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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 08 October 2020
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. SWAY (noun) – बोलबाला
Pronunciation: swei
Meaning: strong influence or control
Synonyms: influence, authority, control, command, dominion, power, domination
Antonyms: inability, inefficiency, powerlessness
Usage: Many countries have held sway over others through occupation.
2. INTEGRITY (noun) – सत्यनिष्ठा
Pronunciation: uhn·teh·gruh·tee
Meaning: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
Synonyms: honesty, principle, probity, purity, rectitude, sincerity, virtue
Antonyms: deceit, dishonesty, corruption
Usage: My personal integrity will not let me lie to anyone.
3. TEMPORAL (adjective) – लौकिक
Pronunciation: tem·puh·ruhl
Meaning: associated with the real world and not the spiritual world
Synonyms: earthly, materialistic, physical, mortal, secular, worldly, profane
Antonyms: spiritual, immaterial, mental
Usage: The monk’s commitment requires him to ignore the temporal pleasures of the world.
4. UNBRIDLED (adjective) – निरंकुश
Pronunciation: uhn·brai·dld
Meaning: not restrained
Synonyms: unchecked, uncontrolled, rampant, crazed, berserk, chaotic, immoderate
Antonyms: restrained, controlled
Usage: Unbridled ambition led the man to success since there was no one to hold him back from his dreams.
5. PARCHED (adjective) – सूखा
Pronunciation: paacht
Meaning: dried out with heat
Synonyms: dry, arid, desiccated, dehydrated, scorched, seared
Antonyms: wet, soaking, moist
Usage: During the drought, all of the farming land was parched.
6. CONSTRUE (verb) – समझाना
Pronunciation: kuhn·stroo
Meaning: to clarify what something means
Synonyms: interpret, understand, parse, render, analyse, explain, elucidate
Antonyms: misunderstand, cloud, confuse
Usage: We were all amazed by the detective’s ability to construe logic out of the killer’s strange riddle.
7. DISHEVELLED (adjective) – अस्त-व्यस्त
Pronunciation: duh·sheh·vld
Meaning: extremely disorderly
Synonyms: untidy, unkempt, scruffy, messy, disordered, disarranged, rumpled
Antonyms: tidy, neat, kempt
Usage: The wind dishevelled the newspapers on the table.
8. BEREAVE (verb) – वंचित करना
Pronunciation: buh·reev
Meaning: to take away something
Synonyms: deprive, dispossess, divest, rob, strip, orphaned
Antonyms: replenish, compensate, reinstate
Usage: The war bereaved us of our home.
9. FOPPISH (adjective) – आडंबरप्रिय
Pronunciation: fo·puhsh
Meaning: affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
Synonyms: dandified, dapper, dressy, spruce, affected, preening
Antonyms: modest, dowdy, unaffected
Usage: He is foppish and vain.
10. PROPITIOUS (adjective) – अनुकूल
Pronunciation: pruh·pi·shuhs
Meaning: giving or indicating a good chance of success
Synonyms: favorable, auspicious, promising, providential, advantageous, fortunate, lucky
Antonyms: inauspicious, unfortunate
Usage: The wrestler waited for a propitious moment to attack his opponent.
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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