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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 15 August 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. What’s more, take the test given at the last to check how much you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. ASININE (adjective) – बुद्धिहीन
Pronunciation: a·suh·nain
Meaning: extremely stupid or foolish
Synonyms: stupid, foolish, pointless, brainless, mindless, senseless, doltish, idiotic
Antonyms: intelligent, clever
Usage: Your asinine attempt of lying in court is going to cost you big time!
2. INCONCLUSIVE (adjective) – अनिर्णायात्मक
Pronunciation: in·kuhn·kloo·suhv
Meaning: not leading to a firm conclusion or result
Synonyms: indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, undetermined, unresolved, unproved, unsettled
Antonyms: conclusive, definitive
Usage: The medical tests were inconclusive, and will need to be repeated.
3. UBIQUITOUS (adjective) – सर्वव्यापक
Pronunciation: yoo·bi·kwuh·tuhs
Meaning: present, appearing, or found everywhere
Synonyms: omnipresent, everywhere, all-over, pervasive, universal, prevalent
Antonyms: rare, scarce
Usage: Many people believe you do not have to search for God because he is ubiquitous and exists everywhere.
4. PARTISAN (adjective) – पक्षपातपूर्ण
Pronunciation: paa·tuh·zan
Meaning: prejudiced in favour of a particular cause
Synonyms: biased, prejudiced, one-sided, coloured, discriminatory, preferential,partial
Antonyms: impartial, unbiased
Usage: Because of your partisan views, you are unwilling to look at other options.
5. ALACRITY (noun) – तत्परता
Pronunciation: paa·tuh·zan
Meaning: brisk and cheerful readiness
Synonyms: eagerness, willingness, readiness, enthusiasm, ardour, fervour, keenness
Antonyms: apathy, indifference
Usage: They accepted the offer with alacrity.
6. RECONDITE (adjective) – गंभीर
Pronunciation: reh·kuhn·dait
Meaning: little known; abstruse
Synonyms: obscure, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, abstract, deep, profound
Antonyms: straightforward, simple, familiar
Usage: The difficult concept of the physics theory was recondite to everyone but the scientists.
7. DISCERN (verb) – पहचानना
Pronunciation: duh·suhn
Meaning: recognize or find out
Synonyms: perceive, detect, recognize, notice, observe, see, spot, identify
Antonyms: overlook, miss
Usage: Looking at the muddy footprints in the kitchen will make it easier for us to discern which of the kids stole the plate of cookies.
8. INCOGRUOUS (adjective) – बेमेल
Pronunciation: uhn·kong·groo·uhs
Meaning: not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
Synonyms: inappropriate, unsuitable, unsuited, discordant, dissonant, conflicting, clashing
Antonyms: appropriate, harmonious
Usage: I do not believe your story because the statement you gave yesterday is incongruous to the witness's statement.
9. PROVIDENT (adjective) – चौकस
Pronunciation: pro·vuh·dnt
Meaning: making or indicative of timely preparation for the future
Synonyms: prudent, judicious, shrewd, circumspect, forearmed, wise, sagacious
Antonyms: improvident, thoughtless
Usage: My financier told me that I needed to be more provident when it came to my spending.
10. OPULENCE (noun) – बहुतायत
Pronunciation: o·pyoo·luhns
Meaning: great wealth or luxuriousness
Synonyms: richness, luxury, magnificence, grandeur, grandiosity, wealth
Antonyms: restraint, poverty
Usage: His eyes had never beheld such opulence.
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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