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Vocabulary - Exceptional English words with meanings 10 April 2020
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and usage. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
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1. ENLIVEN (verb) – जान डालना
Pronunciation: in-laiv(u)n
Meaning: make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing; make (someone) more cheerful or animated
Synonyms: improve, enhance, season, leaven; uplift, gladden
Antonyms: detract from, subdue
Usage:
- How can we enliven this party?
- The visit had clearly enlivened my mother.
2. CONSUMMATE (adjective) – अनुकरणीय, त्रुटिरहित
Pronunciation: kons-yumut / kun-sum(u)t
Meaning: showing great skill
Synonyms: perfect, exemplary, supreme, ultimate, faultless, quintessential
Usage: She was a consummate performer.
3. SCION (noun) – वंशज, वारिस
Pronunciation: sai-un
Meaning: a young member of a rich and famous family
Synonyms: descendant, offshoot, heir, successor
Antonym: predecessor, ancestor
Usage: Nabokov was the scion of an aristocratic family.
4. PEART (adjective) – फुर्तीला; प्रफुल्ल, उल्लसित
Pronunciation: pi-ut
Meaning: full of life and energy; active; cheerful
Synonyms: energetic, animated, vigorous, outgoing, spirited, vivacious, vibrant; jolly, merry, bright, glad, joyful, joyous, light-hearted
Antonyms: listless, lifeless, apathetic; sad
Usage: This morning he doesn't look so peart as he was last morning.
5. AFICIONADO (noun) – गुणज्ञ, विशेषज्ञ, माहिर
Pronunciation: ufis-yuh-naado / ufish-yuh-naado
Meaning: a person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime
Synonyms: connoisseur, expert, authority, specialist, cognoscente
Usage: You are a video game aficionado.
6. ANODYNE (adjective, noun) – अक्लेशद; पीड़ानाशक
Pronunciation: anuh-dain
Meaning: not likely to cause offence or disagreement; a painkilling drug or medicine
Synonyms: bland, inoffensive, innocuous, neutral, unobjectionable; painkiller, analgesic, palliative
Usage:
- I was asked a series of anodyne questions about Bush and his life in White House. (adjective)
- He took some anodyne to relieve the pain. (noun)
7. THRENODY (noun) – विलाप-गीत
Pronunciation: thre-nudi
Meaning: an ode, song, or speech to express grief or sorrow
Synonyms: lament, dirge, requiem, elegy
Antonym: hymn
Usage: They sang a threnody for the dead person.
8. SHREW (noun) – झगड़ालू स्त्री, लड़ाकिन
Pronunciation: shroo
Meaning: a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman
Synonyms: virago, termagant, vixen, fishwife, witch
Antonyms: deity, goddess, divinity
Usage: The shrew stands at the door and keeps shouting abuse.
9. VICISSITUDE (noun) – भाग्य-परिवर्तन, हेरफेर
Pronunciation: vi-sisi-tyood / vai-sisi-tyood
Meaning: a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
Synonyms: alteration, alternation, transformation, metamorphosis, transmutation
Usage: He experienced several great social vicissitudes in his life.
10. CERTITUDE (noun) – यक़ीन
Pronunciation: suh-ti-tyood
Meaning: absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case
Synonyms: certainty, confidence, conviction, reliability, assurance
Antonym: doubt
Usage: The question could never be answered with certitude.
Now, choose any 2 or 3 words and try to use them in your own sentences, this way you can retain the learnt words in your memory for long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section.
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