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. HUSH (verb) – चुप करवाना
Pronunciation: hush
Meaning: make someone quiet; suppress public mention of something
Synonyms: silence, quieten, shush; conceal, hide, suppress, cover-up
Antonym: disclose
Usage:

• Ella asked them to hush their voices.
• They tried to hush up the matter that they hijacked a lorry driver.

2. AVERSE (adjective) – विरुद्ध
Pronunciation: uv-uhs
Meaning: having a strong dislike of or opposition for something
Synonyms: against, disinclined, unwilling
Antonym: keen
Usage: He was averse to any change.

3. INTRINSIC (adjective) – स्वाभाविक
Pronunciation: intrinsik
Meaning: belonging naturally
Synonyms: inherent, innate, inborn, inbred, natural
Antonyms: extrinsic, acquired
Usage: Most mothers have this intrinsic need to protect their children at all costs.

4. HANGDOG (noun) – लज्जित
Pronunciation: hang-dog
Meaning: having a dejected or guilty appearance
Synonyms: shamefaced, ashamed, sheepish, abashed
Antonyms: confident, frank
Usage: A man sitting at a bar, had the saddest hangdog expression.

5. UNGAINLY (adjective) –  भद्दा, बेडौल, बेढ़ंगापन
Pronunciation: un-gein-li
Meaning: (of a person or movement) awkward
Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, ungraceful, graceless, inelegant, gawky
Antonyms: graceful, elegant
Usage: I found him terribly ungainly when he danced.

6. FIENDISH (adjective) – अत्यंत क्रूर या अप्रिय
Pronunciation: feen-dish
Meaning: extremely cruel or unpleasant
Synonyms: wicked, cruel, vicious, evil, nefarious, unspeakable, brutal
Antonyms: kindhearted, sympathetic, kind, considerate, good, angelic
Usage: This was a fiendish act of wickedness.

7. PILFER (verb) – चुराना
Pronunciation: pil-fuh
Meaning: steal (things of little value)
Synonyms: steal, thieve, rob, take, snatch, purloin, loot, rifle
Usage: Precautions had to be taken to prevent pilfering.
 
8. BLOATED (adjective) – फूला हुआ
Pronunciation: blo-tid
Meaning: swollen with fluid or gas
Synonyms: swollen, blown up, distended, inflated, enlarged
Antonym: shrunken
Usage: I felt bloated after the huge meal they'd served.

9. PASTY (adjective) – पीला सा
Pronunciation: peisti
Meaning: (of a person's face) unhealthily pale
Synonyms: pale, pallid, wan, colourless, anaemic
Antonyms: ruddy, reddish
Usage: Pasty skin color is another sign of anemia.

10. BAMBOOZLE (verb) – धोखा देना, ठगना
Pronunciation: bam-boo-z(u)l
Meaning: cheat or fool
Synonyms: trick, deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead
Usage: You've completely bamboozled me.

Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.

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