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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 15 July 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.
Happy learning!!!
Happy learning!!!
1. RECUPERATE (verb, noun) – स्वस्थ हो जाना
Pronunciation: ruh•koo•puh•reit
Meaning: recover from illness or exertion
Synonyms: recover, convalesce, improve, revive, pull through
Antonyms: devolve, drop, degenerate, deteriorate
Usage: The patient did not recuperate as rapidly as the doctor had expected.
Pronunciation: ruh•koo•puh•reit
Meaning: recover from illness or exertion
Synonyms: recover, convalesce, improve, revive, pull through
Antonyms: devolve, drop, degenerate, deteriorate
Usage: The patient did not recuperate as rapidly as the doctor had expected.
2. INTRIGUING (adjective) – दिलचस्प
Pronunciation: uhn•tree•guhng
Meaning: arousing one's curiosity or interest; fascinating.
Synonyms: interesting, alluring, appealing, captivating, compelling, fascinating, exciting
Antonyms: incurious, unconcerned
Usage: What's the most intriguing thing about Jim?
Pronunciation: uhn•tree•guhng
Meaning: arousing one's curiosity or interest; fascinating.
Synonyms: interesting, alluring, appealing, captivating, compelling, fascinating, exciting
Antonyms: incurious, unconcerned
Usage: What's the most intriguing thing about Jim?
3. JEOPARDY (noun) – ख़तरा
Pronunciation: jeh•puh•dee
Meaning: danger of loss, harm, or failure
Synonyms: danger, peril, at risk, endangerment, insecurity, precariousness, uncertainty, instability
Antonyms: safety, security
Usage: Thousands of jobs are in jeopardy.
Pronunciation: jeh•puh•dee
Meaning: danger of loss, harm, or failure
Synonyms: danger, peril, at risk, endangerment, insecurity, precariousness, uncertainty, instability
Antonyms: safety, security
Usage: Thousands of jobs are in jeopardy.
4. PECULIAR (adjective) – अजीब, अनोखा
Pronunciation: puh•kyoo•lee•uh
Meaning: different to what is normal or expected; strange
Synonyms: strange, unusual, odd, bizarre, weird, uncanny, unexpected, abnormal, atypical, different
Antonyms: normal, ordinary
Usage: They behaved in a very peculiar way.
5. COURTESY (noun) – शिष्टाचार, विनम्रता
Pronunciation: kuh•tuh•see
Meaning: the showing of politeness in one's attitude and behaviour towards others.
Synonyms: politeness, civility, respect, chivalry, gentility
Pronunciation: kuh•tuh•see
Meaning: the showing of politeness in one's attitude and behaviour towards others.
Synonyms: politeness, civility, respect, chivalry, gentility
Antonyms: discourtesy, rudeness
Usage: He did not have the common courtesy to ask permission.
Usage: He did not have the common courtesy to ask permission.
6. EMBELLISH (verb) – संवारना, सजाना
Pronunciation: uhm•beh•luhsh
Meaning: make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features
Synonyms: decorate, adorn, furnish, beautify, enhance, enrich, grace, bedeck, festoon
Antonyms: simplify, deface, deform
Usage: We embellish our room with new rugs, lamps, and pictures.
Pronunciation: uhm•beh•luhsh
Meaning: make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features
Synonyms: decorate, adorn, furnish, beautify, enhance, enrich, grace, bedeck, festoon
Antonyms: simplify, deface, deform
Usage: We embellish our room with new rugs, lamps, and pictures.
7. VICINITY (noun) – आस-पास
Pronunciation: vuh•si•nuh•tee
Meaning: portend the area near or surrounding a particular place
Synonyms: neighbourhood, locality, locale, environs, surroundings, locus, vicinage
Antonyms: distance, remoteness
Usage: There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity.
Pronunciation: vuh•si•nuh•tee
Meaning: portend the area near or surrounding a particular place
Synonyms: neighbourhood, locality, locale, environs, surroundings, locus, vicinage
Antonyms: distance, remoteness
Usage: There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity.
8. EMANATION (noun) – उत्पत्ति, उद्गम
Pronunciation: eh•muh•nei•shn
Meaning: something which originates or issues from a source.
Synonyms: product, consequence, result, fruit, emission, secretion, effluent, efflux
Antonyms: flux, income, inflow
Usage: Perfume is an emanation from the flower.
9. RESILIENT (adjective) – लचीला
Pronunciation: ruh•zi•lee•uhnt
Meaning: able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed
Synonyms: adaptable, flexible, elastic, springy, rubbery, durable
Antonyms: inflexible, rigid, fragile
Usage: Rubber is more resilient than wood.
Pronunciation: ruh•zi•lee•uhnt
Meaning: able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed
Synonyms: adaptable, flexible, elastic, springy, rubbery, durable
Antonyms: inflexible, rigid, fragile
Usage: Rubber is more resilient than wood.
10. PARTAKE (verb) – हिस्सा लेना, भाग लेना
Pronunciation: paa•teik
Meaning: join in an activity
Synonyms: participate, share, contribute, take part in, engage in, enter into, join in
Antonyms: forfeit, forego
Usage: They preferred not to partake in the social life of the town.
Now choose any 2 or 3 words, try to use them in your own sentences and share your sentences in the comment section. This way you can retain the learnt words for long time.
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