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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 11 March 2023
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. PURPORTED (adj.) : कथित
Pronunciation: puh·poh·tuhd
Meaning: appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; alleged.
Synonyms: conjectural, hypothetical, supposed
Antonyms: inducible, inductive
Sentence: The document is purported to be 300 years old.
2. ICONOCLAST (noun) : संप्रदायवादी
Pronunciation: ai·kaw·nuh·klast
Meaning: a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
Synonyms: counterculturist, deviant, nonconformist
Antonyms: conformer, conformist
Sentence: But he shows little sign of being an iconoclast.
3. PROMONTORY (noun) : चोटी
Pronunciation: praw·muhn·tree
Meaning: a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland.
Synonyms: headland, ness, point
Antonyms: antinode, node, middle
Sentence: Yet another fortress stands on a promontory only half a mile away.
4. LUMINARY (noun) : प्रभावशाली व्यक्ति
Pronunciation: loo·muh·nuh·ree
Meaning: a person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere.
Synonyms: guiding light, inspiration, leader
Antonyms: nobody, pleb
Sentence: Luminaries from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics were at the gala.
5. PILFERAGE (noun) : चोरी
Pronunciation: pil·fuh·ruhj
Meaning: the action of stealing things of little value.
Synonyms: filching, pilfering, purloining
Antonyms: grand larceny, honest
Sentence: Surveillance practices reduce theft and pilferage in the workplace.
6. ANTITHESIS (noun) : विलोम
Pronunciation: an·ti·thuh·suhs
Meaning: a thing that is the direct opposite of something else
Synonyms: (direct) opposite, converse, reverse
Antonyms: synonym, replica, duplicate
Sentence: Slavery is the antithesis of freedom.
7. QUERULOUS (adj.) : विलापी
Pronunciation: kveh·ru·luhs
Meaning: Complaining in a petulant or whining manner.
Synonyms: petulant, complaining, fretful
Antonyms: forbearing, tolerant, uncomplaining
Sentence: He became increasingly dissatisfied and querulous in his old age.
8. POLTROONERY (noun) : कायरता
Pronunciation: poltroonery'
Meaning: a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger.
Synonyms: cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness
Antonyms: bravery, courage, daring
Sentence: He was disgraced with Poltroonery.
9. MIRE (noun) : मुसीबत में फसना
Pronunciation: mai·uh
Meaning: a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself.
Synonyms: rattrap, difficult situation
Antonyms: cleanness, dirtiness, tidy.
Sentence: We must not be drawn into the mire of civil war.
10. HANKER (verb) : लालायित होना
Pronunciation: hang·kuh
Meaning: feel a strong desire for or to do something.
Synonyms: yearn, crave, desire
Antonyms: abhor, abominate, despise
Sentence: What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?
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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