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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 11 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.BUOYED (VERB): प्रसन्न रखना
Pronunciation: boyd
Meaning: to keep somebody happy and confident.
Synonyms: Blissful , Elated, steeled
Antonyms: Dejected , Melancholy, depressed
Sentence: Celina greeted her with an approving smile that buoyed her.
2. BLIGHT (NOUN): तुषार
Pronunciation: blite
Meaning: to spoil or damage something, especially by causing a lot of problems.
Synonyms: scourge, bane, curse
Synonyms: scourge, bane, curse
Antonyms: blessing, decoration, ornament
Sentence: The vacant properties are a blight on the neighbourhood.
3. ASSERTIVE (ADJECTIVE): स्वीकारात्मक
Pronunciation: uh·suh·tiv
Meaning: expressing your opinion clearly and firmly so that people listen to you or do what you want.
Synonyms: aggressive, fierce, ambitious
Synonyms: aggressive, fierce, ambitious
Antonyms: unassertive, unaggressive, timid
Sentence: The job may call for assertive behavior.
4. QUAGMIRE (NOUN): दलदल
Pronunciation: kvag·mai·uh
Meaning: a soft wet area of land that has a lot of mud.
Synonyms: marsh, mire, predicament
Antonyms: Firm ground, solid footing
Sentence: The company found itself in a quagmire of debt after a series of badinvestments, and it took years to recover.
5. ALACRITY (NOUN): तत्परता
Pronunciation: uh·la·kruh·tee
Meaning: great willingness, eagerness or enthusiasm.
Synonyms: Willingness, enthusiasm, eagerness
Antonyms: Apathy, reluctance, unwillingness
Sentence: The employees responded to the boss's request with alacrity, and theyfinished the project ahead of schedule.
6. CONTENTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): विवादपूर्ण
Pronunciation: kuhn·ten·shuhs
Meaning: causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial or disputed.
Synonyms: Controversial, disputed, debatable
Antonyms: Agreeable, peaceful, harmonious
Sentence: The issue of climate change is a contentious topic that often leads toheated debates and conflicting opinions.
7. JURISDICTION (NOUN :क्षेत्राधिकार
Pronunciation: joo·ruhs·di·kshn
Meaning: the official power to make legal decisions and judgments; the extent or range of authority or control.
Synonyms: Authority, control, power
Antonyms: powerlessness, subordination
Sentence: The case was not within the jurisdiction of the local court, so it had to betransferred to a higher court with broader authority.
8. INTRANSIGENCE (NOUN) : कट्टरता
Pronunciation: uhn·tran·zuh·jns
Meaning: refusal to change one's views or to agree about something.
Synonyms: Stubbornness, inflexibility, rigidity
Antonyms: Flexibility, openness, compromise
Sentence: The intransigence of the political leaders prevented them from reaching a compromise and resolving the crisis.
9. GARNER (VERB): इकट्ठा करना
Pronunciation: gaa·nuhr
Meaning: to gather or collect something, especially information or
Support.
Synonyms: collect, gather, amass
Antonyms: disperse, scatter, distribute
Sentence: She was able to garner enough support to win the election.
10. EUPHEMISM (NOUN): प्रियोक्ति
Pronunciation: yoo·fuh·mi·zm
Meaning: a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word.
Synonyms: metaphor, phrase, term
Antonyms: slur, expletive, swear
Sentence: "Senior citizen" is a euphemism for "old person“.
Sentence: "Senior citizen" is a euphemism for "old person“.
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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