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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 15 October 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. PROVISIONAL (adjective) – अनंतिम
Pronunciation: pruh·vi·zhuh·nuhl
Meaning: arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later
Synonyms: interim, temporary, transitional, changeover, stopgap, tentative, provisionary
Antonyms: permanent, definite
Usage: The provisional committee was selected to serve until a formal committee could be chosen.
2. FRENETIC (adjective) – उन्मत्त
Pronunciation: fruh·neh·tuhk
Meaning: fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way
Synonyms: wild, frenzied, hectic, fraught, feverish, fevered
Antonyms: calm, peaceful, balanced
Usage: After two hours of frenetic frolic, the puppies finally curled up in a ball for a nap.
3. ASCETIC (adjective) – संयमी
Pronunciation: uh·seh·tuhk
Meaning: leading a life of self-denial
Synonyms: austere, abstinent, abstemious, frugal, simple, rigorous, strict
Antonyms: sybaritic, luxurious, extravagant
Usage: The minister encouraged his church members to pursue ascetic lives without earthly pleasures.
4. IMMINENT (adjective) – अभी होने वाला
Pronunciation: i·muh·nuhnt
Meaning: about to happen
Synonyms: impending, close, near, approaching, coming, forthcoming
Antonyms: distant, later, remote
Usage: When the Secret Service arrived, everyone knew the president’s arrival was imminent.
5. PIED (adjective) – बहुरंगा
Pronunciation: paid
Meaning: having two or more different colors
Synonyms: multicolored, variegated, particoloured, tabby, skewbald, dappled, brindled
Antonyms: monochrome
Usage: Although the father’s coat was pure solid brown, the mother’s was pied.
6. ENTITY (noun) – अस्तित्व
Pronunciation: en·tuh·tee
Meaning: something that exists independently
Synonyms: body, existence, individual, article, being, creature
Antonyms: nonentity, abstract
Usage: Wanting to build his own entity, the man left his job and started his own company.
7. EXPEDIENT (adjective) – उचित
Pronunciation: uhk·spee·dee·uhnt
Meaning: suitable to the circumstances
Synonyms: appropriate, advantageous, suitable, desirable, feasible, practical, effective
Antonyms: disadvantageous, impossible, inappropriate
Usage: It is expedient to reduce unnecessary expenditure.
8. PROBITY (noun) – ईमानदारी
Pronunciation: prow·buh·tee
Meaning: the quality of a person who is completely honest
Synonyms: honesty, integrity, morality, rectitude, sincerity, righteousness
Antonyms: corruption, dishonesty, unfairness
Usage: Because Jared was known as a person of probity, people were not afraid to trust him with their money.
9. FREAKY (adjective) – असामान्य
Pronunciation: free·kee
Meaning: grossly unconventional or unusual
Synonyms: bizarre, grotesque, odd, outlandish, strange, weird, peculiar
Antonyms: common, familiar, normal
Usage: The movie was really freaky.
10. SHORTCOMING (noun) – कमी
Pronunciation: shawt·kuh·muhng
Meaning: a deficiency or failing
Synonyms: defect, fault, drawback, flaw, weakness, imperfection, deficiency
Antonyms: advantage, strength, benefit
Usage: He is so forthright about his shortcomings that it's hard to chastise him.
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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