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. SPLEEN (noun) – गुस्सा
Pronunciation: spleen
Meaning: bad temper
Synonyms: bad mood, ill temper, ill humour, annoyance, anger, wrath, vexation
Antonym: good humour
Usage: I expressed my spleen on this subject, I am feeling much better now.

2. VIRTUOSITY (noun) – कलाप्रवीण
Pronunciation: vuh-chu-ositi
Meaning: great skill in music or another artistic pursuit
Synonyms: skill, mastery, expertise, prowess, proficiency, ability, aptitude
Antonym: lack of skill
Usage: They gave a performance with considerable virtuosity.

3. SURREPTITIOUS (adjective) – गुपचुप तरीके से किया
Pronunciation: surup-ti-shus
Meaning: done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing
Synonyms: secret, stealthy, clandestine, secretive, sneaky, sly, furtive
Antonyms: blatant, open, honest
Usage: He made a surreptitious entrance to the club through the little door in the brick wall.

4. POSIT (verb) – प्रतिपादित करना
Pronunciation: pozit
Meaning: put forward as fact or as a basis for argument
Synonyms: postulate, advance, propound, submit
Usage: Most of the religions posit the existence of life after death.

5. SIMILITUDE (noun) – समानता
Pronunciation: simili-tyood
Meaning: the quality or state of being similar to something
Synonyms: resemblance, similarity, likeness, sameness
Antonyms: dissimilarity, difference
Usage: Their similitude shows that they are twins.

6. PREPOSTEROUS (adjective) – बेहूदा; निरर्थक
Pronunciation: pri-pos-t(u)rus
Meaning: contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous
Synonyms: absurd, ridiculous, foolish, stupid, ludicrous
Antonyms: reasonable, sensible
Usage: That's a preposterous excuse!

7. RUMBUSTIOUS (adjective) – उल्लसित
Pronunciation: rum-bus-chus / rum-bus-ti-us
Meaning: full of energy, fun, and noise
Synonyms: boisterous, unrestrained, exuberant, uproarious, rollicking
Antonyms: restrained, quiet
Usage: The children get very rumbustious after class.

8. FRACTIOUS (adjective) – झगड़ालू, अनियंत्रित
Pronunciation: frak-shus
Meaning: (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome; (of a group or organization) difficult to control
Synonyms: grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, cantankerous; wayward, unruly, uncontrollable, unmanageable
Antonyms: contented, affable; dutiful
Usage:

• Nancy was in a fractious mood.
• The children were predictably fractious.

9. RESILIENCE (noun) – प्रबल; लचीलापन
Pronunciation: rizili-uns
Meaning: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape
Synonyms: toughness; flexibility, pliability, plasticity, elasticity
Antonyms: rigidity, fragility, vulnerability, weakness
Usage:

• Her natural resilience helped her overcome the crisis.
• Resilience of rubber makes it useful.

10. MILIEU (noun) – सामाजिक वातावरण
Pronunciation: meel-yuh
Meaning: a person's social environment
Synonyms: environment, background, backdrop, setting, context
Usage: Proust's work reflected his own social and cultural milieu.

Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.

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