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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words with Meanings: 13th May 2026
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. BOURGEOIS (ADJECTIVE): आर्थिक वर्ग
Pronunciation: boje·vaa
Meaning: belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank.
Synonyms: working-class, middle-class, ordinary
Antonyms: aristocratic, noble, upper-class
Sentence: She came from a respectable bourgeois family.
2. MULTIHUED (ADJECTIVE): बहुरंगी
Pronunciation: mul-tee-hyood
Meaning: marked by a variety of usually vivid colors.
Synonyms: chromatic, colored, colorful
Antonyms: colorless, monochromatic, monochromic
Sentence: This magnificent view shows the multihued beauty of the Adirondacks, a mountain range located in the northeastern part of New York.
3. DISCREPANCY (NOUN): विसंगति
Pronunciation: duh·skreh·puhn·see
Meaning: a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.
Synonyms: difference, disparity, variance
Antonyms: similarity, resemblance, analogy
Sentence: The discrepancy of the calculations of my bill by the hotel and myself was a matter of concern.
4. RECLUSIVE (ADJECTIVE): एकांतप्रिय
Pronunciation: ruh·kloos·uhv
Meaning: avoiding the company of other people; solitary.
Synonyms: solitary, secluded, isolated
Antonyms: gregarious, extroverted, talkative
Sentence: The reclusive woman was more than happy to spend her day off reading and writing at home.
5. REPREHENSIBLE (ADJECTIVE): निन्दा
Pronunciation: reh·pruh·hens·uh·bl
Meaning: deserving censure or condemnation.
Synonyms: deplorable, disgraceful, discreditable
Antonyms: inoffensive, unobjectionable, faultless
Sentence: I find their behaviour morally reprehensible.
6. REPLETE (ADJECTIVE): परिपूर्ण
Pronunciation: ruh·pleet
Meaning: possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified.
Synonyms: filled, packed, abundant
Antonyms: devoid, empty, blank
Sentence: The Harbor was replete with boats.
7. WANE (VERB): पतन
Pronunciation: vayn
Meaning: to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually.
Synonyms: diminish, decrease, decline
Antonyms: rise, grow, increase
Sentence: Their political power is on the wane.
8. SEQUESTER (VERB): अलग करना
Pronunciation: suh·kveh·stuh
Meaning: to set or keep apart from others.
Synonyms: isolate, separate, remove
Antonyms: integrate, join, connect
Sentence: Everything he owned was sequestered.
9. ARTIFICE (NOUN): चालाकी
Pronunciation: aa·tuh·fuhs
Meaning: clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.
Synonyms: trickery, deviousness, deceit
Antonyms: sincerity, honesty,
Sentence: His remorse is just an artifice to gain sympathy.
10. DEBACLE (NOUN): असफलता
Pronunciation: duh·baa·kl
Meaning: a sudden and ignominious failure.
Synonyms: fiasco, failure, downfall
Antonyms: success, victory
Sentence: The economic debacle that became known as the Great Depression.
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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