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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 04 April 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.PERENNIAL (ADJECTIVE): चिरस्थायी
Pronunciation:puh·reh·nee·uhl
Meaning: lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time.
Synonyms: enduring, perpetual, ongoing
Antonyms: obsolete, dated, passe
Sentence: Every election seems to continue to deal with the same perennial issues that have been the focus of all the previous elections.
Sentence: Every election seems to continue to deal with the same perennial issues that have been the focus of all the previous elections.
2. PREVARICATE (VERB): छलकपट
Pronunciation:pruh·va·ruh·kayt
Meaning: to avoid telling the truth or saying exactly what you think.
Synonyms: lie, fib, deceive
Antonyms: testify, assert, swear
Sentence: Because my sister Sarah does not take bad news well, I always prevaricate when telling her something she does not want to hear.
3. LAMBENT (ADJECTIVE): उज्ज्वल
Pronunciation:lam·bent
Meaning: (of light or fire) glowing, gleaming or flickering with a soft radiance.
Synonyms: glowing,luminous,shining
Antonyms: dim, dusky, blackened
Antonyms: dim, dusky, blackened
Sentence: The lambent flames from our campfire cast a comforting glow.
4. SNAZZY (ADJECTIVE): अत्यधिक आकर्षित
Pronunciation:sna·zee
Meaning: modern and stylish in a way that attracts attention.
Synonyms: stylish, flashy, cool
Antonyms: simple, modest, plain
Sentence:Innovation is about more than designing snazzy products. It's also about improving customer experiences and services.
5. IMMURED (VERB) : प्रतिरक्षित
Pronunciation:uh·myawd
Meaning: enclose or confine (someone) against their will.
Synonyms: caged, imprisoned, enclosed
Antonyms: free, loose, unbound
Sentence: Caught robbing a bank, Jason knew the police would immure him in a jail cell for an extended period of time.
6.VERBATIM (ADVERB) : प्रति शब्द
Pronunciation:vuh·bay·tm
Meaning: in a way that uses exactly the same words as were originally used.
Synonyms: word for word, exactly, identically
Antonyms: inaccurately, inexactly, carelessly
Sentence: Everything said by the victim was written verbatim on the police report.
7. RHETORIC (NOUN): वक्रपटुता
Pronunciation:ruh·taw·rik
Meaning: a way of speaking or writing that is intended to impress or influence people but is not always sincere.
Synonyms: bombastic, high-sounding, pompous
Antonyms: eloquent, unrhetorical, direct
Sentence: How far the president will be able to translate his campaign rhetoric into action remains to be seen.
8. OBLIVION (NOUN): विस्मरण
Pronunciation:uh·bli·vee·uhn
Meaning: the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.
Synonyms: unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor
Antonyms: consciousness, recollection, awareness
Sentence: Alcoholics often suffer from periods of oblivion.
9. DEVOUT (ADJECTIVE): धार्मिक
Pronunciation:duh·vawt
Meaning: having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment.
Synonyms: religious, reverent, holy
Antonyms: faithless, godless, impious
Sentence: Louis became an extremely devout and ascetic man.
10. MACABRE (ADJECTIVE) : भयंकर
Pronunciation:muh·kaa·bruh
Meaning: unpleasant and frightening because it is connected with death.
Synonyms: gruesome, grisly, ghastly
Antonyms: delightful, pleasant, appealing
Sentence: Even the police were horrified at the macabre nature of the killings.
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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