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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 13 August 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 much you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1.THEOCRACY (noun) : धर्मतन्त्र
Pronunciation: thee•aw•kruh•see
Meaning: a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
Synonyms: monarchism, monarchy, monocracy
Antonyms: democracy, self-governance, self-government
Sentence: Under a theocracy, an entire nation officially follows one religion.
Pronunciation: thee•aw•kruh•see
Meaning: a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
Synonyms: monarchism, monarchy, monocracy
Antonyms: democracy, self-governance, self-government
Sentence: Under a theocracy, an entire nation officially follows one religion.
2. PROSELYTIZING (noun) : धर्मांतरण
Pronunciation: praw•suh•luht•ize•uhng
Meaning: the action of attempting to convert someone from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.
Synonyms: converting, proselyting
Antonyms: secularizing, dissuading
Sentence: He strongly disapproved of the proselytizing that went on under the cloak of humanitarianism.
3. INCONCEIVABLE (adj.) : समझ से बाहर
Pronunciation: in•kuhn•seev•uh•bl
Meaning: not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.
Synonyms: beyond belief, unbelievable, extremely difficult to believe
Antonyms: believable, cogitable, conceivable
Sentence: She found the idea quite inconceivable.
4. ANATHEMA (noun) : अभिशाप
Pronunciation: uh•na•thuh•muh
Meaning: something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.
Synonyms: abhorrent, hateful, odious
Antonyms: joy, pleasure
Sentence: His political views were anathema to me.
5. PROVENANCE (noun) : उत्पत्ति
Pronunciation: praw•vuh•nuhns
Meaning: the place of origin or earliest known history of something.
Synonyms: origin, source, place of origin
Antonyms: ending, sink, deactivation.
Sentence: The provenance of the paintings is unknown.
6. DOLDRUMS (noun) : निष्क्रिय
Pronunciation: dole•druhmz
Meaning: a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression.
Synonyms: inactive, quiet, dormancy
Antonyms: continuance, continuation
Sentence: Recent economic doldrums have damaged the rural west.
7. PICKETS (noun) : पहरेदार
Pronunciation: pi•kuhts
Meaning: a person or group that watches over someone or something
Synonyms: guards, keepers, lookouts
Antonyms: uncare, desertion, disregard
Sentence: The pickets persuaded some drivers not to enter the factory.
8. IMPERMANENCE (noun) : अनस्थिरता
Pronunciation: uhm•puh•muh•nuhns
Meaning: the state or fact of lasting for only a limited period of time.
Synonyms: ephemerality, evanescence, fleetingness
Antonyms: endurance, permanence, permanency
Sentence: Change, impermanence is characteristic of life.
9. FEDERATE (verb) : एक संस्था में सम्मिलित करना
Pronunciation: federate
Meaning: (with reference to a number of states or organizations) form or be formed into a single centralized unit, within which each state or organization keeps some internal autonomy.
Synonyms: confederate, combine, ally
Antonyms: segregate, separate, split
Sentence: in 1901 the six colonies federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia.
10. FEISTY (adj.) : आक्रमणशील
Pronunciation: fai•stee
Meaning: feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
Synonyms: aggressive, agonistic, bellicose
Antonyms: nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific
Sentence: He launched a feisty attack on the government.
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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