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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 03 June 2021
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.Connivance (noun) - मिलीभगत
Pronunciation: kuh·naiv·uhns
Meaning: willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act.
Synonyms: collusion, complicity, involvement, machination, conspiracy
Antonyms: disagreement, incompatibility, content, criticism
Usage: The crime was committed with the connivance of a police officer.
2.Plunge (verb) - डुबकी
Pronunciation: pluhnj
Meaning: fall suddenly and uncontrollably
Synonyms: crash, plummet, tumble, drop, decline, descend
Antonyms: soar, rise, increase, intensify, upturn
Usage: For him , the country has already plunged into civil war.
3.Abjectly (adv) - कृपणतापूर्वक
Pronunciation: ab-jekt-lee
Meaning: in a way that shows no pride or respect for yourself:
Synonyms: meekly, meanly, miserably, obsequiously, servilely, courteously, politely
Antonyms: haughtily, proudly, arrogantly, audaciously, boldly
Usage: The government has abjectly failed to read the mood of the nation.
4.Subvert (verb) - पलट देना
Pronunciation: suhb·vuht
Meaning: to try to destroy or damage a government, religion or political system by attacking it secretly and in an indirect way
Synonyms: undermine, distort, deprave, destabilize, lessen, pervert, poison
Antonyms: improve, enhance, strengthen, uplift, amend, better, enhance
Usage: The rebellious troops attempted to subvert the present government.
5.Subservient (adj) - अधीन
Pronunciation: suhb·suhv·ee·uhnt
Meaning: prepared to obey others unquestioningly
Synonyms: submissive, compliant, deferential, acquiescent, agreeable
Antonyms: disobedient, unhelpful, insubordinate, intractable, stubborn
Usage: She was subservient to her parents.
6.Whim (noun) - रंग
Pronunciation: vim
Meaning: a sudden idea or desire to do something
Synonyms: impulse, urge, notion, vagary, crank, fancy, freak, humor, kink
Antonyms: aversion, disinclination, disincentive,
Usage: The bird's nest is vulnerable to the slightest whim of the weather.
7.Foil (verb) - पन्नी
Pronunciation: foyl
Meaning: frustrate the efforts or plans of
Synonyms: thwart, counter, obstruct, hinder, checkmate, discomfit, frustrate
Antonyms: encourage, assist, ease, facilitate, smooth
Usage: Their rivals were foiled by the weather.
8.Quest (noun) - खोज
Pronunciation: kvest
Meaning: a long or arduous search for something
Synonyms: search, hunt, pursuit , command, demand, enjoin
Antonyms: give up, relinquish, surrender, yield
Usage: They are using a new prospecting method to quest for oil.
9.Petulant (adj) - चिड़चिड़ा
Pronunciation: peh·tyu·luhnt
Meaning: easily irritated or annoyed
Synonyms: choleric, crabby, cranky, perverse, pettish, pouty, sensitive
Antonyms: affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted
Usage: Her tone of voice became abrupt and petulant.
10.Impulsive (adj) - आवेगशील
Pronunciation: uhm·puhls·uhv
Meaning: acting or done without forethought
Synonyms: besetting, compulsive, driven, obsessional, automatic, instinctive
Antonyms: unforced, voluntary, willful, controllable, manageable
Usage: His impulsive temperament regularly got him into difficulties.
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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