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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 08 November 2024
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.AMOK (adv.): आपे से बाहर
Pronunciation: uh·muhk
Meaning: in a confused and reckless manner
Synonyms: confusedly, berserk, feverishly
Antonyms: calmly, collectedly, composedly
Sentence: A man was arrested after running amok with a vehicle through Berlin.
2.SCANDALOUS (adj.) : अपमानपूर्ण
Pronunciation: skan·duhl·uhs
Meaning: causing general public outrage by a perceived offense against morality or law.
Synonyms: discreditable, disreputable, dishonorable
Antonyms: appreciative, innocuous, inoffensive
Sentence: They spread a scandalous rumor about a coworker that almost cost him his job.
3.LIAISON (noun) : मेल जोल
Pronunciation: lee·ay·zawn
Meaning: communication or cooperation which facilitates a close working relationship between people or organizations.
Synonyms: cooperation, contact, association
Antonyms: disaffiliation, dissociation, incompatibility
Sentence: We maintained a close liaison with the trade union.
4.CORRALLED (verb) : इकट्ठा करना
Pronunciation: kuh·raald
Meaning: gather together and confine (a group of people or things).
Synonyms: accumulated, amassed, assembled
Antonyms: dispelled, dispersed, dissipated
Sentence: They corralled the cattle before loading them onto the truck.
5.REENACT (verb) : दोहराना
Pronunciation: ree·uhn·akt
Meaning: to act out a past event; to enact again
Synonyms: reduplicate, repeat, recreate
Antonyms: obscure, cloud, direct
Sentence: The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle.
6.BUCOLIC (noun) : ग्राम्य
Pronunciation: byoo·kaw·luhk
Meaning: relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.
Synonyms: rural, pastoral, countryside
Antonyms: urban, metropolitan
Sentence: The painting shows a typically bucolic scene with peasants harvesting crops in a field.
7.ACCRUAL (noun) : प्रोद्भवन
Pronunciation: uh·kroo·uhl
Meaning: the accumulation or increase of something over time, especially payments or benefits.
Synonyms: accumulation, assemblage, gathering
Antonyms: deduction, subtraction, decrement
Sentence: I had an accrual of $100 through interest on my savings account last year.
8.OODLES (noun) : अधिक संख्या
Pronunciation: oo·dlz
Meaning: a very great number or amount of something.
Synonyms: abundance, basketful, boatload
Antonyms: ace, bit, little
Sentence: They’ve got oodles of money.
9.ENERVATED (adj.) : सुस्त
Pronunciation: eh·nuh·vayt·uhd
Meaning: drained of energy or vitality.
Synonyms: lackadaisical, languid, listless
Antonyms: active, ambitious, energetic
Sentence: David felt too enervated to resist.
10.COUNTENANCING (verb) : स्वीकार करना
Pronunciation: kawn·tuhn·uhns·uhng
Meaning: admit as acceptable or possible.
Synonyms: tolerate, permit, allow
Antonyms: disapproving (of), discountenancing, disfavoring
Sentence: I don’t countenance such behavior in children of any age.
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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