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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 16 August 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.
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1. ARTLESS (adjective) – सीधा
Pronunciation: aat·luhs
Meaning: without effort or pretentiousness; natural and simple
Synonyms: natural, naive, simple, innocent, childlike, pure, ingenuous
Antonyms: scheming, crafty
Usage: Being innocent and artless, she is loved by all.
2. PROFANE (adjective) – अपवित्र
Pronunciation: pruh·fein
Meaning: not relating to that which is sacred or religious; secular
Synonyms: secular, lay, temporal, worldly, earthly, unsanctified, unconsecrated
Antonyms: religious, sacred
Usage: The seventy-year-old nun has probably never made a profane statement in her life.
3. VALOUR (noun) – वीरता
Pronunciation: va·luh
Meaning: great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle
Synonyms: bravery, courage, fearlessness, pluck, nerve, backbone, spine
Antonyms: cowardice, timidity
Usage: He showed valour and skill on the battlefield.
4. ABSURD (adjective) – बेतुका
Pronunciation: uhb·suhd
Meaning: wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate
Synonyms: ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical, laughable, risible, idiotic, stupid
Antonyms: reasonable, sensible
Usage: Claiming that your cat was abducted by aliens is absurd.
5. HYPERCRITICAL (adjective) – अवगुण ढूंढ़नेवाला
Pronunciation: hai·puh·kri·tuh·kl
Meaning: excessively and unreasonably critical, especially of small faults
Synonyms: carping, captious, overcritical, fault-finding, niggling, quibbling
Antonyms: easy-going, uncritical
Usage: My hypercritical boss is never appreciative but constantly complains about every simple thing I do.
6. HUDDLE (verb) – झुण्ड
Pronunciation: huh·dl
Meaning: crowd together; nestle closely
Synonyms: crowd, gather, throng, flock, herd, pile, bunch
Antonyms: disperse, scatter
Usage: A little huddle of men stood in one corner.
7. HIGHBROW (adjective) – घमंडी
Pronunciation: hai·braw
Meaning: intellectual or rarefied in taste
Synonyms: intellectual, scholarly, bookish, cultured, cultivated, academic
Antonyms: lowbrow, unsophisticated
Usage: He presents his own highbrow literary program.
8. UNFEIGNED (adjective) – सच्चा
Pronunciation: uhn·feind
Meaning: genuine; sincere
Synonyms: sincere, genuine, real, true, honest, authentic, unaffected
Antonyms: insincere, feigned, pretended
Usage: He showed unfeigned satisfaction at his friend's success.
9. INSIPID (adjective) – बेस्वाद
Pronunciation: uhn·si·puhd
Meaning: lacking flavor; weak or tasteless
Synonyms: tasteless, flavorless, unflavored, bland, weak
Antonyms: tasty, delicious
Usage: The soup lacks the right seasoning and tastes insipid.
10. DRAWL (verb) – धीरा उच्चारण
Pronunciation: drawl
Meaning: speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds
Synonyms: drag, lag, drone, say slowly, speak slowly
Antonyms: gabble
Usage: The children laughed at the way the man’s sluggish drawl caused him to pronounce words.
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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