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Some exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read their usages to learn how to use them in sentences. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. SLAM (verb) – ज़ोर से बंद करना
Pronunciation: slam
Meaning: shut (a door, window, or lid) forcefully and loudly; crash into; collide heavily with
Synonyms: bang; hit, strike, ram
Antonyms: close gently, miss
Usage:
- He slammed the door behind her as she left.
- The car mounted the pavement, slamming into a lamp post.
2. GRATIS (adverb, adjective) – मुफ्त
Pronunciation: gratis / graa-tis / grei-tis
Meaning: without charge; given or done for nothing
Synonyms: free of charge, free, for nothing, at no cost, without payment, without paying, gratuitously
Antonym: for a fee
Usage:
- Medical advice was provided gratis. (adverb)
- We provide gratis service. (adjective)
3. TREATISE (noun) – निबंध, प्रकरण
Pronunciation: tree-tiz / tree-tis
Meaning: a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject
Synonyms: disquisition, essay, paper, work, discourse, thesis
Usage: The doctor wrote a treatise on alcoholism.
4. TYRANT (noun) – तानाशाह
Pronunciation: tai-runt
Meaning: a person exercising power or control in a cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary way
Synonyms: dictator, despot, autocrat, authoritarian, oppressor
Usage: She was a tyrant who had absolutely no tolerance for mistakes.
5. UMPTEEN (adjective) – अनेक, बहुत
Pronunciation: ump-teen
Meaning: indefinitely many; a lot of
Synonyms: countless, numerous, innumerable
Antonym: few
Usage: I have told this story umpteen times.
6. FLURRY (noun) – हवा का झोंका
Pronunciation: fluri
Meaning: a small swirling mass of something, especially snow or leaves, moved by sudden gusts of wind; a number of things arriving or happening suddenly and during the same period
Synonyms: swirl, whirl, eddy, billow, shower, gust, rush; spate, wave, flood, deluge, torrent
Antonyms: lull; dearth, trickle
Usage:
- He opens the door and a flurry of snow blows in.
- There was a sudden flurry of interest in the book.
7. ASCERTAIN (verb) – सुनिश्चित करना
Pronunciation: asut-ein
Meaning: find (something) out for certain; make sure of
Synonyms: discover, work out, make out; establish, fix, determine, settle, decide, verify
Usage: A postmortem was ordered to try to ascertain the cause of death.
8. FIASCO (noun) – असफलता
Pronunciation: fi-asko
Meaning: a complete failure, usually in an embarrassing way
Synonyms: failure, disaster, catastrophe, debacle, shambles, farce, mess
Antonym: success
Usage: The party was a fiasco from start to finish.
9. OVERSEE (verb) – देखरेख
Pronunciation: over-see
Meaning: supervise (a person or their work), especially in an official capacity
Synonyms: supervise, superintend, inspect, administer, look after
Usage: You must employ someone to oversee the project.
10. SCURRY (verb, noun) – तेज चाल
Pronunciation: skuri
Meaning: (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps; a situation of hurried and confused movement
Synonyms: scamper, scuttle, bustle, skip, trot, hurry, hasten; rush, race, dash, run, sprint
Antonyms: amble, stroll
Usage:
- The rats scurry around, searching for scraps of food in the rubbish. (verb)
- I heard a scurry of footsteps. (noun)
Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.
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