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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 15 December 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.PRODIGAL (verb) – खर्चीला
Pronunciation: pro•duh•gl
Meaning: spending money or using resources freely and recklessly
Synonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, improvident, imprudent, profligate
Antonyms: thrifty, economical, parsimonious
Usage: Jack’s prodigal actions left him penniless and without a home.
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1.PRODIGAL (verb) – खर्चीला
Pronunciation: pro•duh•gl
Meaning: spending money or using resources freely and recklessly
Synonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, improvident, imprudent, profligate
Antonyms: thrifty, economical, parsimonious
Usage: Jack’s prodigal actions left him penniless and without a home.
2.GUILELESS (adjective) – निष्कपट
Pronunciation: gail•lus
Meaning: innocent and without deception
Synonyms: ingenuous, open, honest, sincere, genuine
Antonym: scheming, cunning, guileful
Usage: She had the guileless innocence of a child on her face.
Pronunciation: gail•lus
Meaning: innocent and without deception
Synonyms: ingenuous, open, honest, sincere, genuine
Antonym: scheming, cunning, guileful
Usage: She had the guileless innocence of a child on her face.
3.DENIGRATE (verb) – बदनाम करना
Pronunciation: deni•gr•eit
Meaning: criticize unfairly
Synonyms: disparage, belittle, diminish, deprecate, roast
Antonym: extol, commend, compliment
Usage: Bullies often denigrate others to hide their own feelings of worthlessness.
4.COMPENDIOUS (adjective) – संक्षिप्त
Pronunciation: kuhm•pen•dee•uhs
Meaning: containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way
Synonyms: succinct, pithy, brief, crisp, compact, concise, condensed
Antonyms: rambling, expanded, lengthened
Usage: This essay is a compendious study of advantages and disadvantages of marriage.
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5.FANTASY (noun) – कल्पना
Pronunciation: fan•tuh•see
Meaning: a pleasant thought of an unlikely enjoyable situation
Synonyms: imagination, creativity, fancy, vision, speculation
Antonyms: truth, reality, actuality
Usage: Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.
Pronunciation: fan•tuh•see
Meaning: a pleasant thought of an unlikely enjoyable situation
Synonyms: imagination, creativity, fancy, vision, speculation
Antonyms: truth, reality, actuality
Usage: Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.
6.DRASTIC (adjective) – भीषण, प्रबल
Pronunciation: draas•tik
Meaning: likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect
Synonyms: extreme, serious, forceful, desperate, extreme
Antonyms: mild, moderate, calm
Usage: After he lost the game, his drastic reaction was to punch a wall.
Pronunciation: draas•tik
Meaning: likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect
Synonyms: extreme, serious, forceful, desperate, extreme
Antonyms: mild, moderate, calm
Usage: After he lost the game, his drastic reaction was to punch a wall.
7.ELITE (noun) - विशिष्ट वर्ग
Pronunciation: uh•leet
Meaning: individuals who are viewed as the finest in a group or society
Synonyms: best, pick, nonpareil, elect, aristocracy, nobility, gentry, upper class
Antonym: dregs, ordinary, proletariat
Usage: An elite group of surgeons will perform the complex surgery on the president.
Pronunciation: uh•leet
Meaning: individuals who are viewed as the finest in a group or society
Synonyms: best, pick, nonpareil, elect, aristocracy, nobility, gentry, upper class
Antonym: dregs, ordinary, proletariat
Usage: An elite group of surgeons will perform the complex surgery on the president.
8.PRISTINE (adjective) – बेदाग
Pronunciation: pri•steen
Meaning: clean and fresh as if new
Synonyms: spotless, immaculate, perfect, unspoiled, flawless, clean, fresh
Antonyms: dirty, sullied, affected
Usage: My uncle’s antique car is pristine and has all its original parts.
Pronunciation: pri•steen
Meaning: clean and fresh as if new
Synonyms: spotless, immaculate, perfect, unspoiled, flawless, clean, fresh
Antonyms: dirty, sullied, affected
Usage: My uncle’s antique car is pristine and has all its original parts.
9.SERMON (noun) – उपदेश
Pronunciation: suh•muhn
Meaning: a lecture
Synonyms: lecture, tirade, harangue, diatribe, speech, monologue, declamation
Antonyms: commendation
Usage: The guest speaker preached a moving sermon about forgiveness.
Pronunciation: suh•muhn
Meaning: a lecture
Synonyms: lecture, tirade, harangue, diatribe, speech, monologue, declamation
Antonyms: commendation
Usage: The guest speaker preached a moving sermon about forgiveness.
10.HYPERBOLE (noun) – अतिशयोक्ति
Pronunciation: hai•puh•buh•lee
Meaning: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Synonyms: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification, amplification, embellishment
Antonyms: understatement, lessening, compression
Usage: If the politician uses one more hyperbole in his speech, I will know he is exaggerating about all his claims.
Pronunciation: hai•puh•buh•lee
Meaning: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Synonyms: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification, amplification, embellishment
Antonyms: understatement, lessening, compression
Usage: If the politician uses one more hyperbole in his speech, I will know he is exaggerating about all his claims.
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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