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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 15 July 2023
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 mucah you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. DIALECTIC (noun) : द्वंद्वात्मक
Pronunciation: dai·uh·lekt·uhk
Meaning: the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions.
Synonyms: argumentation, contention
Antonyms: illogical, irrational
Sentence: This situation created the inner dialectic of American history.
2. SLUDGE (noun) : कीचड़
Pronunciation: sluhj
Meaning: thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process.
Synonyms: mud, muck, mire
Antonyms: clean, inconsequence
Sentence: All dumping of sludge will be banned by 1998.
3. FELICITATE (verb) : अभिनंदन करना
Pronunciation: fuh·li·suh·tayt
Meaning: to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune
Synonyms: compliment, congratulate, applaud
Antonyms: cry down, decry, deprecate
Sentence: The whole family felicitated John on his new appointment.
4. LABYRINTH (noun) : भूलभुलैया
Pronunciation: la·buh·ruhnth
Meaning: a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.
Synonyms: maze, warren, complex network
Antonyms: ease, line, order
Sentence: We lost our way in the labyrinth of streets.
5. STATUTE (noun) : क़ानून
Pronunciation: sta·choot
Meaning: a written law passed by a legislative body.
Synonyms: law, regulation, enactment
Antonyms: anode, stabile, mobile.
Sentence: Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.
6. MARAUD (verb) : लूटना
Pronunciation: muh·rawd
Meaning: roam in search of things to steal or people to attack.
Synonyms: plunder, go looting, go pillaging
Antonyms: aid, assist, guard
Sentence: Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies.
7.SUBTLETY (noun) : सूक्ष्मता
Pronunciation: suh·tuhl·tee
Meaning: the quality or state of being subtle.
Synonyms: delicacy, delicateness, subtleness
Antonyms: dreariness, insipidity, insipidness.
Sentence: He argued his case with considerable subtlety.
Sentence: He argued his case with considerable subtlety.
8. AMNESTY (noun) : आम माफ़ी
Pronunciation: am·nuh·stee
Meaning: an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
Synonyms: pardon, pardoning. reprieve
Antonyms: penalty, punishment, retribution
Sentence: The government granted amnesty to all political prisoners.
9. DALLY (verb) : विलंब करना
Pronunciation: da·lee
Meaning: act or move slowly.
Synonyms: dawdle, delay, loiter
Antonyms: hurry, hasten
Sentence: Don’t dally along the way! We haven’t got much time.
10. INADVERTENCE (noun) : असावधानी
Pronunciation: inadvertence
Meaning: failure to give sufficient attention to avoiding harm or errors; negligence.
Synonyms: carelessness, heedlessness, laxity
Antonyms: care, carefulness, caution
Sentence: Mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
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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