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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 09 December 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.VILIFY (verb): गाली देना
Pronunciation: vi·luh·fai
Meaning: speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.
Synonyms: disparage, denigrate, abuse
Antonyms: glorify, honor, acclaim
Sentence: Johnson was vilified in the press for refusing to resign.
2.PERVERSITY (noun) : प्रतिकूलता
Pronunciation: puh·vuhs·uh·tee
Meaning: a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness.
Synonyms: contrariness, perverseness, awkwardness
Antonyms: amiability, serenity
Sentence: She’s marrying him out of sheer perversity.
3.HEFTY (adj.) : मोटा
Pronunciation: hef·tee
Meaning: large, heavy, and powerful.
Synonyms: burly, heavy, sturdy
Antonyms: light, weightless
Sentence: She was quite a hefty woman.
4.ARDENT (adj.) : उत्साही
Pronunciation: aa·dnt
Meaning: enthusiastic or passionate.
Synonyms: passionate, avid, impassioned
Antonyms: dispassionate, emotionless, impassive
Sentence: All her life she was an ardent feminist.
5.MAGNANIMOUS (adj.) : उदार
Pronunciation: mag·na·nuh·muhs
Meaning: generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person.
Synonyms: generous, charitable, benevolent
Antonyms: crude, vulgar, degenerate
Sentence: She should be magnanimous in victory.
6.LUSCIOUS (adj.) : सुस्वाद
Pronunciation: luh·shuhs
Meaning: (of food or wine) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste.
Synonyms: delicious, succulent, lush
Antonyms: distasteful, flavorless, insipid
Sentence: These items offer both texture and luscious flavor.
7.BATTER (verb) : मारना
Pronunciation: ba·tuh
Meaning: strike repeatedly with hard blows.
Synonyms: pummel, pound, beat up
Antonyms: heal, aid, fix
Sentence: The police had to batter the door down.
8.EMANATE (verb) : निकालना
Pronunciation: eh·muh·nayt
Meaning: (of something abstract but perceptible) issue or spread out from (a source).
Synonyms: emerge, flow, pour
Antonyms: absorb, go away
Sentence: Waves emanate from the same atom source.
9.RUTHLESS (adj.) : क्रूर
Pronunciation: rooth·luhs
Meaning: having or showing no pity or compassion for others.
Synonyms: merciless, pitiless, cruel
Antonyms: merciful, kindhearted, kindly
Sentence: She is ruthless in her dealings with competitors.
10.LUDICROUS (adj.) : ऊटपटांग
Pronunciation: loo·di·kruhs
Meaning: so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.
Synonyms: absurd, ridiculous, farcical
Antonyms: believable, conceivable, rational
Sentence: The whole idea is absolutely ludicrous!
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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