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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 11 January 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.GRIM (adjective): भयानक
Pronunciation: grim
Meaning: forbidding or uninviting
Synonym: Bleak, Harsh,gloomy
Antonym: Pleasant, Inviting,easy
Sentence: The grim weather made the seaside look more like a ghost town than a holiday resort.
2.EXTINGUISH (verb): बुझाना
Pronunciation: uhk.sting.gvuhsh
Meaning: to put out (a fire,light, etc.)
Synonym: Quench, Snuff Out,beat out
Antonym: Ignite, Light ,fire
Sentence: Firefighters workedtirelessly to extinguish the blaze before it could spread to neighboring homes.
3.LETHAL (adjective): घातक
Pronunciation: lee.thl
Meaning: sufficient to cause death
Synonym: Deadly, Fatal, killer
Antonym: Harmless, Safe,healthy
Sentence: The venom of the new snake species is highly lethal and has no known antidote.
4.HURTLE (verb): ज़ोर से फैंकना
Pronunciation: huh.tl
Meaning: move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in a wildly uncontrolled manner
Synonym: Speed, Dash,rush
Antonym: Crawl, Creep,poke
Sentence: The car hurtled down the highway, weaving dangerously through traffic.
5.TRUMPED (verb): मात
Pronunciation: truhmpt
Meaning: beat (someone or something) by saying or doing something better
Synonym: Outdo, Surpass,top
Antonym: Lose, Yield
Sentence: His impressive resume trumped the other candidates, securing him the job.
6. ZEPHYR(noun) : हलकी हवा
Pronunciation: zeh.fuh
Meaning: a soft gentle wind
Synonyms: puffs , airs,currents
Antonyms: calms
Sentence: The forest zephyrs of Pohnpei send up moisture.
7. ERSATZ(adjective) : कृत्रिम वस्तु
Pronunciation: euh.zats
Meaning: (of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.
Synonyms: artificial,bogus,sham
Antonyms: real,true,natural
Sentence: Those two songs have proved remarkably prescient in their bogus rebellion and ersatz torment.
8. BURY(verb):दफ़नाना
Pronunciation: buh.ree
Meaning: to put a dead body in the ground
Synonyms: hide,tuck,cup
Antonyms: expose , burn , reveal
Sentence: He buried the money in the backyard.
9.VERBAL(adjective) : मौखिक
Pronunciation: vuh.bl
Meaning: connected with words, or the use of words
Synonyms: abuse,jeering,teasing
Antonyms: quietly , faintly , softly
Sentence: He loves the verbal jousting almost as much as the 90 minutes.
10. DIGRESS(verb) : पीछे हटना
Pronunciation: dai.gres
Meaning: to stop talking or writing about the main subject under discussion and start talking or writing about another less important one
Synonyms: deviate , depart , drift
Antonyms: stay, go direct
Sentence: He has a tendency to digress from the topic in hand.
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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