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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 15 February 2024
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. APOSTATE (noun): स्वधर्मत्यागी
Pronunciation: uh·paw·stayt
Meaning: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
Synonyms: dissenter, heretic, nonconformist
Antonyms: conformist, loyalist
Sentence: The most furious anarchist becomes the most barefaced apostate.
2.FASTIDIOUS (adj.) : दुराराध्य
Pronunciation: fa·sti·dee·uhs
Meaning: very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
Synonyms: scrupulous, punctilious, assiduous
Antonyms: undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy
Sentence: Everything was planned in fastidious detail.
3.SAGGING (adj.) : लटकते
Pronunciation: sag·uhng
Meaning: sinking or bulging downward underweight or pressure or through lack of strength.
Synonyms: drooping, saggy, bowed
Antonyms: distending, stiffening
Sentence: Sagging branches that were weighted down with snow
4.JUXTAPOSITION (noun) : निकटता
Pronunciation: juhk·stuh·puhz·i·shn
Meaning: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects.
Synonyms: contrast, proximity, closeness
Antonyms: distance, remoteness
Sentence: This juxtaposition of brutal reality and lyrical beauty runs through Park’s stories.
5.BLIGHT (verb) : नुक़सान
Pronunciation: blite
Meaning: have a severely detrimental effect on.
Synonyms: ruin, wreck, spoil
Antonyms: ameliorate, better, enhance
Sentence: The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians.
6.APOTHEOSIS (noun) : परिणति
Pronunciation: uh·paw·thee·oh·suhs
Meaning: the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax.
Synonyms: culmination, climax, zenith
Antonyms: the depths, zero, the pits
Sentence: His appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career.
7.DETRITUS (noun): बेकार
Pronunciation: duh·trai·tuhs
Meaning: waste or debris of any kind.
Synonyms: debris, waste, rubble
Antonyms: trove, valuable
Sentence: Streets filled with rubble and detritus
8.PROFICIENT (adj.) : प्रवीण
Pronunciation: pruh·fi·shnt
Meaning: competent or skilled in doing or using something.
Synonyms: skilled, skillful, expert
Antonyms: amateur, inexperienced, inexpert
Sentence: With practice, you should become proficient within six months.
9.FORGED (adj.) : जाली
Pronunciation: fawjd
Meaning: copied fraudulently; fake.
Synonyms: bogus, counterfeit, fake
Antonyms: genuine, real, unfaked
Sentence: A forged ancient document that didn’t fool experts in cartography.
10.SERENDIPITY (noun) : नसीब
Pronunciation: seh·ruhn·di·puh·tee
Meaning: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
Synonyms: luck, good fortune, chance
Antonyms: mischance, misfortune, unluckiness
Sentence: Nature has created wonderful serendipity.
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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