Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 12 June 2021
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.Swathes (noun) - स्वातेस
Pronunciation: sveidhz
Meaning: a broad strip or area of something.
Synonyms: bosoms, bowers, circumfuses, camouflages, cloaks, disguises
Antonyms: bares, denudes, exposes, strips, unbandages
Usage: Year by year great swathes of this small nation's countryside disappear.
2.Concurrence (noun) - एकचित्तता
Pronunciation: kuhn·kuh·ruhns
Meaning: the fact of two or more events or circumstances happening or existing at the same time.
Synonyms: development, happening, occurrence, coexistence, coincidence
Antonyms: dissent, opposition, resistance, disapprobation, disapproval
Usage: The concurrence of their disappearances had to be more than coincidental.
3.Rescind (verb) - रद्द कर देना
Pronunciation: ruh·sind
Meaning: revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).
Synonyms: abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, interrupt, suspend
Antonyms: engage, pledge, promise, begin, commence, initiate
Usage: This means that the latter can rescind the contract.
4.Stymie (verb) - गतिरोध
Pronunciation: stai·mee
Meaning: prevent or hinder the progress of
Synonyms: clog, cramp, embarrass, encumber, fetter, hamper, constrain, curb
Antonyms: unclog, unplug, unstop, free, liberate, release, untie
Usage: Investigators have been stymied by uncooperative witnesses.
5.Untenable (adj) - अस्थिर, असमर्थनीय
Pronunciation: uhn·teh·nuh·bl
Meaning: (especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
Synonyms: implausible, misleading, specious, unconvincing, weak
Antonyms: certified, validated, verified, confirmed, corroborated, informed
Usage: This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint.
6.Falter (verb) - लड़खड़ाना
Pronunciation: fawl·tuh
Meaning: move unsteadily or hesitantly.
Synonyms: dither, halt, stammer, stumble, deliberate, ponder
Antonyms: decide, budge, endure, persist, continue
Usage: The nurse saw him falter and made him lean on her.
7.Lineage (noun) - वंशावली
Pronunciation: li·nee·uhj
Meaning: direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.
Synonyms: ancestry, birth, blood, parentage, pedigree, stock
Antonyms: child, heir, inheritor, son, successor, progeny, seed
Usage: They can trace their lineage directly back to the 18th century.
8.Agglomeration (noun) - ढेर
Pronunciation: uh·glaw·muh·rei·shn
Meaning: a mass or collection of things; an assemblage.
Synonyms: assortment, botch, clutter, collage, detritus, notions, oddments
Antonyms: flatten, open, smooth, spread, unfold
Usage: Addition of coagulants promotes agglomeration of particles.
9.Collated (adj) - मिलाना
Pronunciation: kuh·leit·uhd
Meaning: collect and combine (texts, information, or data).
Synonyms: archived, arranged, compiled, organized, systematized
Antonyms: disbanded, disintegrated, dissolved, betrothed, committed
Usage: The software program allows people to collate their photographs by dates.
10.Abduction (noun) - अपहरण
Pronunciation: uhb·duhk·shn
Meaning: the action of forcibly taking someone away against their will.
Synonyms: impressment, seizure, snatch, kidnap, remove
Antonyms: give, let go, release
Usage: He related details of a recent aborted abduction in Vermont.
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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