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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings: 04th October 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. ENTENTE (NOUN): अंतंत
Pronunciation: awn·tawnt
Meaning: agreement.
Synonyms: accord, deal
Antonyms: misunderstanding, disagreement
Sentence: They favoured an Anglo-French entente.
2. POLTROONERY (NOUN): कायरता
Pronunciation: pol·troon·ery
Meaning: a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger.
Synonyms: fearfulness, cowardice, cravenness
Antonyms: bravery, courage, daring
Sentence: Decried the poltroonery of those politicians who caved into pressure from the special interests.
3. ACQUITTED (VERB): निर्दोष साबित होना
Pronunciation: uh·kvi·tuhd
Meaning: persons who have been declared not guilty of a crime.
Synonyms: Exonerated, Excused
Antonyms: Guilty, Accused
Sentence: None of the acquitted received any kind of compensation or redress.
4. ELAPSED (VERB): व्यतीत होना
Pronunciation: uh·lapst
Meaning: pass, go by.
Synonyms: Ended, Finished
Antonyms: Alive, Existing
Sentence: Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.
5. EDACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): लोभी
Pronunciation: eda·cious
Meaning: voracious.
Synonyms: devouring, esurient
Antonyms: quenched, satisfied
Sentence: Since I am a edacious reader, I often read two or three books a day.
6. CHAGRIN (NOUN): चिढ़
6. CHAGRIN (NOUN): चिढ़
Pronunciation: sha·gruhn
Meaning: strong feeling of embarrassment.
Synonyms: humiliation, mortification
Antonyms: happiness, satisfaction
Sentence: To her chagrin, the party ended just as she arrived.
7. CONSECRATE (VERB): पवित्र
7. CONSECRATE (VERB): पवित्र
Pronunciation: kawn·suh·krayt
Meaning: hold in high religious regard.
Synonyms: sanctify, ordain
Antonyms: condemn, desecrate
Sentence: The priests will consecrate the temple as a house of worship.
8. DASTARDLY (ADJECTIVE): कायर
8. DASTARDLY (ADJECTIVE): कायर
Pronunciation: daa·stuhd·lee
Meaning: contemptible.
Synonyms: despicable, underhanded
Antonyms: honourable, respectable
Sentence: I describe the killing as a dastardly act.
9. CABOODLE (NOUN): समूहया भीड़
Pronunciation: kuh·boo·dl
Meaning: collection of something.
Synonyms: assemblage, chunk
Antonyms: individual, one
Sentence: She has no use for the whole caboodle.
10. CACHET (NOUN): मुहर
Pronunciation: ka·shay
Meaning: prestige.
Synonyms: status, stature
Antonyms: unimportance, obscurity
Sentence: He deserves to be given a cachet because he is a successful businessman.
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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