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. DREARY (adjective) – रसहीन, ग़ैरदिलचस्प
Pronunciation: dri-uri
Meaning: depressingly dull or repetitive
Synonyms: dull, drab, uninteresting, monotonous
Antonyms: exciting, cheerful, bright
Usage: She had spent another dreary day in the office.

2. MALLEABLE (adjective) – नम्य, आघातवर्धनीय
Pronunciation: mali-ub(u)l
Meaning: (of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking; easily influenced
Synonyms: pliable, ductile, plastic, pliant, soft, workable; suggestible, susceptible, impressionable, amenable, cooperative
Antonyms: hard; intractable
Usage:

• Silver is the most malleable of all metals.
• The young are more malleable than the old.

3. SHRILL (adjective) – कर्णवेधी, तीखी आवाज़
Pronunciation: shril
Meaning: (of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing
Synonyms: high-pitched, piercing, high, sharp, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, air-rending, penetrating, shattering, strident
Antonyms: low, soft, dulcet
Usage: The train entered the tunnel with a shrill whistle.

4. MOOT (adjective, verb) – विवादास्पद
Pronunciation: moot
Meaning: subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty; raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility)
Synonyms: debatable, arguable, questionable; raise, broach
Usage:

• The decision became moot when a campus newspaper published the information. (adjective)
• The question was first mooted many years ago. (verb)

5. AFORESAID (adjective) – पूर्वकथित
Pronunciation: ufo-sed
Meaning: denoting a thing or person mentioned previously
Synonyms: aforementioned, aforenamed, above-stated, foregoing, preceding
Antonym: subsequent
Usage: After pleading my case to my mom, I went to my dad and repeated the aforesaid points in hopes that he would let me go to the mall.

6. PREVARICATE (verb) – टालमटोल करना
Pronunciation: pri-vari-keit
Meaning: speak or act in a way tending to avoid commitment, especially by responding indirectly
Synonyms: shuffle, hedge, fence
Usage: In hopes of avoiding questions about his recent car accident, the actor tried to prevaricate during his interview.

7. SERAPHIC (adjective) – अलौकिक
Pronunciation: ser-afik
Meaning: characteristic of or resembling an angelic being
Synonyms: blissful, beatific, sublime, rapturous, ecstatic
Antonym: demonic
Usage: The woman who played Jesus’ mother in the play had a seraphic face.

8. FATUOUS (adjective) – बुद्धिहीन, मूर्ख
Pronunciation: fa-chu-us
Meaning: silly or pointless
Synonyms: silly, foolish, stupid, inane, nonsensical, childish
Antonyms: intelligent, sensible
Usage: By ignoring the signs, the fatuous runner fell into a hole.

9. MONGREL (noun) – अनिश्चित नस्ल का
Pronunciation: mung-r(u)l
Meaning: a dog of no definable type or breed
Synonyms: cross-bred, mixed-breed, half-breed, hybrid
Antonym: pedigree
Usage: She is an intelligent mongrel.

10. BLEARY (adjective) – मंद, विकेन्द्रित
Pronunciation: bli-uri
Meaning: (of the eyes) looking or feeling dull and unfocused from sleep or tiredness
Synonyms: blurred, blurry, unfocused, fogged, clouded, cloudy, dim
Antonyms: clear, limpid
Usage: She had bleary red eyes from lack of sleep.

LET’S CHECK HOW MUCH YOU LEARNT:

1. Try to make sentences using given words:

• dreary
• shrill
• fatuous
• aforesaid
• prevaricate

2. Match the columns:
 

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