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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 09 May 2025
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. OBFUSCATE (VERB) : अस्पष्ट करना
Pronunciation: awb.fuh.skayt
Meaning: to make something unclear and more difficult to understand.
Synonyms: confuse, blur, fog
Antonyms: clarify, simplify, unravel
Sentence: the new rule is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them.
2. EXTIRPATE (VERB) : उखाड़ना
Pronunciation: ek.stuh.payt
Meaning: eradicate or destroy completely.
Synonym: erase, abolish, obliterate
Antonym: protect, preserve, save
Sentence: He had fought in a war to extirpate fascism.
3. PERNICIOUS (ADJECTIVE) : हानिकारक
Pronunciation: puh.ni.shuhs
Meaning : having a very harmful or evil effect on somebody/something, in a way that is slow and not easily noticeable.
Synonyms: harmful, bad, baneful
Antonyms: benign, harmless, useful
Sentence: What worries me are the pernicious influences on athletes like him.
4. PROMULGATE (VERB): घोषणा करना
Pronunciation: praw.muhl.gayt
Meaning: to promote an idea, a belief, a cause, etc. among many people.
Synonyms: Spread, Communicate, publish
Antonyms: Conceal, suppress, silence
Sentence: These objectives have to be promulgated within the organization.
5. RELIANCE (NOUN): भरोसा
Pronunciation: ri.lai.uhns
Meaning: being able to trust somebody/something.
Synonyms: Dependency, Credit, spine
Antonyms: Disbelief, sovereignty, autonomy
Sentence:The universal reliance on animal life stimulated the study of the animal kingdom.
6. DISMISS (VERB): विदा करना
Pronunciation:di.smuhs
Meaning: to decide not to think about something/somebody.
Synonyms: Release, Free, Let go
Antonyms: Form, Hire, Retain
Sentence: I dismissed the taxi at the end of the road.
7. PRECISE (ADJECTIVE): सटीक
Pronunciation: pruh.sise
Meaning: clear and accurate.
Synonyms: Accurate, Correct, Pinpoint
Antonyms: Imprecise, Wrong, Round
Sentence: The trainer gave us precise directions.
8. FATALITY (NOUN): मौत
Pronunciation: fayt.al.uh.tee
Meaning: a person’s death caused by an accident, in war, etc.
Synonyms: Casualty, Mortality, Victim
Antonyms: Birth, Winner, Gainer
Sentence: A sixth fatality involved a newly fledged juvenile.
9. FACTION (NOUN): अंदरूनी कलह
Pronunciation: fak.shn
Meaning: a small group of people within a larger one whose members have some different aims and beliefs to those of the larger group.
Synonyms: Dissension, Dissent
Antonyms: Harmony
Sentence: The council was increasingly being split by faction.
10. ABDICATE (VERB): त्यागना
Pronunciation: ab.duh.kayt
Meaning: to give something up, especially power or a position .
Synonyms: Resign, Vacate, Abandon
Antonyms: Accept, Claim, Protect
Sentence: The government was accused of abdicating its responsibility.
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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