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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 07 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.GRAPPLED(Verb) : हाथापाई करना
Pronunciation:gra·pld
Meaning: to get hold of somebody/something and fight with or try to control him/her/it.
Synonyms: Confront, battle, duel
Antonyms: Released, relinquishment
Sentence: He briefly grappled with the police officer.
2.VICARIOUS(Adjective) : परोक्ष तौर पर
Pronunciation: vuh·keuh·ree·uhs.lee
Meaning: in a way that is experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person.
Synonyms: Empathetic
Antonyms: Primary , Unaffected
Sentence: Lots of people use television as their vicarious form of social life.
3.EXHAUSTIVE(Adjective) : संपूर्ण
Pronunciation: uhg·zawst·uhv
Meaning: Complete and including everything
Synonyms : Encyclopedic , Comprehensive, thorough
Antonyms : Incomplete, narrow, limited
Sentence: An exhaustive comparison is outside the scope of the paper.
4.PROBE(Verb) : जांच
Pronunciation: probe
Meaning: to examine or look for something, especially with a long thin instrument.
Synonyms : Inquiry , Scrutiny, study
Antonyms : Abstain
Sentence: Investigators are probing into new evidence in the case.
5.UTTERANCES(Noun) : उच्चारणों
Pronunciation: uh·tuh·ruhns·uhz
Meaning: Something that someone says
Synonyms: voice ,expression,formulation
Antonyms: listening , quiet
Sentence: His utterance was interrupted by frequent coughing.
6.TORT(Noun) : अपकार
Pronunciation: tawt
Meaning: A wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation
Synonyms: Atrocity , Felony
Antonyms: Kindness
Sentence: It was a tort on the part of the lawyer to give a verdict.
7.TIGHT-LIPPED(Adjective) : अल्पभाषी
Pronunciation: tite-lipt
Meaning: Refusing to comment on something
Synonyms: Reticent, Unresponsive, taciturn
Antonyms: Outspoken , Talkative, vocal
Sentence: He was sitting at the other end of the table, tight-lipped and angry.
Synonyms: Reticent, Unresponsive, taciturn
Antonyms: Outspoken , Talkative, vocal
Sentence: He was sitting at the other end of the table, tight-lipped and angry.
8.PERPETRATORS(Noun) : अपराधियों
Pronunciation: puh·puh·trayt·uhz
Meaning: A person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act
Synonyms: Offender , Criminal, perps
Antonyms: Victim , Sufferer
Sentence: The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be found and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Synonyms: Offender , Criminal, perps
Antonyms: Victim , Sufferer
Sentence: The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be found and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
9.BARGED(Verb) : घुसे
Pronunciation: baajd
Meaning: Interrupt by entering suddenly and noisily.
Synonyms : Jostle, force, push
Synonyms : Jostle, force, push
Antonyms : glided , slid, whisked
Sentence: They barged through the crowds.
10.IMPROVISED(Adjective) : कामचलाऊ
Pronunciation:im·pruh·vized
Meaning: to make, do, or manage something without preparation, using what you have.
Synonyms : Extemporize , Impromptu, ad lib
Antonyms : Rehearsed , Planned, considered
Sentence:He had to improvise his opening speech when he forgot his notes.
Synonyms : Extemporize , Impromptu, ad lib
Antonyms : Rehearsed , Planned, considered
Sentence:He had to improvise his opening speech when he forgot his notes.
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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