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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings: 12 September 2025
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. CANDID (ADJECTIVE): स्पष्टवादी
Pronunciation: kan·duhd
Meaning: truthful and straightforward
Synonyms: frank, honest
Antonyms: restrained, inhibited
Sentence: It is better to let the photographer mingle among the guests and take candid shots.
2. CANTANKEROUS (ADJECTIVE): झगड़ालू
Pronunciation: kan·tang·kuh·ruhs
Meaning: ill-tempered.
Synonyms: splenetic, bilious
Antonyms: amicable, peaceful
Sentence: The leading character in the movie was a cantankerous old man who hated the world.
3. CAPACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): विशाल
Pronunciation: kuh·pay·shuhs
Meaning: capable of containing a large quantity.
Synonyms: spacious, roomy
Antonyms: compact, congested
Sentence: Priyanshi crammed the lot into her capacious handbag.
4. CAPITULATE (VERB): हथियार डाल देना
Pronunciation: kuh·pi·choo·layt
Meaning: to surrender under specified conditions.
Synonyms: surrender, quit.
Antonyms: resist, retain
Sentence: I never thought my brother would capitulate and allow me to drive his car for a week.
5. CAPRICIOUS (ADJECTIVE): मौजी
Pronunciation: kuh·pri·shuhs
Meaning: changeable.
Synonyms: whimsical, fickle
Antonyms: invariable, fixed
Sentence: You need to settle down and stop being so capricious!
6. CAPTIOUS (ADJECTIVE):छिद्रान्वेषी
Pronunciation: kap·shuhs
Meaning: marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial faults
Synonyms: faultfinding, criticizing
Antonyms: fair, tolerant
Sentence: When my captious teacher grades my essays, she always finds a minor error in my work.
7. INEBRIATED (Adjective): नशे में धुत
Pronunciation: i·nee·bree·ay·tid
Meaning: a state of intoxication, typically due to the consumption of alcohol or drugs; drunk or intoxicated.
Synonyms: Hammered, Sloshed
Antonyms: Temperate, Abstinent
Sentence: After consuming several glasses of wine, she became inebriated and started dancing wildly at the party.
8. TARNISH (Verb): धुंधलापन
Pronunciation: taa·nuhsh
Meaning: to make something lose its shine, lustre or value
Synonyms: Taint, Defile
Antonyms: Purify, Brighten
Sentence: Leaving the silverware out in the open caused it to tarnish and lose its shine.
9. BARRAGE (Noun): बाँध
Pronunciation: ba·raaj
Meaning: something that comes quickly and heavily — as an attack of bullets or artillery or a fast spray of words.
Synonyms: Shower, Volley
Antonyms: Dribble, Scarcity
Sentence: The city experienced a barrage of heavy rain and strong winds during the storm.
10. GRAFT (Noun & Verb): घूस
Pronunciation: graaft
Meaning: obtaining money, advantage, or position through dishonest or unfair means.
Synonyms: Bribery, Fraud
Antonyms: Honesty, Integrity
Sentence: Some officials were found guilty of graft in siphoning funds from public projects for their personal gain.
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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