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Some exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read their usages to learn how to use them in sentences. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. PACT (noun) – संधि
Pronunciation: pakt
Meaning: a formal agreement between individuals or parties
Synonyms: agreement, treaty, protocol, deal, contract
Usage: Jade made a pact with her daughter that she would call every night while away on her business trip.
2. RAVENOUS (adjective) – बहुत भूखा
Pronunciation: rav-un(u)s
Meaning: extremely hungry; (of hunger or need) very great
Synonyms: starving, starved, famished; voracious, insatiable, ravening, gluttonous
Antonym: full
Usage: I'd been out all day and was ravenous.
3. OMINOUS (adjective) – अमंगलसूचक, अपशगुन
Pronunciation: omi-nus
Meaning: giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen
Synonyms: threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister, doomy
Antonyms: promising, auspicious, propitious
Usage: The car is making an ominous rattling sound.
4. TRENCHANT (adjective) – कटु
Pronunciation: tren-shunt
Meaning: expressing strong criticism or forceful opinions
Synonyms: incisive, cutting, pointed, piercing, penetrating
Antonyms: woolly, vague
Usage: His trenchant views on the subject are well known.
5. BRAGGART (noun) – शेख़ीबाज़
Pronunciation: brag-ut / brag-aat
Meaning: a person who boasts about their achievements or possessions
Synonyms: boaster, bragger, show-off, blusterer, trumpeter
Usage: Johnny was a braggart who was later proved to be a liar.
6. GRIMY (adjective) – मैला
Pronunciation: grimi
Meaning: covered with dirt ingrained on the surface of something
Synonyms: dirty, grimed, begrimed, grubby, soiled, stained, smeared
Antonym: clean
Usage: His clothes were grimy and bloodstained.
7. PACIFISM (noun) – शांतिवादिता
Pronunciation: pasi-fiz(u)m
Meaning: the belief that war and violence are unjustifiable and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means
Synonyms: peacemaking, non-violence
Usage: Our father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi, believed in pacifism.
8. RAPACIOUS (adjective) – अति लालची
Pronunciation: rup-ei-shus
Meaning: aggressively greedy
Synonyms: grasping, greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, covetous
Antonym: generous
Usage: Because of its rapacious appetite, the shark is often considered to be more of an eating machine than a living creature.
9. STOLID (adjective) – आवेगहीन
Pronunciation: stolid
Meaning: calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
Synonyms: impassive, phlegmatic, unemotional, calm, placid, unexcitable
Antonyms: emotional, lively, imaginative
Usage: Eliza got up and came out of the room with a stolid face.
10. GARBLE (verb) – विकृत करना
Pronunciation: gaa-b(u)l
Meaning: reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way
Synonyms: mix up, muddle, jumble
Usage: He left a rather garbled message on a paper.
Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.
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