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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 08 August 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. FACTION (NOUN): विरोध
Pronunciation: fak·shn
Meaning: infighting.
Synonyms: dissension, dissent
Antonyms: harmony
Sentence: Gradually, the army faction had increased.
2. Guile (Noun): चालाकी/छल
Pronunciation: gile
Meaning: sly or cunning intelligence.
Synonyms: Cunning, deceit
Antonyms: Honesty, sincerity
Sentence: She used her guile to convince him.
3. PROTRACT (VERB): बढ़ाना
Pronunciation: pruh·trakt
Meaning: prolong.
Synonyms: extend, draw out
Antonyms: curtail
Sentence: He had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process.
4. CAPACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): लंबा-चौड़ा
Pronunciation: kuh·pay·shuhs
Meaning: roomy.
Synonyms: commodious, spacious
Antonyms: cramped
Sentence: She looked for a hairpin in her capacious handbag.
5. PETULANT (Adjective): तुनक मिज़ाज
Pronunciation: peh·tyu·luhnt
Meaning: bad-tempered and unreasonable, especially because you cannot have or do what you want.
Synonyms: Peevish, Moody
Antonyms: Calm, Tranquil
Sentence: The tired child became petulant when her parents told her it was time to leave the playground.
6. Obligate (Verb): लाचार
Pronunciation: ob‧li‧gate
Meaning: force somebody to do something.
Synonyms: Obligate, Oblige, Compel
Antonyms: Facultative
Sentence: The contract will obligate both parties to fulfill their promises.
7. VINDICATION (NOUN): दोष-निवारण
Pronunciation: vin·duh·kay·shn
Meaning: justifying or defending one's actions, beliefs, or decisions.
Synonyms: Exoneration, Acquitted
Antonyms: Accusation, Denunciation
Sentence: After years of false accusations, the new evidence finally brought vindication to the wrongly accused man, and he was set free from prison.
8. PROPULSION (NOUN): संचालक शक्ति
Pronunciation: pruh·puhl·shn
Meaning: the force that pushes or drives a vehicle, etc. forward.
Synonyms: Drive, Propelling
Antonyms: Stillness, Halt
Sentence: The new spaceship design incorporates advanced propulsion systems that allow it to travel at incredible speeds across the universe.
9. COERCION (NOUN): बलप्रयोग
Pronunciation: koh·uh·shn
Meaning: the use of force to persuade someone to do something that they are unwilling to do.
Synonyms: Compulsion, Harassment
Antonyms: Consent, Free Will
Sentence: The workers felt under constant coercion to work overtime, which led to widespread discontent among them.
10. SURFEIT (NOUN): अधिकता
Pronunciation: suh·fuht
Meaning: too much of something
Synonyms: Excess, abundance
Synonyms: Excess, abundance
Antonyms: Deficiency
Sentence: The market was flooded with a surfeit of cheap, low-quality products.
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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