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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 03 October 2020
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. ILLEGITIMATE (adjective) – अवैध
Pronunciation: i·luh·ji·tuh·muht
Meaning: not authorized by the law
Synonyms: illegal, unlawful, illicit, criminal, actionable, felonious, unlicensed
Antonyms: legitimate, lawful
Usage: The election was dismissed as illegitimate by the opposition.
2. FORBID (verb) – मना करना
Pronunciation: fuh·bid
Meaning: to prohibit or ban
Synonyms: prohibit, ban, outlaw, veto, proscribe, disallow, preclude
Antonyms: permit, allow, sanction
Usage: The teacher tried to forbid the students from using their cell phones, but they wouldn’t listen to her.
3. BLINDLY (adverb) – अंधवत्
Pronunciation: blaind·lee
Meaning: without being able to see
Synonyms: impulsively, rashly, hastily, recklessly, uncontrollably, wildly, irrationally
Antonyms: cautiously, critically
Usage: Don't just blindly accept what you are told.
4. RECURRENT (adjective) – आवर्तक
Pronunciation: ruh·kuh·ruhnt
Meaning: occurring often or repeatedly
Synonyms: repeated, recurring, repetitive, periodic, cyclic, regular
Antonyms: isolated, single, unique
Usage: Putting our mail in the neighbor’s mailbox was a recurrent incident with our postman.
5. COERCION (noun) – दबाव
Pronunciation: kow·uh·shn
Meaning: the action of using threats or force to get someone to do something
Synonyms: force, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment
Antonyms: freewill, choice, preference
Usage: I refuse to employ coercion, because I believe it is wrong to make people do things by force.
6. RESTIVE (adjective) – अशांत
Pronunciation: reh·stuhv
Meaning: impatient especially under restriction or delay
Synonyms: restless, fidgety, edgy, tense, uneasy, nervous, agitated, anxious
Antonyms: calm, biddable, peaceable
Usage: The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.
7. NARCISSISM (noun) – आत्ममोह
Pronunciation: naa·su·si·zm
Meaning: extreme love for oneself
Synonyms: vanity, conceit, egotism, arrogance, egoism, insolence
Antonyms: modesty, diffidence
Usage: He went to the gym every day, driven purely by narcissism.
8. GRANDIOSE (adjective) – शानदार
Pronunciation: gran·dee·ows
Meaning: appearing to be impressive but not really possible or practical
Synonyms: magnificent, impressive, grand, imposing, splendid, resplendent, superb
Antonyms: unimpressive, humble
Usage: The lottery commercials appeal to consumers by leading them to believe they too can have grandiose lives.
9. BRAINY (adjective) – बुद्धिमान
Pronunciation: brei·nee
Meaning: having or showing intelligence
Synonyms: clever, intelligent, bright, brilliant, gifted, intellectual, erudite
Antonyms: stupid, brainless, foolish
Usage: Some people are born brainy.
10. EFFICACIOUS (adjective) – प्रभावी
Pronunciation: eh·fuh·kei·shuhs
Meaning: having the power to produce a desired effect
Synonyms: effective, successful, effectual, productive, constructive, fruitful, powerful
Antonyms: inefficacious, ineffective, unproductive
Usage: Because my medicine is efficacious, I expect to feel better soon.
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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