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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 06 July 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. What’s more, take the test given at the last to check how much you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
Happy learning!!!
Happy learning!!!
1. AMENABLE (adjective) – आज्ञाकारी, उत्तरदायी, ज़िम्मेदार
Pronunciation: uh•mee•nuh•bl
Meaning: open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
Synonyms: tractable, pliant, manageable, flexible, docile, submissive, malleable, complaisant, biddable
Antonyms: uncooperative, unwilling
Usage: She was always a very amenable child.
Pronunciation: uh•mee•nuh•bl
Meaning: open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
Synonyms: tractable, pliant, manageable, flexible, docile, submissive, malleable, complaisant, biddable
Antonyms: uncooperative, unwilling
Usage: She was always a very amenable child.
2. ENIGMA (noun) – पहेली, रहस्य
Pronunciation: uh•nig•muh
Meaning: a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand
Synonyms: closed book, conundrum, head-scratcher, mystery, mystification, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle, secret
Antonyms: disclosure, declaration
Usage: Even after years he still remains an enigma to me.
3. APOCRYPHAL (adjective) – झूठा, अप्रमाणिक, असत्य
Pronunciation: uh•po•kruh•fl
Meaning: (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true
Synonyms: unauthentic, undocumented, hypothetical, speculative, spurious, mythical, imaginary
Antonyms: documentary, factual, hard, historical, literal, matter-of-fact, nonfictional, objective, true
Usage: Most of the stories about him are apocryphal.
4. COMMISERATE (verb) – हमदर्दी रखना, सहानुभूति प्रकट करना, दया करना
Pronunciation: kuh•mi•zuh•reit
Meaning: express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize
Synonyms: condole, empathize, sympathize, assure, cheer, comfort, console, reassure, solace, soothe, allay, alleviate, assuage, relieve
Antonyms: distress, torment, torture, trouble, demoralize, discourage, dishearten
Usage: I commiserate with you on the loss of your mother.
5. DISTEND (verb) – फूलना या फूलाना
Pronunciation: duh•stend
Meaning: swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside
Synonyms: expand, enlarge, swollen, inflated, bloated, tumescent, protuberant
Antonyms: contract, diminish, shorten, condense
Usage: Excess weight caused his belly to distend.
6. EXULT (verb) – हर्षित होना, मग्न होना, बहुत प्रसन्न होना
Pronunciation: uhg•zuhlt
Meaning: to be extremely joyful
Synonyms: delight, exuberate, glory, jubilate, joy, rejoice, triumph, joy, glory, jubilate
Antonyms: conceal, hide
Usage: She exulted in her success.
7. ENORMITY (noun) – महापाप, अत्याचार
Pronunciation: uh•naw•muh•tee
Meaning: extreme evil
Synonyms: depravity, crime, disgrace, turpitude, atrocity, wickedness, abomination
Antonyms: delight, esteem, kindness, joy
Usage: The full enormity of the crime has not yet been revealed.
8. ALACRITY (noun) – फुरती, उत्साह
Pronunciation: uh•la•kruh•tee
Meaning: speed and eagerness
Synonyms: amenability, gameness, goodwill, obligingness, enthusiasm, ardour, fervour
Antonyms: apathy, dullness, reluctance, aversion, lethargy
Usage: Packages are delivered with alacrity.
9. IDYLLIC (noun) – मनोहर, रमणीय, शांतिपूर्ण
Pronunciation: uh•di•luhk
Meaning: extremely happy, peaceful
Synonyms: blissful, halcyon, happy, peaceful, wonderful
Antonyms: bad, imperfect, flawed
Usage: From my cabin balcony, I have an idyllic view of the ocean.
10. VACILLATE (verb) – डगमगाना; निश्चय न कर पाना
Pronunciation: va•suh•leit
Meaning: to be uncertain what to do, or to change often between two opinion
Synonyms: balance, dither, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, scruple, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, waver, wobble, irresolute
Antonyms: resolute, hold
Usage: We cannot vacillate on the question of the party's leadership.
Now choose any 2 or 3 words, try to use them in your own sentences and share your sentences in the comment section. This way you can retain the learnt words for long time.
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