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. EAVESDROP (verb) – छिपकर बातें सुनना
Pronunciation: eevz-drop
Meaning: secretly listen to a conversation
Synonyms: listen in, spy, intrude, monitor, overhear
Usage: It is not polite to eavesdrop on the conversation of other people.

2. ESPIONAGE (noun) – जासूसी
Pronunciation: es-pi-un-aaj
Meaning: the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information
Synonyms: spying, surveillance, reconnaissance
Usage: Espionage is a capital offence in this country.

3. TRAVESTY (noun, verb) – उपहासात्मक निरूपण
Pronunciation: tra-visti
Meaning: a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something; represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way
Synonyms: misrepresentation, distortion, perversion; parody, caricature, burlesque, mock
Usage: It would be a travesty of justice to put an innocent man in jail.

4. RESPITE (noun) – स्थगन, विराम
Pronunciation: res-pit / res-pa-it
Meaning: a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant; postpone (a sentence, obligation, etc.)
Synonyms: rest, break, breathing space, interval, intermission, interlude
Usage: We worked for hours without respite.

5. BARBARIC (adjective) – असभ्य
Pronunciation: baar-barik
Meaning: savagely cruel; unsophisticated; uncultured
Synonyms: cruel, brutal, barbarous, brutish, bestial; uncivilized, primitive, unsophisticated, barbarous, heathen
Antonyms: benevolent, civilized, sophisticated
Usage: The cruel animal owners were known to treat their dogs in a barbaric manner.

6. INCUMBENT (adjective, noun) – अनिवार्य, पदधारी
Pronunciation: in kum-b(u)nt
Meaning: necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility; the holder of an office or post
Synonyms: binding, obligatory, mandatory, necessary, compulsory; holder, bearer, occupant
Antonym: optional
Usage:

• It is incumbent upon parents to control what their children watch on TV. (adjective)
• The present incumbent will soon be retiring. (noun)

7. INAPT (adjective) – नामुनासिब, अनुपयुक्त
Pronunciation: in-apt
Meaning: not suitable or appropriate in the circumstances
Synonyms: unsuitable, unfitting, ill-suited, unseemly, unprofessional
Antonyms: appropriate, suitable
Usage: He always makes inapt remarks.

8. CARP (verb) – नुकताचीनी करना
Pronunciation: kaarp
Meaning: complain or find fault continually about trivial matters
Synonyms: complain, cavil, grumble, moan, grouse, grouch, whine
Antonyms: praise, forgiving, complimentary
Usage: He always finds something to carp about.

9. RESPLENDENT (adjective) – देदीप्यमान
Pronunciation: ri-splen-d(u)nt
Meaning: attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous
Synonyms: splendid, magnificent, dazzling, glittering, radiant, gorgeous
Antonyms: dull, boring, repulsive
Usage: The queen was resplendent with jewels.

10. BEREAVE (verb) – वंचित करना
Pronunciation: bi-reev
Meaning: be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death
Synonyms: deprive, dispossess
Usage: He was bereaved of his wife last year.

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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