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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. COGNIZANT (adjective) – जानकार
Pronunciation: kogni-z(u)nt
Meaning: having knowledge or awareness
Synonyms: aware, conscious, apprised, abreast
Antonyms: unaware, ignorant, uninformed
Usage: He was cognizant of the truth.
2. INORDINATE (adjective) – अत्यधिक
Pronunciation: ino-di-nut
Meaning: unusually or disproportionately large
Synonyms: excessive, undue, unreasonable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable
Antonyms: moderate, limited
Usage: The case had taken up an inordinate amount of time.
3. NITTY-GRITTY (noun) – बुनियादी तथ्य
Pronunciation: niti-griti
Meaning: the most important aspects or practical details of a subject or situation
Synonyms: basics, essentials, essence, substance
Usage: When it came to the nitty-gritty of sanctions against Iran, there was nothing.
4. PARLANCE (noun) – बोल-चाल, उच्चारण
Pronunciation: paa-luns
Meaning: a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest
Synonyms: jargon, language, phraseology, vocabulary, vernacular
Antonyms: standard language
Usage: When I heard the computer programmers talking about coding, I could not understand a word of their parlance.
5. SATE (verb) – परितृप्त
Pronunciation: seit
Meaning: satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full
Synonyms: satiate, fully satisfy, slake, quench, gorge
Antonyms: starve, deprive, dissatisfy
Usage: My family’s huge get-togethers are filled with so much food that they can sate the hungriest person.
6. COGENCY (adjective) – प्रभावशालता
Pronunciation: ko-junsi
Meaning: the quality of being clear, logical, and convincing
Synonyms: potency, weight, plausibility
Antonyms: weakness, vagueness
Usage: The film makes its points with cogency and force.
7. PITTANCE (noun) – अल्प पारिश्रमिक
Pronunciation: pit-uns
Meaning: a very small amount of money, especially money received as payment, income, or a present
Synonyms: next to nothing, peanuts, chicken feed, chump change
Antonyms: exuberance, abundance, profusion, lavishment
Usage: Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.
8. CESSATION (noun) – समाप्ति, अंत
Pronunciation: ses-ei-sh(u)n
Meaning: the fact or process of ending or being brought to an end
Synonyms: end, ending, termination, stopping, halting, ceasing, finishing, stoppage
Antonyms: start, resumption
Usage: The bombardment continued without cessation.
9. GRATIFICATION (noun) – संतुष्टि
Pronunciation: grati-fi-kei-sh(u)n
Meaning: pleasure, especially when gained from the satisfaction of a desire
Synonyms: satisfaction, fulfilment, relief, quenching, slaking
Antonyms: dissatisfaction
Usage: His son's success was a great gratification to him.
10. RIGOUR (noun) – कठोरता
Pronunciation: ri-gur
Meaning: the quality of being extremely thorough and careful; harsh and demanding conditions
Synonyms: thoroughness, diligence, scrupulousness, exactness, exactitude, precision, accuracy; hardship, harshness, severity, adversity, suffering
Antonyms: carelessness; pleasures
Usage:
- Her arguments lacked intellectual rigour.
- My health is affected by rigours of the harsh winter.
Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.
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