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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 09 February 2023
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. PROPHYLACTIC (adj.) : प्रतिबंधक
Pronunciation: praw·fuh·lak·tuhk
Meaning: concerned with or serving to keep something from happening
Synonyms: precautionary, preventative, preventive
Antonyms: aiding, assisting, easing
Sentence: The many prophylactic measures that city officials could have taken to reduce the scope of the disaster.
2. SCHISM (noun) : फूट
Pronunciation: ski·zm
Meaning: a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.
Synonyms: division, split, rift
Antonyms: accord, agreement, concord
Sentence: Schism within the charitable organization was preventing it from achieving its goals.
3. REPINE (verb) : विलाप करना
Pronunciation: ruh·pine
Meaning: feel or express discontent; fret.
Synonyms: fret, be/feel unhappy, mope
Antonyms: delight, rejoice
Sentence: The old woman repined at her misfortune.
4. CONNOTATION (noun) : अर्थ
Pronunciation: kaw·nuht·ay·shn
Meaning: an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Synonyms: undertone, undercurrent, implication
Antonyms: inconsequence, meaninglessness, insignificance.
Sentence: A good dictionary will give us the connotation of a word as well as its denotation.
5.SCUFFLING (verb) : हाथापाई करना
Pronunciation: skuh·fuhl·uhng
Meaning: engage in a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters.
Synonyms: fight, struggle, tussle
Antonyms: calm, peace, quiet.
Sentence: The teacher noticed two students scuffling in the corridor.
6. CONCOMITANTLY (adv.) : साथ-साथ
Pronunciation: kuhng·kaw·muh·tuhnt·lee
Meaning: at the same time; simultaneously.
Synonyms: contemporary, simultaneous, coexisting
Antonyms: accidental, chance, unrelated
Sentence: These drugs can be given concomitantly with chemotherapy.
7. EXTRADITE (verb) : अपराधी देना
Pronunciation: ek·struh·dite
Meaning: hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed.
Synonyms: deport, hand over, send back
Antonyms: hold, keep
Sentence: The police have refused to extradite a man wanted for a bank robbery in France.
8. PROCRASTINATION (noun) : टालमटोल
Pronunciation: pruh·kra·stuh·nay·shn
Meaning: the action of delaying or postponing something.
Synonyms: dithering, delaying tactics, dilatoriness
Antonyms: alacrity, eagerness, readiness
Sentence: Procrastination is the thief of time.
9. ATAVISTIC (adj.) : पैतृक
Pronunciation: a·tuh·vi·stuhk
Meaning: relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.
Synonyms: bygone, erstwhile, former
Antonyms: contemporary, current, modern
Sentence: It would be wrong to interpret them as atavistic remnants.
10. MUSINGS (noun) : चिंतन
Pronunciation: myoo·zuhngz
Meaning: a period of reflection or thought.
Synonyms: meditation, thinking, contemplation
Antonyms: tactlessness, unthoughtfulness, silly
Sentence: His musings were interrupted by the sound of the telephone.
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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