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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 09 July 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. What’s more, take the test given at the last to check how much you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
Happy learning!!!
Happy learning!!!
1. SOLECISM (noun) – अशिष्टता, अशुद्ध प्रयोग
Pronunciation: so•luh•suh•zm
Meaning: a grammatical mistake in speech or writing; a breach of good manners
Synonyms: blunder, error, faux pas, gaff, impropriety, indiscretion, goof, howler
Antonyms: amenity, attention, civility, courtesy, formality, gesture, pleasantry
Usage: She commits a lot of solecisms.
Pronunciation: so•luh•suh•zm
Meaning: a grammatical mistake in speech or writing; a breach of good manners
Synonyms: blunder, error, faux pas, gaff, impropriety, indiscretion, goof, howler
Antonyms: amenity, attention, civility, courtesy, formality, gesture, pleasantry
Usage: She commits a lot of solecisms.
2. CORROBORATE (verb) – समर्थन करना
Pronunciation: kuh•ro•buh•reit
Meaning: confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)
Synonyms: argue, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, substantiate, support, validate, verify, vindicate
Antonyms: disprove, rebut, refute
Usage: Recent research seems to corroborate his theory.
3. NEBULOUS (adjective) – अस्पष्ट, धुंधला
Pronunciation: neh•byoo•luhs
Meaning: (of a concept) vague or ill-defined; hazy
Synonyms: disprove, arcane, deep, double-edged, equivocal, fuliginous, inscrutable, murky, mysterious, mystic, obscure, occult, opaque
Antonyms: accessible, clear, nonambiguous, obvious, plain, unambiguous, unequivocal
Usage: The rules are too nebulous to be applied consistently.
4. VAGARY (noun) – उतार-चढ़ाव
Pronunciation: vei•guh•ree
Meaning: an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behaviour
Synonyms: fluctuation, whim, notion, quirk, oddity, eccentricity, foible
Antonyms: determination, conviction
Usage: The country became highly exposed to the vagaries of international markets.
5. GARISH (adjective) – भड़कीला
Pronunciation: geuh•ruhsh
Meaning: unpleasantly bright
Synonyms: flamboyant, flaring, flashy, gaudy, glitzy, loud, noisy, ostentatious, razzle-dazzle, splashy
Antonyms: conservative, quiet, understated, unflamboyant, unflashy
Usage: The streets are lined with garish neon lights.
6. CRASS (adjective) – मूर्ख
Pronunciation: kras
Meaning: showing no intelligence or sensitivity
Synonyms: insensitive, stupid, rough-hewn, roughneck, rude, rugged, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar
Antonyms: civilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refined, smooth, tasteful, well-bred
Usage: If you don’t want to hear crass comments about the way you dress, don’t wear that outfit to the night club.
7. REPARTEE (noun) – हाजिर जवाबी
Pronunciation: reh•paa•tee
Meaning: conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies
Synonyms: backchat, badinage, banter, chaff, jesting, joshing, persiflage, raillery, patter, crosstalk
Antonyms: seriousness, disagreement
Usage: She was good at repartee.
8. VACILLATE (verb) – निश्चय न कर पाना
Pronunciation: va•suh•leit
Meaning: waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive
Synonyms: dither, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, scruple, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, waver, wobble
Antonyms: resolute, hold, persist
Usage: If you ask Rutika to choose a restaurant for lunch, she will vacillate between restaurants forever.
9. KNAVE (noun) – धोखेबाज़, बदमाश
Pronunciation: neiv
Meaning: a dishonest or unscrupulous man
Synonyms: beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, miscreant, monster, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain
Antonyms: innocent, saint
Usage: The knave volunteered to clean the church so he could have access to the petty cash box.
10. SMUG (adjective) – आत्मसन्तुष्ट
Pronunciation: smuhg
Meaning: having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements
Synonyms: assured, bigheaded, complacent, conceited, consequential, egoistic, pompous, self-conceited, self-important, self-opinionated, swellheaded, vainglorious
Antonyms: egoless, humble, modest, uncomplacent
Usage: The detective had a smug smile on his face when he arrested the killer he had been chasing for ten years.
Now choose any 2 or 3 words, try to use them in your own sentences and share your sentences in the comment section. This way you can retain the learnt words for long time.
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