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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 08 May 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. ABNEGATE (VERB): अस्वीकार करना
Pronunciation: ab·nuh·gayt
Meaning: renounce or reject (something desired or valuable).
Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, abdicate
Antonyms: adhere, accept, admit
Sentence: The athlete decided to abnegate the unhealthy snack even though she really wanted to have a bite.
2. TAINTING (VERB): कलंकित करना
Pronunciation: taynt·uhng
Meaning: to spoil something or give it an unpleasant quality.
Synonyms: contaminate, pollute, befoul
Antonyms: glorifying , purify, filter
Sentence: Smog has long tainted the air of the city, making it difficult to breathe.
3. IMPREGNABLE (ADJECTIVE): अजेय
Pronunciation: uhm·preg·nuh·bl
Meaning: incapable of being overcome, challenged, or defeated.
Synonyms: invincible, invulnerable, unconquerable
Antonyms: susceptible, vulnerable
Sentence: The prison’s impregnable security wall makes it impossible for inmates to leave the grounds.
4. PLURALISM (NOUN): बहुवाद
Pronunciation: ploo·ruh·li·zm
Meaning: the existence of different types of people, who have different beliefs and opinions, within the same society.
Synonyms: loads, majority, reams
Antonyms: minority, few, least
Sentence: We know it's not easy to maintain pluralism in a country.
5. VOUCH (VERB): ज़मानत देना
Pronunciation: vawch
Meaning: assert or confirm as a result of one's own experience that something is true.
Synonyms: certify, attest, ensure
Antonyms: undermine , enfeeble , weaken
Sentence: Ally said she would vouch to her boss that her friend was a strong candidate for the job at her work.
6. FLIMSY (ADJECTIVE): कमज़ोर
Pronunciation: flim·zee
Meaning: not strong; easily broken or torn.
Synonyms: fragile, insubstantial, light
Antonyms: sturdy, substantial, strong
Sentence: The storm flattened the flimsy wooden huts that the villagers lived in.
7. VERACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): सत्यनिष्ठ
Pronunciation: vuh·ray·shuhs
Meaning: honest and not telling or containing any lies.
Synonyms: honest, truthful, genuine
Antonyms: mendacious, dishonest, untruthful
Sentence: He was a strictly veracious reporter.
8. COMPLACENT (ADJECTIVE): संतुष्ट
Pronunciation: kuhm·play·snt
Meaning: feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try any harder.
Synonyms: pleased,self-satisfied, proud
Antonyms: interested, attentive, warm
Sentence: With 66 deaths on our roads every week, none of us can afford to be complacent.
9. DOCILE (ADJECTIVE): विनम्र
Pronunciation: daw.sile
Meaning: (used about a person or animal) quiet and easy to control.
Synonyms: obedient, meek, soft
Antonyms: defiant, unruly, restive
Sentence: she's a black Labrador, gentle and docile.
10. GLUT (NOUN): भरमार
Pronunciation: gluht
Meaning: more of something than is needed.
Synonyms: stuff, gulp, cloy
Antonyms: diet, fast
Sentence: Comics crashed in 1993, with a glut of titles and excessive print runs.
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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