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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 13 March 2022
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. LOATHE (verb) : घृणा करना
Pronunciation: lodhe
Meaning: feel intense dislike or disgust for.
Synonyms: hate, detest, abhor
Antonyms: love, cherish, like
Sentence: She loathed him on sight.
2. INDECISIVE (adj.) : अनिर्णायात्मक
Pronunciation: in·duh·sise·uhv
Meaning: not settling an issue.
Synonyms: inconclusive, undecided, unsettled
Antonyms: conclusive, decisive, definable
Sentence: He was criticized as a weak and indecisive leader.
3. PRODIGIOUS (adj.) : अद्भुत
Pronunciation: pruh·di·juhs
Meaning: remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.
Synonyms: enormous, colossal, immense
Antonyms: unimpressive, common, ordinary
Sentence: What a prodigious opportunity you have missed.
4. JEOPARDY (noun) : ख़तरा
Pronunciation: jeh·puh·dee
Meaning: danger of loss, harm, or failure.
Synonyms: danger, peril, endangerment
Antonyms: safety, secure, security
Sentence: The lives of thousands of birds are in jeopardy as a result of the oil spillage.
5. STRIFE (noun) : कलह
Pronunciation: strife
Meaning: conflict.
Synonyms: conflict, disagreement, argument
Antonyms: agreement, peace, harmony
Sentence: Racial strife is tearing our country apart.
6. ERRANT (adj.) : भटकनेवाला
Pronunciation: eh·ruhnt
Meaning: traveling in search of adventure.
Synonyms: traveling, wandering, itinerant
Antonyms: motionless, still, immobile
Sentence: She went to Paris to bring back her errant son.
7. MANIFOLD (adj.) : विविध
Pronunciation: ma·nee·foled
Meaning: many and various
Synonyms: many, numerous, multiple
Antonyms: one, single, less
Sentence: Despite her manifold faults, she was a strong leader.
8. REPRIMANDS (noun) : फटकार
Pronunciation: reh·pruh·maandz
Meaning: a rebuke, especially an official one
Synonyms: rebuke, reproof, admonishment
Antonyms: citations, commendations, endorsements
Sentence: Listen as she reprimands him and gives him an ultimatum.
9. IMPUGN (verb) : बहस करना
Pronunciation: uhm·pyoon
Meaning: dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive)
Synonyms: call into question, debate, dispute
Antonyms: justify, pardon, remit
Sentence: I did not mean to impugn her professional abilities.
10. AMBIT (noun) : सीमा
Pronunciation: am·buht
Meaning: the scope, extent, or bounds of something.
Synonyms: scope, extent, bounds
Antonyms: uniformity, consistency, equability, oneness
Sentence: Her case falls within the ambit of moral law.
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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