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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 04 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. NUTRITIOUS (adjective) – पौष्टिक
Pronunciation: nyoo·tri·shuhs
Meaning: healthy and beneficial to feed the body
Synonyms: nourishing, nutritive, wholesome, healthy, healthful, beneficial, sustaining
Antonyms: unhealthy, unwholesome
Usage: The cafeteria cooks healthy meals that are both nutritious and tasty.
2. FAINT (adjective) – हल्का
Pronunciation: feint
Meaning: barely perceptible
Synonyms: indistinct, vague, unclear, indefinite, obscure, imperceptible, unobtrusive
Antonyms: clear, loud
Usage: The soldiers felt faint after marching several hours in the hot sun with no access to water.
3. THRIVE (verb) – समृद्ध होना
Pronunciation: thraiv
Meaning: to do better or increase in size or number
Synonyms: flourish, prosper, burgeon, bloom, blossom, advance, succeed
Antonyms: decline, wither, fail
Usage: When the new car plant is built here, our small town is sure to thrive again.
4. AWE (noun) – विस्मय
Pronunciation: aw
Meaning: a feeling of wonder or amazement
Synonyms: wonder, amazement, astonishment, wonderment, admiration, reverence, veneration
Antonyms: contempt, despise, calmness
Usage: They gazed in awe at the small mountain of diamonds.
5. VIVID (adjective) – सुस्पष्ट
Pronunciation: vi·vid
Meaning: producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind
Synonyms: graphic, evocative, realistic, lifelike, faithful, authentic, clear
Antonyms: vague, boring
Usage: The scene is still vivid in my memory.
6. STEADFAST (adjective) – दृढ़
Pronunciation: sted·faast
Meaning: faithful to a person, belief, or goal
Synonyms: loyal, faithful, committed, devoted, dedicated, dependable, reliable
Antonyms: disloyal, irresolute
Usage: He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice.
7. PIONEER (noun) – अग्रगामी, पथ प्रदर्शक
Pronunciation: pai·uh·neeuh
Meaning: an individual who prepares a path for others
Synonyms: developer, innovator, trailblazer, pathfinder, founder
Antonyms: secondary, following
Usage: The eco-friendly hotel chain was recently recognized for being a pioneer in green practices.
8. OBSEQUIOUS (adjective) – चापलूस
Pronunciation: uhb·see·kwee·uhs
Meaning: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
Synonyms: servile, ingratiating, unctuous, sycophantic, fawning, toadying
Antonyms: arrogant, assertive, brazen, confident
Usage: She is almost embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority.
9. ACERBIC (adjective) – कटु, व्यंग्यात्मक
Pronunciation: uh·suh·buhk
Meaning: expressing harsh or sharp criticism in a clever way
Synonyms: sharp, sarcastic, sardonic, satirical, scathing, cutting, incisive
Antonyms: mild, kind
Usage: William tried to ignore his wife’s acerbic statements about his career path.
10. PERFIDIOUS (adjective) – द्रोही
Pronunciation: puh·fi·dee·uhs
Meaning: not able to be trusted
Synonyms: treacherous, duplicitous, deceitful, disloyal, faithless, unfaithful, traitorous
Antonyms: faithful, loyal
Usage: Because Lawrence is such a perfidious person, you cannot believe a word he says.
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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