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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 14 October 2020
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. AUXILIARY (adjective) – सहायक
Pronunciation: awg·zi·luh·ree
Meaning: providing supplementary or additional help and support
Synonyms: additional, supplementary, supplemental, extra, reserve, backup, emergency
Antonyms: chief, important, necessary
Usage: The hospital has an auxiliary power system in case of blackout.
2. RAVE (verb) – बड़बड़ाना
Pronunciation: reiv
Meaning: to speak wildly and incoherently
Synonyms: babble, fume, rant, bloviate, declaim, gabble, orate
Antonyms: quiet
Usage: The patient began to rave incoherently at the nurses.
3. ONEROUS (adjective) – कष्टदायक
Pronunciation: ow·nuh·ruhs
Meaning: involving great effort and difficulty
Synonyms: burdensome, heavy, inconvenient, troublesome, awkward, crushing, arduous
Antonyms: easy, effortless
Usage: Taking care of the puppy is an onerous task.
4. ABIDE (verb) – सहन करना
Pronunciation: uh·baid
Meaning: tolerate an unpleasant thing or person
Synonyms: accept, tolerate, acknowledge, bear, endure, suffer
Antonyms: disagree, reject, fight
Usage: I find it difficult to abide the narrow-minded attitude of a prejudiced person.
5. VIGILANCE (noun) – जागरूकता
Pronunciation: vi·juh·luhns
Meaning: the state of keeping a careful watch for danger
Synonyms: alertness, caution, diligence, surveillance, acuity, attention, attentiveness
Antonyms: neglect, carelessness, negligence
Usage: Because of my neighbor’s vigilance, the intruder was caught in the act.
6. CONTUMACIOUS (adjective) – अवज्ञाकारी
Pronunciation: kon·chuh·mei·shuhs
Meaning: rebellious against laws or those in authority
Synonyms: headstrong, obstinate, alienated, contrary, disaffected, factious, froward
Antonyms: obedient, tractable, willing
Usage: Jake’s contumacious personality makes it hard for him to get along with his supervisor at work.
7. DERIVATIVE (adjective) – अमौलिक
Pronunciation: duh·ri·vuh·tuhv
Meaning: an object or idea that is produced from something else
Synonyms: imitative, unoriginal, uninventive, cognate, secondary, subordinate, acquired
Antonyms: inventive, original, fundamental
Usage: The new antibiotic is listed as a derivative of penicillin because it was produced from a penicillin base.
8. TURMOIL (noun) – खलबली
Pronunciation: tuh·moyl
Meaning: a state of confusion or disorder
Synonyms: confusion, turbulence, tumult, disorder, commotion, disturbance, agitation
Antonyms: calm, order, peace
Usage: During the riots, there was widespread turmoil in the city.
9. AMBITIOUS (adjective) – महत्वाकांक्षी
Pronunciation: am·bi·shuhs
Meaning: strongly desirous and determined to succeed
Synonyms: determined, earnest, enthusiastic, energetic, resourceful, ardent, aspiring
Antonyms: lethargic, unambitious, lazy
Usage: The ambitious adventurer set out on an expedition to locate oil in the Arctic.
10. DOMINATION (noun) – प्रभुत्व, वर्चस्व
Pronunciation: do·muh·nei·shn
Meaning: power or control over people or things
Synonyms: rule, sovereignty, control, command, authority, power, influence
Antonyms: inferiority, submission, weakness
Usage: Wanting total domination of the business, the attorney offered to buy his partner out so that he could make all the decision.
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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