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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words with Meanings: 11th June 2026
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. DELINQUENCY (NOUN): अपराध
Pronunciation: duh·ling·kvuhn·see
Meaning: minor crime, especially that committed by young people.
Synonyms: crime, wrongdoing, criminality
Antonyms: compliance, goodness, morality
Sentence: There is a high rate of juvenile delinquency in this area.
2. FRITTER (VERB): व्यर्थ नष्ट करना
Pronunciation: fri·tuh
Meaning: waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters.
Synonyms: squander, waste, misuse
Antonyms: conserve, save
Sentence: I wish we hadn’t frittered the money away so easily.
3. GALLED (VERB): परेशान होना
Pronunciation: gawld
Meaning: make (someone) feel annoyed.
Synonyms: irritate, annoy, bothered
Antonyms: delighted, gladdened, gratified
Sentence: He knew he was losing, and it galled him.
4. SEAMLESS (ADJECTIVE): निरपराध
Pronunciation: seem·luhs
Meaning: being entirely without fault or flaw.
Synonyms: absolute, faultless, flawless
Antonyms: censurable, defective, faulty
Sentence: The conductor’s seamless interpretation of Mozart’s Jupiter symphony was greeted with a standing ovation.
5. FELICITATE (VERB): अभिनंदन करना
Pronunciation: fuh·li·suh·tayt
Meaning: to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.
Synonyms: compliment, congratulate, applaud
Antonyms: cry down, decry, deprecate
Sentence: The whole family felicitated John on his new appointment.
6.UNFETTERED (ADJECTIVE): निरंकुश
Pronunciation: uhn·feh·tuhd
Meaning: unrestrained or uninhibited.
Synonyms: unrestrained, unrestricted, unconstrained
Antonyms: bound, confined, restrained
Sentence: Unfettered by the bounds of reality, my imagination flourished.
7. DEBUNKING (VERB): असली रूप दिखाने
Pronunciation: dee·buhngk·uhng
Meaning: expose the falseness or hollowness of (a myth, idea, or belief).
Synonyms: explode, deflate, puncture
Antonyms: camouflaging, cloaking, disguising
Sentence: The investigative reporter easily debunked the charlatan’s claims of clairvoyance.
8. PROPITIATE (VERB): शांत करना
Pronunciation: pruh·pi·shee·ayt
Meaning: to lessen the anger or agitation of.
Synonyms: appease, placate, conciliate
Antonyms: anger, antagonize, infuriate
Sentence: Amendments have been added to propitiate local pressure groups.
9. ACCEDE (VERB): मान लेना
Pronunciation: ak-seed
Meaning: agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
Synonyms: agree to, consent to, accept
Antonyms: refuse, reject, dissent
Sentence: I am not prepared to accede to that submission.
10. EXCOGITATE (VERB): परिकल्पना करना
Pronunciation: ek·skaw·juh·tayt
Meaning: think out, plan, or devise.
Synonyms: devise, concoct, contrive
Antonyms: dismiss, disregard
Sentence: The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate.
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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