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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 15 August 2022
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. OMNISCIENT (adj.) : सर्वज्ञ
Pronunciation: awm·ni·see·uhnt
Meaning: knowing everything.
Synonyms: all-knowing, all-wise, all-seeing
Antonyms: human, mortal, natural.
Sentence: The story is told by an omniscient narrator.
2. REPUDIATE (verb) : अस्वीकार करना
Pronunciation: ruh·pyoo·dee·ayt
Meaning: refuse to accept or be associated with.
Synonyms: reject, renounce, abandon
Antonyms: accept, affirm, embrace
Sentence: She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders.
3. QUOTIDIAN (adj.) : दैनिक
Pronunciation: kvoh·ti·dee·uhn
Meaning: of or occurring every day; daily.
Synonyms: daily, regular, diurnal
Antonyms: monthly, weekly, yearly
Sentence: Television has become part of our quotidian existence.
4. BALDERDASH (noun) : बकवास
Pronunciation: bawl·duh·dash
Meaning: senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
Synonyms: nonsense, gibberish, claptrap
Antonyms: sensibleness, discernment
Sentence: Every word that came out of the drunk man’s mouth was balderdash.
5. LUGUBRIOUS (adj.) : शोकाकुल
Pronunciation: luh·goo·bree·uhs
Meaning: looking or sounding sad and dismal.
Synonyms: mournful, gloomy, sad
Antonyms: delighted, exulting, glorying
Sentence: His face looked even more lugubrious than usual.
6. CAMARADERIE (noun) : भाई-चारा
Pronunciation: ka·muh·raa·duh·ree
Meaning: mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.
Synonyms: friendship, comradeship, fellowship
Antonyms: forlornness, loneliness, lonesomeness
Sentence: The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable.
7. ESTRANGEMENT (noun) : मनमुटाव
Pronunciation: uh·straynj·muhnt
Meaning: the fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group.
Synonyms: antipathy, disaffection, hostility
Antonyms: reconcilement, reconciliation
Sentence: They finally came together after years of estrangement.
8. HANKER (verb) : लालायित होना
Pronunciation: hang·kuh
Meaning: feel a strong desire for or to do something.
Synonyms: yearn, crave, desire
Antonyms: abhor, abominate, despise
Sentence: What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?
9. ASCRIBING (verb) : वर्णन करना
Pronunciation: uh·skribe·uhng
Meaning: attribute something to (a cause).
Synonyms: attribute, assign, put down
Antonyms: promote, forfeit, disapproval, mistrust
Sentence: To what do you ascribe your phenomenal success?
10. FUTILITY (noun) : निरर्थकता
Pronunciation: fyoo·til·uh·tee
Meaning: pointlessness or uselessness.
Synonyms: fruitlessness, vanity, pointlessness
Antonyms: use, usefulness, utility
Sentence: The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.
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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