Some exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read their usages to learn how to use them in sentences. This will really help you boost up your learning.

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1. chubby (adjective) – गोल-मटोल
Pronunciation: chubi
Meaning: having a full rounded shape
Synonyms: plump, tubby, roly-poly, rotund, portly, stout, dumpy, chunky
Antonyms: skinny, slender
Usage: Sophia is a pretty child with chubby cheeks.

2. jitter (noun, verb) – घबराना
Pronunciation: ji-ter
Meaning: feelings of extreme nervousness; act nervously
Synonyms: nervousness, nerves, uneasiness, anxiety, anxiousness, tension, agitation, fretfulness, restlessness
Antonyms: calmness, serenity
Usage: I always get the jitters before exams.

3. originator (noun) – जनक, आरंभक
Pronunciation: urij-in-eit-ur
Meaning: a person who creates or initiates something
Synonyms: inventor, creator, architect, author, maker, initiator, innovator, founder
Usage: Wegener was the originator of the theory of continental drift.

4. savagery (adjective) – क्रूरता, जंगलीपन, असभ्यता, बहशीपन
Pronunciation: sav-ij(u)ri
Meaning: the quality of being fierce or cruel
Synonyms: brutality, ferocity, violence, viciousness, cruelty, barbarity
Antonyms: mildness, gentleness
Usage: The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks.

5. dismount (verb) – उतरना, नीचे आना
Pronunciation: dis-maunt
Meaning: get off a horse, bicycle, or anything that one is riding; cause to fall off a horse, bicycle, etc.
Synonyms: alight, get off, get down
Antonym: mount
Usage: I had to dismount from my bicycle halfway up the hill.

6. compel (verb) – दबाव डालना, मजबूर करना
Pronunciation: kum-pel
Meaning: force someone to do something; make someone legally or morally bound to do something; bring about (something) by the use of force or pressure
Synonyms: force, pressure, impel, drive, press, push, urge, oblige
Usage: A sense of duty compelled Harry to answer her questions.

7. gruesome (adjective) – भयंकर, भयानक
Pronunciation: groo-s(u)m
Meaning: causing repulsion or horror; extremely unpleasant
Synonyms: grisly, ghastly, frightful, horrid, horrifying, fearful, hideous, macabre, spine-chilling, horrible, horrendous
Antonym: pleasant
Usage: I heard stories of gruesome tortures in prisons.

8. perpetrate (verb) –  दोष करना, पाप करना
Pronunciation: per-pit-reit
Meaning: carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action)
Synonyms: commit, carry out, execute
Usage: A crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state.

9. venture (noun) – जोखिम का काम, उपक्रम, उद्योग
Pronunciation: ven-chur
Meaning: a risky or daring journey or undertaking a business enterprise, typically one that involves risk; undertake a risky or daring journey or course of action; dare to do or say something that may be considered adventurous
Synonyms: enterprise, undertaking, project, pursuit; travel, journey
Usage:

• I won't venture a step farther.
• Any business venture contains an element of risk.

10. derogatory (adjective) – अपमानजनक, अनादरसूचक
Pronunciation: diro-gut(u)ri
Meaning: showing a critical or disrespectful attitude
Synonyms: disparaging, belittling, diminishing, slighting, deprecatory, depreciative
Antonyms: complimentary, flattering
Usage: He made some derogatory comment about her appearance.

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1. Try to make sentences using given words:

• chubby
• originator
• compel
• derogatory
• gruesome

2. Match the columns:
 

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