Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 14 May 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. SULLEN (ADJECTIVE): उदास
Pronunciation: suh·luhn
Meaning: looking bad-tempered and not wanting to speak to people.
Synonyms: sulky, pouting, sour
Antonyms: cheerful, friendly, cordial
Sentence: Vinnie was as sullen as a three-year-old.
2. CALLOUS (ADJECTIVE): निर्मम
Pronunciation: ka·luhs
Meaning: not caring about the feelings or suffering of other people.
Synonyms: unfeeling, uncaring, cold
Antonyms: kind, warm, gentle
Sentence: His callous comments about the murder made me shiver.
3. AUGMENT (VERB): बढ़ती करना
Pronunciation: augh-ment
Meaning: to increase the amount, value, size, etc. of something.
Synonyms: add to, supplement, increase
Antonyms: decrease, reduce, lessen
Sentence: He augmented his summer income by painting houses.
4. AMIABLE (ADJECTIVE): मित्रतापूर्ण
Pronunciation: ay·mee·uh·bl
Meaning: friendly
Synonyms: affable, amicable, cordial
Antonyms: unfriendly, surly, unkind
Sentence: The amiable young man greeted me enthusiastically.
5. REMINISCENT (VERB): याद दिलाना
Pronunciation: reh·muh·ni·snt
Meaning: Making you remember a particular person, event, or thing
Synonyms: Evocative , Nostalgic, revealing
Antonyms: Forgetful, unreminiscent
Sentence: The way he laughed was strongly reminiscent of his father.
6. FRINGES (NOUN): किनारा
Pronunciation: frinj·uhz
Meaning: border around the edge of something
Synonyms: Brink , Edge, border
Antonyms: Middle, heart, center
Sentence: The party remained on the fringe of the political scene until last year.
7. DEPLOYED (VERB): तैनात
Pronunciation: duh·ployd
Meaning: To arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately
Synonyms: Extend , Arrange, Planted
Antonyms: disorder, displace
Sentence: Two scientists were deployed to study the problem.
8. PROBE (VERB ): जांचकरना
Pronunciation: probe
Meaning: To search into or examine something
Synonyms: Investigation , Inquiry, examination
Antonyms: overlook,unmind
Sentence: The newspapers are now probing into the President’s past.
9. PERENNIAL (ADJECTIVE): चिरस्थायी
Pronunciation: puh·reh·nee·uhl
Meaning: lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time
Synonyms: enduring, perpetual, everlasting
Antonyms: ceasing, changing, concluding
Sentence: Every election seems to continue to deal with the same perennial issues that have been the focus of all the previous elections.
10. PREVARICATE (VERB): झूठ बोलना
Pronunciation: pruh·va·ruh·kayt
Meaning: to avoid telling the truth or saying exactly what you think
Synonyms: lie, fib, deceive
Antonyms: testify, assert, swear
Sentence: Because my sister Sarah does not take bad news well, I always prevaricate when telling her something she does not want to hear.
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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