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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 09 August 2021
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. ORATORICAL (adjective) – भाषण-संबंधी
Pronunciation: o·ruh·to·ruh·kl
Meaning: relating to the art or practice of public speaking
Synonyms: rhetorical, grandiloquent, magniloquent, sonorous, lofty, orotund, bombastic
Antonyms: simple, unadorned
Usage: Never had his oratorical skill been exhibited to better advantage.
2. UTOPIAN (adjective) – काल्पनिक
Pronunciation: yoo·tow·pee·uhn
Meaning: modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect
Synonyms: unworldly, immaterial, progressive, reforming, socialist, ideal
Antonyms: materialistic, realistic, practicable
Usage: He was pursuing a utopian dream of world prosperity.
3. HOSPITALITY (noun) – सत्कार
Pronunciation: ho·spuh·ta·luh·tee
Meaning: friendly and generous reception of guests
Synonyms: friendliness, welcome, helpfulness, warmth, kindness, geniality, sociability
Antonyms: aloofness, unhappiness, inhospitality
Usage: A good host exhibits hospitality by making sure their guests are comfortable and well-fed in their home.
4. SORE (adjective) – पीड़ादायक
Pronunciation: saw
Meaning: painfully uncomfortable
Synonyms: painful, hurting, hurt, aching, throbbing, smarting, stinging
Antonyms: painless, insensitive, pleasant
Usage: Several rounds of basketball left the players legs sore and aching.
5. JAGGED (adjective) – कंटीला
Pronunciation: jag·id
Meaning: with rough and sharp points
Synonyms: spiky, spiked, barbed, nicked, pointed, ragged
Antonyms: smooth, flat, level
Usage: Peering up at the jagged peak, the mountain climber prepared himself for the uneven climb up.
6. GRUMPY (adjective) – क्रोधी
Pronunciation: gruhm·pee
Meaning: bad-tempered and irritable
Synonyms: irritable, crotchety, crabby, crabbed, tetchy, testy, waspish
Antonyms: cheerful, happy, nice
Usage: My next door neighbor is a grumpy old man.
7. SAVVY (noun) – बुद्धिमत्ता, समझ-बूझ
Pronunciation: sa·vee
Meaning: shrewdness and practical knowledge
Synonyms: shrewdness, sharpness, acumen, acuity, intelligence, wit, insight
Antonyms: inexperience, ignorance
Usage: The corporate finance bankers lacked the necessary political savvy.
8. PERPETUAL (adjective) – लगातार
Pronunciation: puh·peh·choo·uhl
Meaning: never ending or changing
Synonyms: everlasting, eternal, permanent, unending, endless, lasting
Antonyms: transitory, temporary, intermittent
Usage: I am a perpetual truth seeker, forever investigating life’s secrets.
9. DAMP (verb) – नम करना
Pronunciation: damp
Meaning: make something slightly wet
Synonyms: moisten, wet, dew, water, irrigate, humidify, bedew
Antonyms: dry, drench
Usage: You should damp down the ground and then sweep it.
10. PERPLEX (verb) – उलझाना
Pronunciation: puh·pleks
Meaning: make someone feel completely baffled
Synonyms: puzzle, baffle, mystify, bemuse, bewilder, confound, confuse
Antonyms: aid, assist, clarify, enlighten
Usage: The illusion seemed to perplex everyone in the audience.
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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