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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 05 May 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. RESPITE(NOUN): मोहलत
Pronunciation: ri·spite
Meaning: a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant.
Synonyms: Pause, Relief, Break
Antonyms: noise, din, unrest
Sentence: After a long day of work, she sat down on the couch to take a brief respite before continuing with her household chores.
2. OBVIATE (VERB): मुक्त हो जाना
Pronunciation: awb·vee·ayt
Meaning: to remove a need or difficulty by taking effective measures; to avoid or prevent.
Synonyms: prevent, eliminate, avert
Antonyms: assist, aid, ease
Sentence: She made sure to save enough money to obviate any financial difficulties that might arise in the future.
3. UPTICK (NOUN): इजाफा
Pronunciation: up·tick
Meaning: a small increase or slight upward trend.
Synonyms: increase, rise, growth
Antonyms: decrease, decline, reduction
Sentence: There has been an uptick in the number of people using public transportation since the city introduced new bus routes.
4. CEREBRATION (NOUN): दिमाग़ी कार्य
Pronunciation: seh·ruh·bray·shn
Meaning: the process of thinking, using the brain to consider something.
Synonyms: contemplation, pondering, thinking
Antonyms: thoughtlessness, negligence, ignorance
Sentence: His intense cerebration and focus madehim a successful scientist.
5. INTERIM (NOUN): अन्तरिम
Pronunciation: uhn·teh·ruhm
Meaning: not final or lasting; temporary until somebody/something more permanent is found.
Synonyms: temporary, provisional, short-term
Antonyms: permanent, lasting, enduring
Sentence: While my car is in the shop, I think I’ll borrow Dad’s Corvette for getting around during the interim.
6. ANNEXATION (NOUN): राज्य-हरण
Pronunciation: a·neks·ay·shn
Meaning: to take what originally belonged to someone else.
Synonyms: Seizure , Invasion, Occupation
Antonyms: Detachment , Loss
Sentence: Annexations of suburban territory in 1888 and 1890 greatly increased the area of the city.
7. ANTHROPOGENIC (ADJECTIVE): मानवजनित
Pronunciation: an·thruh·puh·jeh·nuhk
Meaning: relating to or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature or the environment.
Synonyms: Human-caused, human-made, man-made, artificial, synthetic
Antonyms: Natural, organic, non-anthropogenic
Sentence: Climate change is largely caused by anthropogenic factors such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation.
8. UTILITARIAN (ADJECTIVE): उपयोगी
Pronunciation: yoo.tuh.luh.teuh.ree.uhn
Meaning: designed and intended to be practical and useful rather than attractive.
Synonyms: Functional, Serviceable, Possible
Antonyms: Useless, Unusable, Nonpractical
Sentence: Modern philosophers tend to take a more utilitarian position.
9. CREDIBILITY (NOUN): विश्वसनीयता
Pronunciation: kreh.duh.bi.luh.tee
Meaning: the quality that somebody has that makes people believe or trust him/her.
Synonyms: Verity, Honesty, Truth
Antonyms: Implausibility, Duplicity, Smoothness
Sentence: the very public loss of credibility led to the demise of the magazine.
10. MALIGN (VERB): नुकसान पहुंचाना
Pronunciation: muh.line
Meaning: to say or write bad things about somebody/something publicly especially in a unfair manner.
Synonyms: Slander, Libel, Bad
Antonyms: Good, Warm, Kind
Sentence: Professor Snape is a malign influence and should be given a spell away.
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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