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. WINSOME (adjective) – मनोहर
Pronunciation: win-s(u)m
Meaning: attractive or appealing in a fresh, innocent way
Synonyms: appealing, engaging, charming, winning, pretty, sweet, cute, endearing, adorable, lovely
Usage: She gave him a winsome smile.

2. ENCOMIUM (noun) – गुणानुवाद, स्तु तिवाक्य
Pronunciation: enko-mi-um
Meaning: a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly
Synonyms: eulogy, panegyric, accolade, tribute
Usage: Of the many statesmen who have written an encomium, Abraham Lincoln wrote one in praise of “The Great Invention of Writing.”

3. CHURLISH (adjective) – अक्खड़, अशिष्ट
Pronunciation: chur-lish
Meaning: rude, unfriendly, and unpleasant
Synonyms: rude, ill-mannered, discourteous, impolite, ungracious, unmannerly, uncivil
Antonym: polite
Usage: It would be churlish to refuse you.

4. SNICKER (verb, noun) – मक्कारी से हंसना
Pronunciation: snik-ur
Meaning: give a half-suppressed laugh in an unkind way
Synonyms: snigger, sneer, smirk, simper, titter, giggle, chortle
Usage:

• The other students snickered at Steve. (verb)
• She almost smiled, but it turned into a snicker. (noun)

5. DEFINITIVE (adjective) – निश्चयात्मक, निर्णयात्मक
Pronunciation: difinitiv
Meaning: (of a conclusion or agreement) done or reached decisively and with authority
Synonyms: conclusive, final, ultimate, decisive, unconditional
Antonym: provisional
Usage: It is too soon to reach any definitive judgement.

6. VITRIOLIC (adjective) – कटु, रूखा
Pronunciation: vitri-olik
Meaning: filled with bitter criticism; full of violent hate and anger; intentionally unkind or causing hurt
Synonyms: acrimonious, rancorous, bitter, caustic, mordant, acerbic
Antonyms: pleasant, kind
Usage: We are not ignorant to his vitriolic attacks on the politicians.

7. FROLICSOME (adjective) – जीवंत और चंचल
Pronunciation: frolic-s(u)m
Meaning: lively and playful
Synonyms: playful, frisky, fun-loving, jolly, merry, gleeful, sportive
Antonyms: listless, lifeless, apathetic
Usage: Frolicsome students celebrated their win with parties.

8. INSOLVENT (adjective) – दिवालिया
Pronunciation: in-sol-vent
Meaning: unable to pay debts
Synonyms: bankrupt, ruined, collapsed, defaulting, liquidated
Antonym: solvent
Usage: The company became insolvent.

9. CHUCK (verb) – फेंक देना, छोड़ देना
Pronunciation: chuk
Meaning: throw (something) carelessly or casually; end a relationship with (a partner); give up (a job or activity)
Synonyms: throw, toss, fling, hurl, pitch; leave, throw over, drop, finish with, desert, abandon
Antonyms: keep, retain
Usage:

• Someone chucked a stone through the window.
• Mary chucked him for another guy.
• Richard chucked in his course.

10. PUCKER (verb, noun) – मुँह सिकोड़ना
Pronunciation: puk-ur
Meaning: (especially with reference to a person's face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds; a tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold
Synonyms: wrinkle, crinkle, cockle, crumple, rumple
Usage:

• The child's face puckered, ready to cry. (verb)
• She has a pucker between her eyebrows. (noun)

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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