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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 04 July 2024
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.VALOROUS (adj.): वीरतापूर्ण
Pronunciation: va·luh·ruhs
Meaning: showing great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.
Synonyms: bold, brave, courageous
Antonyms: coward, ungallant, unheroic
Sentence: The warriors were very valorous in the battle.
2.ABET (verb): उकसाना
Pronunciation: uh·bet
Meaning: encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense.
Synonyms: encourage, support, assist
Antonyms: discourage, hold
Sentence: He was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others.
3.UNDULATE (verb): लहराता
Pronunciation: un·du·late
Meaning: move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion.
Synonyms: rise and fall, surge, wave
Antonyms: efflux, motionlessness, lose.
Sentence: We soon see a field of wheat undulate in the breeze.
4.SOLACE (verb): आश्वासन
Pronunciation: saw·luhs
Meaning: give comfort or consolation.
Synonyms: comfort, console, cheer
Antonyms: anguish, distress
Sentence: She smiled, as though solaced by the memory.
5.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.
6.SHODDY (adj.): तुच्छ
Pronunciation: shaw·dee
Meaning: badly made or done.
Synonyms: poor-quality, inferior, cheap
Antonyms: excellent, fine, first-class
Sentence: I’m normally quick to complain about shoddy service.
7.PERPETUAL (adj.): लगातार
Pronunciation: puh·peh·choo·uhl
Meaning: never ending or changing.
Synonyms: everlasting, never-ending, eternal
Antonyms: temporary, short-term, discontinuous
Sentence: He is on a perpetual search for truth.
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.DEPRAVE (verb): भ्रष्ट करना
Pronunciation: duh·prayv
Meaning: make (someone) immoral or wicked.
Synonyms: corrupt, lead astray, pervert
Antonyms: dignify, honor, ennoble
Sentence: This book would deprave and corrupt young children.
10.VAGUE (adj.): अस्पष्ट
Pronunciation: vayg
Meaning: of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning.
Synonyms: indistinct, indefinite, unclear
Antonyms: clear, definite, specific
Sentence: They had only a vague idea of where the place was.
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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