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Some exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read their usages to learn how to use them in sentences. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. standstill (noun) – ठहराव, विराम
Pronunciation: stand-stil
Meaning: a situation or condition in which there is no movement or activity at all
Synonyms: halt, stop, stand
Usage: The train came to a complete standstill.
2. tempestuous (adjective) – तूफ़ानी, अशांत
Pronunciation: tem-pes-chu-us
Meaning: characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion
Synonyms: turbulent, stormy, tumultuous, violent, wild; blustery, squally, wild, windy, gusty
Antonyms: peaceful, placid, calm
Usage: She is in a tempestuous mood.
3. persecute (verb) – अत्याचार करना, कष्ट देना
Pronunciation: per-si-kyoot
Meaning: to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs; harass or annoy (someone) persistently.
Synonyms: oppress, abuse, victimize, ill-treat, mistreat, maltreat; harass, hound, plague, badger
Usage: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
4. recurrent (adjective) – आवर्तक
Pronunciation: ri-kur(u)nt
Meaning: occurring repeatedly
Synonyms: repeated, recurring, repetitive, periodic
Antonyms: isolated, single, unique
Usage: I have a recurrent dream that I've turned into an elephant.
5. bystander (noun) – दर्शक
Pronunciation: bai-stan-der
Meaning: a person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part
Synonyms: onlooker, observer, spectator
Antonyms: participant
Usage: Police warned bystander to keep away from the blazing building.
6. insight (noun) – समझ, बोध
Pronunciation: in-sait
Meaning: the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something
Synonyms: intuition, perception, awareness, discernment, understanding, comprehension
Usage: These texts give the reader an insight into the Chinese mind.
7. abysmal (noun) – भयानक, ख़ौफ़नाक
Pronunciation: ubiz-mul
Meaning: extremely bad
Synonyms: appalling, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious
Antonym: superb
Usage: The weather was abysmal.
8. backlog (noun) – भराव, जमाव
Pronunciation: bak-log
Meaning: an accumulation of uncompleted work or matters needing to be dealt with
Synonyms: accumulation, logjam, pile, heap
Usage: I've got a huge backlog of work to do.
9. mercantile (adjective) – व्यापारिक
Pronunciation: mer-kun-tail
Meaning: relating to trade or commerce
Synonyms: commercial, trade, trading, business
Antonyms: idealistic, unworldly
Usage: The food show is mercantile, with everyone competing for business.
10. pestilential (adjective) – संक्रामक
Pronunciation: pesti-lenshul
Meaning: relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases
Synonyms: plague-like, contagious, communicable, epidemic, pestilent
Usage: We must get rid of these pestilential flies.
Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.
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