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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 15 April 2020
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and usage. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
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1. HEARSAY (noun) – अफवाह
Pronunciation: hi-uh-sei
Meaning: information received from other people which cannot be proved true
Synonyms: rumour, gossip, tittle-tattle, tattle, titbit, tales
Antonym: confirmed fact
Usage: Her judgements are based on hearsay rather than evidence.
2. XENOPHOBIA (noun) – विदेशियों के प्रति विकर्षण या घृणा
Pronunciation: zenuh-pho-bi-uh
Meaning: dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries
Synonyms: racism, racialism, ethnocentrism, ethnocentricity
Antonym: xenomania
Usage: They are nationalist to the point of xenophobia.
3. DEFACE (verb) – विकृत करना, विरूपित करना
Pronunciation: di-feis
Meaning: spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it
Synonyms: vandalize, disfigure, mar, spoil, ruin, deform, sully, tarnish
Antonym: beautify
Usage: They used spray paint to deface the professor's portrait.
4. VERBIAGE (noun) – शब्दाबाहुल्य
Pronunciation: vuh-bi-ij
Meaning: excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing
Synonyms: verbosity, padding, superfluity, redundancy
Usage: In an attempt to confuse the jury, the attorney used a lot of legal verbiage.
5. OBFUSCATE (verb) – अस्पष्ट करना; उलझन में डालना
Pronunciation: ob-fus-keit
Meaning: make unclear; puzzle someone
Synonyms: obscure, confuse, bewilder, mystify, perplex, baffle, confound, bemuse, befuddle, nonplus, flummox
Antonym: clarify
Usage:
The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details.
The new rule is more likely to obfuscate people.
6. SUFFUSE (verb) – व्याप्त होना; फैल जाना
Pronunciation: suh-fyooz
Meaning: gradually spread through or over
Synonyms: permeate, cover, bathe, pervade
Usage: The room was suffused with a soft golden light.
7. EFFULGENCE (noun) – चमकीलापन, दीप्ति
Pronunciation: iful-j(u)ns
Meaning: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
Synonyms: radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine
Antonyms: duskiness, dimness, dullness
Usage: Dawn was near and the stars had lost their effulgence.
8. CONTINGENCY (noun) – संभावित घटना, संभावित परिस्थिति
Pronunciation: kun-tin-j(u)nsi
Meaning: a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty
Synonyms: eventuality, possibility, uncertainty, fortuity
Usage: If a contingency disrupts our outdoor wedding, we have Church as another option.
9. PROPINQUITY (noun) – समीपता
Pronunciation: pruh-pin-kwiti
Meaning: the state of being close to someone or something; nearness in place or time
Synonyms: proximity, closeness, nearness, contiguity, vicinity, vicinage
Antonyms: distance, remoteness, longitude, separation
Usage: Because the Internet allows you to talk to anyone in the world, propinquity is no longer a factor when it comes to making friends.
10. HEAVEN-SENT (adjective) – अनुकूल, मंगलमय
Pronunciation: hev(u)n-sent
Meaning: occurring at a very favourable time
Synonyms: auspicious, providential, propitious, felicitous, opportune
Antonym: inopportune
Usage: It is really a heaven-sent opportunity!
Now, choose any 2 or 3 words and try to use them in your own sentences, this way you can retain the learnt words in your memory for long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section.
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