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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings: 02nd October 2025
Exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read the usages to learn how to use them in sentences. After this, take the quiz based on the vocabulary to check how much you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. EXPEDITIOUS (ADJECTIVE):शीघ्र
Pronunciation: ek·spuh·di·shuhs
Meaning: done with speed and efficiency.
Synonyms: Speedy, Swift
Antonyms: Slow
Sentence: The judge said that arbitration was a fair and expeditious decision.making process.
2. COMMUNIQUE (NOUN): सरकारी परिपत्र
Pronunciation: kuh·myoo·nuh·kay
Meaning: an official statement, especially from a government, a political group, etc.
Synonyms: Bulletin, Missive
Antonyms: Secret, Concealment
Sentence: The palace has issued a communiqué denying the rumour.
3. INCUBATION(NOUN): ऊष्मायन
Pronunciation: in·kyoo·bay·shn
Meaning: a process of development.
Synonyms: Evolution, Maturation
Antonyms: Regress, Lapse
Sentence: This may be due to the active consumption of glyoxylate during the incubation of the samples.
4. CONGLOMERATE (NOUN): पिंड
Pronunciation: kuhn.glom.er.ut
Meaning: a large firm made up of several different companies.
Synonyms: Combination, Mingling
Antonyms: Split up
Sentence: The urge to conglomerate has long been out of fashion in American boardrooms.
5. STAMPEDE (NOUN): भगदड़
Pronunciation: stam·peed
Meaning: a situation where a large group of frightened animals, esp. horses or cattle.
Synonyms: Panic, Scattering
Antonyms: Dawdle, Shuffle, Tarry
Sentence: The crowd stampeded, and many were crushed or trampled underfoot.
Sentence: The crowd stampeded, and many were crushed or trampled underfoot.
6. ENUMERATION (NOUN): गणना
Pronunciation: uh·nyoo·muh·ray·shn
Meaning: the action of mentioning a number of things one by one.
Synonyms: counting, listing, tabulation
Antonyms: generalization, estimation, approximation
Sentence: The survey involved the enumeration of all the species of birds found in the area.
7. CONTENTION (ADJECTIVE): विवाद
Pronunciation: kuhn·ten·shn
Meaning: the disagreement that results from opposing arguments.
Synonyms: argument, dispute
Antonyms: agreement, harmony, peace, concord
Sentence: There's a lot of contention about that issue for every person firmly in favour, there's someone fiercely against it.
8. MITIGATE (VERB): कम करना
Pronunciation: mi·tuh·gayt
Meaning: to make less severe, serious, or painful; to alleviate or reduce.
Synonyms: Reduce, Alleviate, Lessen, Diminish, Ease
Antonyms: Aggravate, Intensify, Exacerbate, Amplify
Sentence: The doctor prescribed painkillers to mitigate the patient's discomfort.
9. FICKLE (ADJECTIVE): अस्थिर
Pronunciation: fi·kl
Meaning: changing frequently, especially as regards one’s loyalties, interests, or affection.
Synonyms: capricious, changeable, variable
Antonyms: constant, certain, unchanging
Sentence: The weather is so fickle at this time of year.
10. PRUDENCE (NOUN): सावधानी
Pronunciation: proo·dns
Meaning: behaviour that is careful and avoids risks.
Synonyms: caution, circumspection, care
Antonyms: recklessness, brashness, carelessness
Sentence: The captain said we ought to shorten sail anyway, out of common prudence.
Now choose any 2 or 3 words, try to use them in your own sentences and share your sentences in the comment section. This will help you to retain the learnt words for a longer duration.
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