady, complaint, ailment, illness; suffering, distress, pain, trouble, misery
Usage: His deafness is a great affliction to him.

8. fiction (noun) – उपन्यास, कल्पना, कथा
Pronunciation: fik-shun
Meaning: literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people; something that is invented or untrue
Synonyms: novels, stories, creative writing; fabrication, invention, lies, fibs, concoction
Antonyms: non-fiction, fact, truth
Usage: The book intermingles fact and fiction.

9. fraction (noun) – अंश, खण्ड
Pronunciation: frak-sh(u)n
Meaning: a small or tiny part, amount, or proportion of something
Synonyms: fragment, snippet
Usage: She spends only a fraction of her earnings.

10. incarcerate (verb) – क़ैद कर देना, बंदी बनाना
Pronunciation: in-kaa-sur-eit
Meaning: keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time)
Synonyms: imprison, confine, immure, shut up, coop up, cage
Antonyms: free, release
Usage: Why do you incarcerate yourself in the room every afternoon?

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1. Try to make sentences using given words:

• fraction
• eloquent
• curt
• incarcerate
• effluent

2. Match the columns:
 

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