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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 06 December 2020
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.SATIETY (noun) – संतुष्टता
Pronunciation: sutaeeti
Meaning: the feeling or state of being satisfied
Synonyms: satisfaction, sufficiency, sated, fullness, surfeit
Antonyms: hunger, need, want
Usage: If you drink water before your meals, you’ll reach satiety much quicker and won’t feel compelled to eat as much.
2.COTERIE (noun) - मंडली
Pronunciation: kotri
Meaning: a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.
Synonyms: circle, gang, band, pack, crew, clan, club, fellowship
Antonyms: loner, individualist
Usage: The president’s coterie of advisers was unable to offer him a solution to the national problem.
3.DETERRENT (noun) - हतोत्साह करनेवाला
Pronunciation: diterunt
Meaning: a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something
Synonyms: discouragement, dissuasion, restraint, hindrance, obstacle
Antonyms: incentive, encouragement, assistance
Usage: When I saw the security guard in the store, I knew he was there as a theft deterrent.
4.UNEARTH (verb) – खोदकर निकालना
Pronunciation: uh·nuhth
Meaning: find something in the ground by digging
Synonyms: excavate, exhume, disinter, mine, quarry
Antonyms: bury, entomb, embed
Usage: The scientists were able to unearth several fossils from the bottom of the river bed.
5.SHRILL (adjective) – तेज़
Pronunciation: shril
Meaning: high-pitched and piercing
Synonyms: piercing, high, sharp, penetrating, shattering, strident
Antonyms: low, soft, dulcet
Usage: The sound of the shrill whistle made everyone stand still.
6.QUARRY (noun) - शिकार
Pronunciation: kwo-ri
Meaning: an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey
Synonyms: prey, victim, target, sufferer
Antonyms: predator, hunter
Usage: Rats are not an easy quarry for a cat.
7.DIVULGE (verb) – प्रकट करना
Pronunciation: dai·vuhlj
Meaning: make known
Synonyms: disclose, reveal, tell, impart, expose, uncover
Antonyms: conceal, hide
Usage: Doctors must be careful to not divulge confidential information about their patients.
8.CYNICISM (noun) - कुटिलता, मानवद्वेषवाद
Pronunciation: sai·ni·sizm
Meaning: an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest
Synonyms: bitterness, distrust, doubt, pessimism, mistrust, misanthropy, disbelief, incredulity
Antonym: certainty, confidence, faith
Usage: My daughter is my only bright spot in this world full of cynicism.
9.ONEROUS (adjective) – कष्टदायक
Pronunciation: ow·nuh·ruhs
Meaning: involving great effort and difficulty
Synonyms: burdensome, heavy, inconvenient, troublesome, awkward, crushing, arduous
Antonyms: easy, effortless, simple
Usage: Taking care of the puppy is an onerous task.
10.GRANDILOQUENT (adjective) – शब्दाडंबरपूर्ण
Pronunciation: gran·di·luh·kwnt
Meaning: pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner
Synonyms: pompous, bombastic, magniloquent, pretentious, ostentatious, rhetorical, orotund
Antonyms: unpretentious, concise
Usage: Jack’s use of grandiloquent terminology failed to impress the job interviewer.
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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