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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 10 June 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. IMPLICATE (NOUN): दोषी ठहराना
Pronunciation: im·pluh.kayt.uhd
Meaning: to show that somebody is involved in something unpleasant, especially a crime.
Synonyms: compromise, involve, connect
Antonyms: absolve, unwound, uncoiled
Sentence: He was implicated in a price-fixing scandal.
2. ABROGATE (VERB): अभिनिषेध करना
Pronunciation: a·bruh·gayt
Meaning: repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
Synonyms: revoke, repeal, overrule
Antonyms: institute, enact, founds
Antonyms: institute, enact, founds
entence: The ministry proposed to abrogate the dated electoral law.
3. EMPATHY (NOUN) :सम़ानुभूति
Pronunciation: em·puh·thee
Meaning: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
Synonyms: sympathy, pity, compassion
Antonyms: ruthlessness, mercilessness, apathy
Sentence: Doctors should develop empathy between themselves and patients.
4. RELINQUISH (VERB) :त्य़ागऩा
Pronunciation: ruh·ling·kvuhsh
Meaning: voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up
Synonyms: surrender, render, abandon
Antonyms: retain, keep, withhold
Sentence: When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
5. UNANIMOUS (ADJECTIVE) : एकमत
Pronunciation: yoo·na·nuh·muhs
Meaning: (used about a group of people) all agreeing about something.
Synonyms: like-minded, at one, united
Antonyms: divided, discordant, opposite
Sentence: The doctors were unanimous in their diagnoses.
6. CATASTROPHIC (ADJECTIVE) :आपत्तिजनक
Pronunciation: ka·tuh·straw·fuhk
Meaning: causing sudden and very great harm or destruction.
Synonyms: Calamitous , Cataclysmic, fateful
Antonyms: Fortunate , Blessed, lucky
Sentence: His mother's untimely death had a catastrophic effect on him.
7. DETERIORATING(VERB) :ख़राब होना
Pronunciation: duh·teeuh·ree·uh·rayt·uhng
Meaning: To become worse.
Synonyms: Collapse , Degenerate, unkept
Antonyms: Improvement , Heighten, New
Sentence: The weather conditions are deteriorating.
8. ANNEXATION(NOUN) : राज्य-हरण
Pronunciation: a·neks·ay·shn
Meaning: possession taken of a piece of land or a country.
Synonyms: Seizure , Invasion, takeover
Antonyms: Detachment , Loss
Sentence: Annexations of suburban territory in 1888 and 1890 greatly increased the area of the city.
9. HANKER (VERB): लालायित होना
Pronunciation: hang·kuh
Meaning: to have a strong desire or longing for something.
Synonyms: Crave, Yearn, Long
Antonyms: Dislike, Abhor
Sentence: I have always hankered for adventure and travel, so I decided to take a year off and backpack across Europe.
10. DEPRAVED (ADJECTIVE): भ्रष्ट
Pronunciation: duh·prayvd
Meaning: morally corrupt, wicked.
Synonyms: Corrupt, immoral, vicious
Antonyms: Virtuous, moral, ethical
Sentence: The depraved individual was found guilty of committing heinous crimes.
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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