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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 11 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.
Happy learning!!!
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1. DISINGENUOUS (ADJECTIVE): कपटी
Pronunciation: di·sin·jeh·nyoo·uhs
Meaning: dishonest, or not speaking the complete truth.
Synonyms: dishonest, deceitful, underhand
Antonyms: honest, sincere, genuine
Sentence: he was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical.
2. EXPUNGE (VERB): मिटाना
Pronunciation: uhk·spuhnj
Meaning: to rub off or remove information from a piece of writing.
Synonyms: erase, delete, abolish
Antonyms: add, construct, insert
Sentence: His name has been expunged from the list of members.
3. OBFUSCATE (VERB): अस्पष्ट बनाना
Pronunciation: awb·fuh·skayt
Meaning: to make something unclear, confusing, or difficult to understand.
Synonyms: confuse, complicate, blur
Antonyms: clarify, simplify, illuminate
Sentence: The loan contract was filled with legal words meant to obfuscate trusting borrowers.
4. UNREMITTING (ADJECTIVE): निरंतर
Pronunciation: uhn·ruh·mit·uhng
Meaning: going on and on without any interruptions.
Synonyms: continuous, relentless, incessant
Antonyms: recurrent, intermittent, discontinuous
Sentence: As long as continuous efforts, and unremitting struggle, there are no things that cannot be conquered.
5. CORROBORATE (VERB): पुष्टि करना
Pronunciation: kuh·raw·buh·rayt
Meaning: confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).
Synonyms: confirm, verify, endorse
Antonyms: refute, disprove, rebut
Sentence: Recent research seems to corroborate his theory.
6. UNFURL (VERB): खोलना
Pronunciation: uhn·fuhl
Meaning: make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind.
Synonyms: unfold, expand, extend
Antonyms: fold, close, reduce
Sentence: During the spring, the sprouting leaves begin to unfurl, and each petal that opens will sprout a colorful bloom.
7. INVERSION (NOUN): विपरीतता
Pronunciation: uhn·vuh·zhn
Meaning: a situation in which something is changed so that it is the opposite of what it was before, or in which something is turned upside down.
Synonyms: reversal, reverse, contrary
Antonyms: verticality, erectness, stability
Sentence: Her account of the case was an inversion of the facts ( it said the opposite of what really happened).
8. COGNOSCENTE (NOUN): विशेषज्ञ
Pronunciation: co·gno·scen·te
Meaning: a connoisseur; a discerning expert (a person who has expert knowledge in a subject).
Synonyms: expert, authority, specialist
Antonyms: novice, amateur, neophyte
Sentence: Michael Meredith, a French cognoscente and librarian at Eton College in England, is less supportive.
9. INGENIOUS (ADJECTIVE): रचनात्मक
Pronunciation: in·jee·nee·uhs
Meaning: having the skill and imagination to create new things.
Synonyms: inventive, innovative, creative
Antonyms: imitative, uninventive, unskillful
Sentence: With how skilled my chess opponent was, it would take an ingenious strategy to defeat him, and a fair amount of luck.
10. SQUANDERED (VERB): गंवाना
Pronunciation: skvawn·duhd
Meaning: waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.
Synonyms: waste, misspend, misuse
Antonyms: conserved, preserved, preserve
Sentence: Eddie has a tendency to squander his entire allowance on comic books and movies.
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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