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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 13 August 2024
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.MILIEU (noun): प्रतिवेश
Pronunciation: muh·lyoo
Meaning: a person’s social environment.
Synonyms: environment, ambient, atmosphere
Antonyms: advantage, boon, calm.
Sentence: Coming from another milieu, she found life as an actor’s wife very strange at first.
2.OBDURACY (noun) : हठ
Pronunciation: awb·joo·ruh·see
Meaning: a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
Synonyms: obdurateness, obstinacy, stubbornness
Antonyms: broad-mindedness, open-mindedness, reasonability
Sentence: His error was sheer obduracy in refusing to admit a mistake.
3.FORSOOTH (adv.) : वास्तव में
Pronunciation: fuh·sooth
Meaning: Indeed (often used ironically or to express surprise or indignation).
Synonyms: actually, frankly, honestly
Antonyms: had, kept, possessed
Sentence: Forsooth, there is no one I trust more.
4.CONFRONTATION (noun) : आमना-सामना
Pronunciation: kawn·fruhnt·ay·shn
Meaning: a hostile or argumentative meeting or situation between opposing parties.
Synonyms: conflict, clash, brush
Antonyms: concord, harmony, peace
Sentence: The government was dragged willy-nilly into the confrontation.
5.DISCONSOLATE (adj.) : निराश
Pronunciation: duh·skawn·suh·luht
Meaning: without consolation or comfort; unhappy.
Synonyms: unhappy, doleful, woebegone
Antonyms: happy, cheerful, blissful
Sentence: The death of her father left Mary disconsolate.
6.REMIT (verb) : रद्द करना
Pronunciation: ˈriːmɪt
Meaning: cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment).
Synonyms: cancel, revoke, abrogate
Antonyms: hold,keep,receive.
Sentence: The legislature has remitted the matter to the next session,
7.HECTORED (verb) : बदमाशी से बात करना
Pronunciation: fak·tuhd
Meaning: talk to (someone) in a bullying way.
Synonyms: bully, intimidate, browbeat
Antonyms: comforted, consoled, soothed
Sentence: Brooks had hectored employees who refused to work overtime.
8.PERFERVID (adj.) : उत्साही
Pronunciation: per-fur-vid
Meaning: intense and impassioned.
Synonyms: ardent, emotional, fervent
Antonyms: dispassionate, emotionless, impassive
Sentence: I feel the people of the city are perfervid.
9.INDUBITABLE (adj.) : ज़ाहिर
Pronunciation: uhn·dyoo·buh·tuh·bl
Meaning: impossible to doubt; unquestionable.
Synonyms: unquestionable, undoubtedly, indisputable
Antonyms: doubtful, dubious, iffy
Sentence: The indubitable evidence we produced bore down our opponents in the debate.
10.RAPPROCHEMENT (noun) : मेल-मिलाप
Pronunciation: ra·prawsh·mawn
Meaning: (especially in international relations) an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations.
Synonyms: reconciliation, fellowship, rapport
Antonyms: alienation, disaffection, disgruntlement
Sentence: I hope for a rapprochement between our two countries.
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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