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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 12 July 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 mucah you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
Happy learning!!!
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1. EXUBERANCE (noun) : जोश-ख़रोश
Pronunciation: uhgz·yoo·buh·ruhns
Meaning: the quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience.
Synonyms: ebullience, jazziness, peppiness
Antonyms: inactivity, lifelessness, dullness
Sentence: She was laughing from the sheer exuberance of the performance.
2. SAVVY (noun) : सामान्य बुद्धि
Pronunciation: sa·vee
Meaning: shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments.
Synonyms: shrewdness, astuteness, sharp-wittedness
Antonyms: foolish, dumb, silly
Sentence: she’s an excellent scholar of political science, but lacks the kind of savvy needed to run for public office
3. RUMMAGED (verb) : अफवाह फैलाया
Pronunciation: ruh·muhjd
Meaning: search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle.
Synonyms: search (through), hunt through, scrabble around in
Antonyms: ignored, neglected
Sentence: He rummaged through the jumble of papers on his desk.
4. NIGGLING (adj.) : तुच्छ
Pronunciation: ni·guhl·uhng
Meaning: causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety.
Synonyms: inconsiderable, insignificant, measly
Antonyms: big, consequential, considerable
Sentence: Don’t waste time on niggling details.
5. SNAPPY (adj.) : तेज़
Pronunciation: snap·ee
Meaning: moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed
Synonyms: blistering, lightning, speedy
Antonyms: slow, dilatory, dawdling
Sentence: Bring us some more french fries and make it snappy!
6. FISSURES (noun) : दरारें
Pronunciation: fi·shuhz
Meaning: a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
Synonyms: opening, crevice, crack
Antonyms: combine, unite, fuse, merge
Sentence: Lava flows up through a fissure in the earth’s crust.
7. OPPROBRIUM (noun) : अपमान
Pronunciation: uh·proh·bree·uhm
Meaning: harsh criticism or censure.
Synonyms: vilification, abuse, vituperation
Antonyms: esteem, honor, respect
Sentence: The government did not deserve the opprobrium heaped on it by the national press.
8. PITHILY (adv.) : मतलब की बात
Pronunciation: pithily
Meaning: in a few words
Synonyms: briefly, compactly, concisely
Antonyms: diffusely, long-windedly, verbosely
Sentence: The observation that “War is hell” is how General Sherman pithily summed up his experiences in combat.
9. SUBSERVIENT (adj.) : अधीन
Pronunciation: suhb·suhv·ee·uhnt
Meaning: prepared to obey others unquestioningly.
Synonyms: submissive, deferential, acquiescent
Antonyms: disrespectful, impolite, impudent
Sentence: She was subservient to her parents.
10. PONTIFICATING (verb) : व्याख्या करना
Pronunciation: pawn·tif·uhk·ayt·uhng
Meaning: express one’s opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic.
Synonyms: expound, declaim, preach
Antonyms: humble, lowly, modest
Sentence: Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
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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