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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 05 June 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.POSIT (verb): प्रस्तुत करना
Pronunciation: paw·zuht
Meaning: assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument.
Synonyms: postulate, put forward, propound
Antonyms: ignore, disregard
Sentence: The Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature.
2.DALLY (verb): विलंब करना
Pronunciation: da·lee
Meaning: act or move slowly.
Synonyms: dawdle, delay, loiter
Antonyms: hurry, hasten
Sentence: Don’t dally along the way! We haven’t got much time.
3.VENERATION (noun): सम्मान
Pronunciation: veh·nuh·ray·shn
Meaning: a feeling or act of great respect, admiration, or devotion
Synonyms: reverence, respect, worship
Antonyms: condemnation, disapproval, disdain
Sentence: Holy relics are often objects of veneration.
4.PRATTLING (verb): बकवास
Pronunciation: pra·tuhl·uhng
Meaning: talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.
Synonyms: chatter, babble, prate
Antonyms: articulating, enunciating
Sentence: The villagers are prattling on about the village gossip.
5.CONTUMACY (noun): आज्ञा का उल्लंघन
Pronunciation: kawn·choo·muh·see
Meaning: stubborn refusal to obey or comply with authority, especially a court order or summons.
Synonyms: contrariness, defiance, disobedience
Antonyms: compliance, obedience, submission
Sentence: Most of the unsuccessful men have the characteristics of contumacy and haughty.
6.DRAPE (verb): सजाना
Pronunciation: drayp
Meaning: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
Synonyms: adorn, array, beautify
Antonyms: blemish, deface, disfigure
Sentence: The town hall was draped in bunting for the annual Fourth of July festivities.
7.STAGGER (verb): लड़खड़ाहट
Pronunciation: sta·guh
Meaning: walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
Synonyms: lurch, walk unsteadily, stumble
Antonyms: carry on,continue,stay
Sentence: I was so tired last night that I just staggered on the stairs.
8.DISSIMILITUDE (noun): विभिन्नता
Pronunciation: dis·suh·mi·luh·chood
Meaning: dissimilarity or diversity.
Synonyms: dissimilarity, difference, variance
Antonyms: alikeness, similarity, likeness
Sentence: There’s a real dissimilitude between literature and film, and a critic shouldn’t evaluate one in terms of the other.
9.AVERT (verb): टालना
Pronunciation: uh·vuht
Meaning: prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence).
Synonyms: prevent, stop, avoid
Antonyms: allow, permit
Sentence: He managed to avert the closure of the factory.
10.EXECRABLE (adj.): भद्दा
Pronunciation: ek·suh·kruh·bl
Meaning: extremely bad or unpleasant.
Synonyms: appalling, awful, dreadful
Antonyms: excellent, fine, wonderful
Sentence: He stood at the desk, laboring in his execrable handwriting.
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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