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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 04 September 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.
Happy learning!!!
1. CREEPY (adjective) – डरावना
Pronunciation: kree·pee
Meaning: causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease
Synonyms: frightening, scaring, spooky, terrifying, chilling, petrifying, horrible
Antonyms: relaxing, pleasant
Usage: It feels a bit creepy in here.
2. HILARITY (noun) – प्रफुल्लता, उल्लास
Pronunciation: huh·la·ruh·tee
Meaning: extreme amusement, especially when expressed by laughter
Synonyms: amusement, mirth, laughter, merriment, levity, fun, humour
Antonyms: seriousness
Usage: The announcement was greeted with great hilarity.
3. RECEPTIVE (adjective) – ग्रहणशील
Pronunciation: ruh·sep·tuhv
Meaning: willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas
Synonyms: open, responsive, amenable, sympathetic, interested, attuned
Antonyms: resistant, unresponsive
Usage: Children are more receptive to new experiences if their parents prepare them ahead of time.
4. FURTIVE (adjective) – गुप्त
Pronunciation: fuh·tuhv
Meaning: marked by quiet, caution, and secrecy
Synonyms: secretive, secret, surreptitious, sly, sneaky, wily, underhand
Antonyms: open, overt
Usage: Crissy walked outside in a furtive manner so that her parents would not see her.
5. SOAR (verb) – ऊंची उड़ान भरना
Pronunciation: saw
Meaning: fly or rise high in the air
Synonyms: wing, take off, ascend, climb, rise, mount
Antonyms: plummet
Usage: She watched the dove soar above the chestnut trees.
6. CEASELESS (adjective) – निरंतर
Pronunciation: see·sluhs
Meaning: constant and unending
Synonyms: continual, constant, continuous, incessant, unceasing, unending
Antonyms: intermittent, brief
Usage: The ceaseless rain is bad for the crops.
7. FORLORN (adjective) – निराश
Pronunciation: fuh·lawn
Meaning: pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
Synonyms: unhappy, sad, miserable, sorrowful, dejected, despondent, disconsolate
Antonyms: happy, contented, merry
Usage: Jake was forlorn after his girlfriend moved out without any warning.
8. ERRATIC (adjective) – अनियमित
Pronunciation: uh·ra·tuhk
Meaning: not even or regular in pattern or movement
Synonyms: unpredictable, inconsistent, changeable, variable, inconstant, uncertain, irregular
Antonyms: predictable, consistent
Usage: Over the past few weeks, the weather has been erratic making it quite difficult for us to plan outdoor events.
9. OBESE (adjective) – मोटा
Pronunciation: ow·bees
Meaning: grossly fat or overweight
Synonyms: fat, overweight, corpulent, gross, stout, fleshy, outsize
Antonyms: thin, skinny, emaciated
Usage: Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.
10. RESONANT (adjective) – गुंजयमान
Pronunciation: reh·zuh·nuhnt
Meaning: deep, clear, and continuing to sound or reverberate
Synonyms: deep, sonorous, vibrant, rich, clear, ringing, orotund
Antonyms: faint, thin, weak
Usage: The resonant sound in the amphitheater travels to every seat in the house.
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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