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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 13th December 2025
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-GRATUITOUS (ADJECTIVE): अहेतुक
Pronunciation: gruh·tyoo·uh·tuhs
Meaning: not costing or charging anything.
Synonyms: free, complimentary, costless
Antonyms: expensive, high, costly
Sentence: They will throw in a gratuitous box of chocolates when you spend $30 or more in their shop
2-ANALOGUE (NOUN): अनुरूप
Pronunciation: an-uh-log
Meaning: something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use, etc.
Synonyms: image, counterpart, portrait
Antonyms: reverse, opposite, antithesis
Sentence: He analogue a picture of that person
3- THICKET (NOUN): झाड़ी
Pronunciation: thi·kuht
Meaning: a dense group of bushes, shrubs , small trees.
Synonyms: Copse, Grove, Wilderness
Antonyms: Meadow, Prairie, Pasture
Sentence: We had to navigate through a thicket of brambles and bushes to reach the hidden clearing in the forest.
4-FRAUGHT (ADJECTIVE): भरपूर
Pronunciation: frawt
Meaning: filled with a particular quality, emotion, or element often implying tension or difficulty.
Synonyms: Laden, Rife
Antonyms: Baren, Devoid
Sentence: The negotiation was fraught with tension, making it difficult to reach an agreement.
5- ADHERENCE (NOUN): पालन
Pronunciation: uhd·heeuh·ruhns
Meaning: attachment or commitment to a person, cause , or belief.
Synonyms: Loyalt, Cohesion
Antonyms: Condemn, Overlook
Sentence: The patient must show strict adherence to the prescription
6. EVANESCENT (ADJECTIVE): क्षणभंगुर
Pronunciation: eh·vuh·nes·uhnt
Meaning: soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
Synonyms: vanishing, fading, fleeting
Antonyms: endless, eternal, everlasting
Sentence: Talk is evanescent but writing leaves footprints.
7- PRESENTIMENT (NOUN): पूर्वाभाव
Pronunciation: pruh·zen·tuh·muhnt
Meaning: a feeling that something bad will happen.
Synonyms: feel, fear, suspicion
Antonyms: premonition, suspicion
Sentence: He had a presentiment of disaster.
8- FARCE (NOUN): स्वांग
Pronunciation: faas
Meaning: a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something.
Synonyms: parody, joke, caricature
Antonyms: tribute, homage, seriousness
Sentence: The whole procedure has become a complete farce.
9- MYRIAD (NOUN): असंख्य
Pronunciation: mi·ree·uhd
Meaning: a countless or extremely great number.
Synonyms: multitude, a lot, a large number
Antonyms: finite, limited, countable
Sentence: We were plagued by myriad tiny flies.
10- MAWKISH (ADJECTIVE): चापलूसी भरा
Pronunciation: maw·kuhsh
Meaning: sentimental in a feeble or sickly way.
Synonyms: sentimental, oversentimental, overemotional
Synonyms: sentimental, oversentimental, overemotional
Antonyms: unsentimental, unadulterated, unvarnished
Sentence: The film lapses into mawkish sentimentality near the end.
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.
Click here to download Vocab Dose PDF of 13th December 2025
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