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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 11 October 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. IRASCIBLE (adj.): चिड़चिड़ा
Pronunciation: uh•ra•suh•bl
Meaning: having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
Synonyms: irritable, quick-tempered, short-tempered
Antonyms: cool, happy, pleasant.
Sentence: She’s becoming more and more irascible as she grows older.
2. AGONIZING (adj.) : अति पीड़ा देनेवाला
Pronunciation: ag•o•niz•ing
Meaning: causing great physical or mental pain.
Synonyms: excruciating, harrowing, racking
Antonyms: gratifying, pleasing, sweet
Sentence: This is a torturous, agonizing way to kill someone.
3. SNIPPET (noun) : टुकड़ा
Pronunciation: snip•uht
Meaning: a small piece or brief extract.
Synonyms: piece, bit, scrap
Antonyms: chunk, hunk, lump
Sentence: Snippets of information about the war.
4. ELAPSE (verb) : बीतना
Pronunciation: uh•laps
Meaning: (of time) pass or go by.
Synonyms: pass, go by/past, proceed
Antonyms: halt, hold, wait
Sentence: So a week or so may elapse between the first and the last eggs hatching.
5. PERTINENT (adj.) : उचित
Pronunciation: puh•ti•nent
Meaning: relevant or applicable to a particular matter
Synonyms: relevant, appropriate, apposite
Antonyms: irrelevant, pointless, inapposite
Sentence: He asked me a lot of very pertinent questions.
6. DAUNT (verb) : भयभीत करना
Pronunciation: dawnt
Meaning: make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.
Synonyms: intimidate, abash, ruffle
Antonyms: embolden, encourage, strengthen
Sentence: The raging inferno didn’t daunt the firefighters for a moment.
7. BEGUILE (verb) : मोहना
Pronunciation: buh•gile
Meaning: charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.
Synonyms: charm, attract, enchant
Antonyms: expose, undeceive, reveal
Sentence: The teacher used to beguile her pupils with fairy tales.
8. APPERTAIN (verb) : संबंध रखना
Pronunciation: a•puh•tayn
Meaning: relate to; concern.
Synonyms: pertain to, relate to, concern
Antonyms: irrelevant
Sentence: The answers generally appertain to improvements in standards of service.
9. DITHER (verb) : बेचैनी
Pronunciation: di•dhuh
Meaning: be indecisive.
Synonyms: hesitate, falter, waver
Antonyms: calm, composure, equanimity
Sentence: He was dithering about the election date.
10. TENABLE (adj.) : लायक़
Pronunciation: teh•nuh•bl
Meaning: able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, defendable
Antonyms: indefensible, untenable, unjustifiable
Sentence: Such a simplistic approach is no longer tenable.
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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