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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 11 September 2024
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.RENDEZVOUS (noun): मिलन स्थल
Pronunciation: rawn·day·voo
Meaning: a meeting at an agreed time and place, typically between two people.
Synonyms: appointment, assignation, date
Antonyms: disjoin, dissociate, disunite.
Sentence: He made a rendezvous with her in Times Square.
2.ACCLIMATIZE (verb) : अभ्यस्त बनाना
Pronunciation: ac·cli·ma·tize
Meaning: to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
Synonyms: acclimate, accommodate, adapt
Antonyms: disarrange ,refuse, unsuit.
Sentence: Runners had to acclimatize to the humid tropical conditions
3.IMPERCEPTIBLY (adv.) : अगोचर रूप से
Pronunciation: im·puh·sept·uh·blee
Meaning: in a way that is so slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived.
Synonyms: cursively, gradually
Antonyms: abruptly, suddenly, accidently
Sentence: The disease develops gradually and imperceptibly.
4.LAMBENT (adj.) : उज्ज्वल
Pronunciation: lam·bent
Meaning: (of light or fire) glowing, gleaming or flickering with a soft radiance.
Synonyms: beaming, luminous, glowing
Antonyms: dim, dull, dark
Sentence: The lambent flames from our campfire cast a comforting glow.
5.CONNIVANCE (noun) : मिलीभगत
Pronunciation: kuh·nive·uhns
Meaning: willingness to secretly allow or be involved in wrongdoing, especially an immoral or illegal activity.
Synonyms: collusion, complicity, conspiracy
Antonyms: disagreement, incompatibility, content, criticism.
Sentence: He tried to bribe the police into connivance.
6.QUIBBLING (noun) : आपत्तियां उठाना
Pronunciation: kvi·buhl·uhng
Meaning: the action of raising objections about a trivial matter.
Synonyms: criticizing, niggling
Antonyms: approving, supporting
Sentence: He spent the entire evening quibbling about the historical inaccuracies in the television series on World War II.
7.UPHEAVAL (noun) : उथल-पुथल
Pronunciation: uhp·heev·uhl
Meaning: a violent or sudden change or disruption to something.
Synonyms: disruption, disturbance, disorder
Antonyms: blessing, calm, good fortune
Sentence: The company underwent a massive upheaval after the takeover.
8.TERNARY (adj.) : त्रिगुट
Pronunciation: tuh·nuh·ree
Meaning: composed of three parts.
Synonyms: triad, triplet, trio
Antonyms: ordinal,divide,multiply
Sentence: The code is used to represent information with a ternary number.
9.QUIETUS (noun) : मरण
Pronunciation: kvai·ee·tuhs
Meaning: death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life.
Synonyms: death, decease, demise
Antonyms: birth, nativity, existence
Sentence: After weeks of suffering, the cancer-stricken cat received a quietus of the pain by taking her final nap.
10.PANTOMIMED (verb) : अभिव्यक्त करना
Pronunciation: pan·tuh·mime
Meaning: express or represent (something) by extravagant and exaggerated mime.
Synonyms: gestured, signed, signalized
Antonyms: inactivity, permanent, overact
Sentence: The clown candidates pantomimed different emotions.
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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