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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 04 July 2022
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. PERVERSITY (noun) : प्रतिकूलता
Pronunciation: puh·vuhs·uh·tee
Meaning: a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness.
Synonyms: contrariness, perverseness, awkwardness
Antonyms: amiability, serenity
Sentence: She’s marrying him out of sheer perversity.
2. AVID (adj.) : उत्सुक
Pronunciation: ay·vuhd
Meaning: having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.
Synonyms: keen, eager, enthusiastic
Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, unenthusiastic
Sentence: She’s an avid reader of historical novels.
3. RISIBLE (adj.) : हास्यास्पद
Pronunciation: ri·zuh·bl
Meaning: such as to provoke laughter.
Synonyms: laughable, comedic, comic
Antonyms: humorless, lame, unamusing
Sentence: A risible comment that made the whole class laugh.
4. ENTICE (verb) : लुभाने
Pronunciation: uhn·tise
Meaning: attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
Synonyms: tempt, allure, lure
Antonyms: drive (away or off), repulse
Sentence: The adverts entice the customer into buying things they don’t really want.
5. HEINOUS (adj.) : जघन्य
Pronunciation: hay·nuhs
Meaning: (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.
Synonyms: odious, wicked, evil
Antonyms: innocuous, inoffensive, pleasant
Sentence: They admitted to the most heinous crimes.
6. CONVALESCE (verb) : अच्छा हो जाना
Pronunciation: kawn·vuh·les
Meaning: recover one’s health and strength over a period of time after an illness or operation.
Synonyms: get better, recover, get well
Antonyms: ail, collapse, sicken
Sentence: He will need about a week to convalesce after his hospital stay.
7. STRENUOUS (adj.) : ज़ोरदार
Pronunciation: streh·nyoo·uhs
Meaning: requiring or using great exertion.
Synonyms: arduous, difficult, hard
Antonyms: effortless, facile, simple
Sentence: All your muscles need more oxygen during strenuous exercise.
8. ROUSE (verb) : उत्तेजित करना
Pronunciation: rawz
Meaning: cause to feel angry or excited.
Synonyms: stir up, excite, galvanize
Antonyms: rest, calm
Sentence: The crowds were roused to fever pitch by the drama of the race.
9. UNWONTED (adj.) : असामान्य
Pronunciation: uhn·vawnt·uhd
Meaning: unaccustomed or unusual.
Synonyms: unusual, uncommon, unaccustomed
Antonyms: common, customary, normal
Sentence: He spoke with unwonted enthusiasm.
10. CYNICAL (adj.) : संदेहास्पद
Pronunciation: si·nuhk·uhl
Meaning: having or showing a deep distrust of human beings and their motives
Synonyms: distrustful, doubtful
Antonyms: trustful, cheerful
Sentence: I think she takes a rather cynical view of men.
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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