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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 06 March 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.EARNEST (ADJECTIVE): बयाना
Pronunciation:uh·nuhst
Meaning: serious or determined
Synonyms: serious-minded, solemn, grave
Antonyms: frivolous, joking, light
Sentence: His simple, earnest response and the conviction on his face floored her.
2. CONCILIATION (NOUN): समझौता
Pronunciation:kuhn·si·lee·ay·shn
Meaning: the process of ending an argument or a disagreement.
Synonyms: peacemaking, peacebuilding, placation
Antonyms: provocation, war, hot war
Sentence: He held his hands up in a gesture of conciliation.
3. ARDUOUS (ADJECTIVE): कठिन
Pronunciation:aa·dyoo·uhs
Meaning: full of difficulties; needing a lot of effort.
Synonyms: taxing, difficult, hard
Antonyms: easy, simple, light
Sentence: She undertook the arduous task of monitoring the elections.
4. SLAM (VERB): पटक दिया
Pronunciation:slamd
Meaning: to shut or make something shut very loudly and with great force.
Synonyms: find fault with, censure, shut
Antonyms: praise, pull something to, close gently
Sentence: Jenny heard him stride away slamming him for his behaviour.
5. IDLE (ADJECTIVE): निठल्ला
Pronunciation:ai·dl
Meaning: not wanting to work hard; lazy.
Synonyms: trivial, trifling, minor
Antonyms: serious, active, on
Sentence: He did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter.
6. DEMOBILIZE (VERB): छोड़ देना
Pronunciation:dee-moh-buh-lahyz
Meaning: take (troops) out of active service, typically at the end of a war.
Synonyms: decommission, discharge, demob
Antonyms: conscript, weapon, arm
Sentence: He was demobilized in February 1946.
7. WOE (NOUN): शोक
Pronunciation: woe
Meaning: the problems that somebody has.
Synonyms: sorrow, distress, misery
Antonyms: happiness, hurray, wow
Sentence: If we do not find her safe and well, woe to the man who has harmed her.
8. HOSTILITY (NOUN): शत्रुता
Pronunciation:haw·stil·uh·tee
Meaning: very strong feelings against somebody/something.
Synonyms: bitterness, malevolence, spite
Antonyms: friendliness, amity, hospitality
Sentence: They have hostility towards all outsiders.
9. MOMENTOUS (ADJECTIVE): सब से अहम
Synonyms: bitterness, malevolence, spite
Antonyms: friendliness, amity, hospitality
Sentence: They have hostility towards all outsiders.
9. MOMENTOUS (ADJECTIVE): सब से अहम
Pronunciation:muh·ment·uhs
Meaning: very important
Synonyms: significant, epoch-making, headline
Antonyms: unimportant, small, little
Sentence: The momentous news was that war has begun.
Synonyms: significant, epoch-making, headline
Antonyms: unimportant, small, little
Sentence: The momentous news was that war has begun.
10. PLUNGE (NOUN): डुबकी
Pronunciation:pluhnj
Meaning: to jump, drop or fall suddenly and with force.
Synonyms: Drop, Tumble, jump
Antonyms: Rise, lift, arise
Sentence: The central bank declared a 76% plunge in its profits.
Synonyms: Drop, Tumble, jump
Antonyms: Rise, lift, arise
Sentence: The central bank declared a 76% plunge in its profits.
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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