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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 05 April 2023
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!!!
Happy learning!!!
1. PROFFER (verb) : प्रस्ताव करना
Pronunciation: praw·fuh
Meaning: hold out (something) to someone for acceptance; offer.
Synonyms: offer, put forward, present
Antonyms: refuse, withdraw, deny
Sentence: What advice would you proffer her?
2. DEFILE (verb) : गंदा करना
Pronunciation: DEFILE
Meaning: to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
Synonyms: befoul, contaminate, spoil
Antonyms: decontaminate, purify, clean
Sentence: Supplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots.
3. AFFABILITY (noun) : नेकी
Pronunciation: a·fuh·bil·uh·tee
Meaning: the quality of having a friendly and good-natured manner.
Synonyms: friendliness, amiability, geniality
Antonyms: disagreeableness, unpleasantness
Sentence: He was beloved by the nation for his affability toward people from all walks of life.
4. FLUKE (noun) : संयोग से
Pronunciation: flook
Meaning: an unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck.
Synonyms: chance, coincidence, accident
Antonyms: misfortune, certainty, design
Sentence: We won the football game by a fluke.
5. OPPUGN (verb) : आपत्ति करना
Pronunciation: oppugn
Meaning: call into question the truth or validity of.
Synonyms: challenge, contest, dispute
Antonyms: accept, believe, embrace
Sentence: This paper aims to oppugn and criticize the above ideas.
6. TEEMING (verb) : भरा हुआ
Pronunciation: tee·ming
Meaning: be full of or swarming with.
Synonyms: be full of, be filled with, be brimming with
Antonyms: blank, devoid, empty
Sentence: Every garden is teeming with wildlife.
7. DELVE (verb) : खोजना
Pronunciation: delv
Meaning: reach inside a receptacle and searching for something.
Synonyms: rummage (around) in, search (through), hunt through
Antonyms: fill, find, ignore
Sentence: It’s not always a good idea to delve too deeply into someone’s past.
8. IMPRIMATUR (noun) : इजाज़त
Pronunciation: im·pruh·maa·tuh
Meaning: an acceptance of something as satisfactory
Synonyms: approbation, approval, acceptation
Antonyms: disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor
Sentence: They can also get the imprimatur of the Constitutional Court to achieve this.
9. TAD (adv.) : अल्प
Pronunciation: tad
Meaning: to a small extent; somewhat.
Synonyms: little, bit, ounce
Antonyms: abundance, barrel, boatload
Sentence: Could you turn the sound down just a tad?
10. HECKLING (verb) : चिल्लाना
Pronunciation: heh·kuhl·uhng
Meaning: interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.
Synonyms: jeer, taunt, disrupt
Antonyms: motivate, rally, inspire
Sentence: The ceremony was disrupted by unprecedented heckling and slogan-chanting.
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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