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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 10 July 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): अंधेरा करना
Pronunciation: awb·fuh·skayt
Meaning: to make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally.
Synonyms: obscure, confuse, complicate
Antonyms: clarify, clear (up), simplify
Sentence: She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the mainissue.
2. DURESS (NOUN): दबाव
Pronunciation: dyoo·res
Meaning:threats, violence, to force someone into doing something against their will.
Synonyms: pressure, constraint, compulsion
Antonyms: freedom, independence, liberation
Sentence: I think Claire was under duress when she signed the agreement; she never would have voluntarily accepted those conditions.
3. CEREBRATION (NOUN): बुद्धिविवेक
Pronunciation: seh·ruh·bray·shn
Meaning: the process of thinking, using the brain to consider something.
Synonyms: contemplation, pondering, thinking
Antonyms: thoughtlessness, negligence, ignorance
Sentence: His intense cerebration and focus made him a successful scientist.
4. PERFIDIOUS (ADJECTIVE): धोखेबाज़
Pronunciation: puh·fi·dee·uhs
Meaning: deceitful and untrustworthy.
Synonyms: Treacherous, deceptive, disloyal
Antonyms: Loyal, honest, true
Sentence: She described the new criminal bill as a perfidious attack on democracy.
5. CONTRAVENE (VERB): उल्लंघन करना
Pronunciation: kawn·truh·veen
Meaning: to do something that a law or rule does not allow, or to break a law or rule.
Synonyms: Breach, Violate, Infringe
Antonyms: uphold, obey, observe
Sentence: Because your actions contravene the policy, you're being suspended for ten days.
6. SMEAR (VERB): बदनाम करना
Pronunciation: smeeuh
Meaning: damage the reputation of (someone) by false accusations.
Synonyms: libel, slander, defame
Antonyms: honor, exalt, glorify
Sentence: The politician's opponents launched a smear campaign to tarnish his reputation.
7. SPILLOVER(NOUN) : छलकना
Pronunciation: spil·oh·vuh
Meaning: a quantity of something overflow.
Synonyms: tell, leak, reveal
Antonyms: veil, disguise, shade
Sentence: She felt her own tears spill over at the depth of his pain.
8. PERTINENT (ADJECTIVE): संगत
Pronunciation: puh·ti·nent
Meaning: relevant to something.
Synonyms: Connected, Apposite, relevant
Antonyms: Improper, Unfitting, minor
Sentence: He asked me a lot of very pertinent questions .
9. THRESHOLD(NOUN): चौखट
Pronunciation: thresh·holed
Meaning: the ground at the entrance to a room or building.
Synonyms: Commencement, Baseline, Onset
Antonyms: Conclusion, Closure, ending
Sentence: You know when you cross that threshold, there's no going back.
10. UPEND (VERB): समाप्त कर देना
Pronunciation: uhp·end
Meaning: set or turn (something) on its end or upside down.
Synonyms: Flipped, Overturned, overcome
Antonyms: Give up, Collapse, fold
Sentence: I upended the bucket to use as a stool.
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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