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Some exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read their usages to learn how to use them in sentences. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. EXHUME (verb) – मिट्टी खोद कर निकालना
Pronunciation: eks-hyoom / igz-hyoom
Meaning: dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground
Synonyms: disinter, unearth, disentomb, unbury, ungrave
Antonym: bury
Usage: The body was exhumed on the order of the judge.
2. ACUMEN (noun) – कुशाग्र बुद्धि
Pronunciation: akyu-mun / ukyoo-mun
Meaning: the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions
Synonyms: shrewdness, acuity, sharpness
Antonym: witlessness
Usage: She has considerable business acumen.
3. OFFICIOUS (adjective) – परेशान करनेवाला
Pronunciation: ufi-shus
Meaning: assertive of authority in a domineering way, especially with regard to trivial matters; intrusively enthusiastic in offering help or advice
Synonyms: bumptious, self-assertive, overbearing, overzealous
Antonym: self-effacing
Usage: He had a reputation for being politically officious.
4. PUGNACIOUS (adjective) – झगड़ालू
Pronunciation: pug-nei-shus
Meaning: eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight
Synonyms: combative, aggressive, antagonistic, belligerent, bellicose
Antonyms: peaceable, friendly
Usage: My normally easygoing personality turned pugnacious.
5. MANACLE (noun, verb) – हथकड़ी
Pronunciation: man-ukul
Meaning: one of two metal bands joined by a chain, for fastening a person's hands or ankles; confine (a person or part of the body) with manacles
Synonyms: handcuffs, shackles, chains; shackle, fetter, chain, handcuff, restrain, tie
Usage:
- The practice of keeping prisoners in manacles. (noun)
- He was manacled by the police. (verb)
6. BOLSHIE (adjective) – असहयोगी
Pronunciation: bolshi
Meaning: (of a person or attitude) uncooperative
Synonyms: uncooperative, awkward, contrary, truculent, perverse
Antonyms: helpful, cooperative
Usage: Firms may have to get used to bolshie workers.
7. VASSAL (noun) – जागीरदार
Pronunciation: vas-ul
Meaning: a person who owes loyalty/commitment and service to a feudal lord
Synonyms: villein, liege, liegeman, bondsman, vavasour, slave
Antonyms: freeman, lord
Usage: During the Middle Ages, the vassal would sometimes go off to war in place of the lord in order to pay off his debt.
8. DETRACTOR (noun) – आलोचक
Pronunciation: di-trak-ter
Meaning: a person who regards someone or represents something as being of little worth
Synonyms: critic, disparager, denigrator
Antonym: supporter
Usage: This performance will silence many of his detractors.
9. INGENUOUS (adjective) – निष्कपट
Pronunciation: in-jenu-us
Meaning: (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting
Synonyms: naive, innocent, simple, childlike, trusting, trustful
Antonyms: disingenuous, artful
Usage: She looked at him with an ingenuous smile.
10. AFICIONADO (noun) – विशेषज्ञ, माहिर
Pronunciation: uf-isy-nado
Meaning: a person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime
Synonyms: expert, authority, specialist, connoisseur
Usage: He was a gun aficionado, and he had a collection of guns always around him.
Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.
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