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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 16 January 2022
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.PRECARIOUS (adj.) : अनिश्चित
Pronunciation: pruh•keuh•ree•uhs
Meaning: not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.
Synonyms: treacherous, uncertain, dicey
Antonyms: innocent, innocuous, nonhazardous
Sentence: The world is a precarious and unstable place.
2.OSTENSIBLY (adv.) : जाहिरा तौर पर
Pronunciation: aw•sten•suh•blee
Meaning: apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually.
Synonyms: apparently, seemingly, ostensively
Antonyms: implausibly, impossibly, improbably
Sentence: Ostensibly a university student studying abroad, he was actually an espionage agent.
3.RECALCITRANT (adj.) : आज्ञा न माननेवाला
Pronunciation: ruh•kal•suh•truhnt
Meaning: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.
Synonyms: uncooperative, disobedient, intractable
Antonyms: amenable, biddable, compliant
Sentence: The University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators.
4.CONNOTATION (noun) : अर्थ
Pronunciation: kaw•nuht•ay•shn
Meaning: an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Synonyms: undertone, undercurrent, implication
Antonyms: inconsequentiality, insignificance, irrelevance
Sentence: A good dictionary will give us the connotation of a word as well as its denotation.
5.INDOMITABLE (adj.) : अदम्य
Pronunciation: uhn•daw•muh•tuh•bl
Meaning: impossible to subdue or defeat.
Synonyms: invincible, unconquerable, unbeatable
Antonyms: surmountable, vincible, vulnerable
Sentence: Alice was a woman of indomitable spirit.
6.ASSAILANT (noun) : आक्रमण करनेवाला
Pronunciation: uh•sayl•uhnt
Meaning: a person who physically attacks another.
Synonyms: attacker, mugger
Antonyms: ally, friend.
Sentence: Can you describe your assailant?
7.GRIEVOUS (adj.) : क्षतिकर
Pronunciation: greev•uhs
Meaning: (of something bad) very severe or serious.
Synonyms: serious, severe, grave
Antonyms: gratifying, pleasing, comfortable
Sentence: The loss of his father was a grievous blow.
8.CONFLAGRATION (noun) : आग
Pronunciation: kawn•fluh•gray•shn
Meaning: an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property.
Synonyms: fire, blaze, flames
Antonyms: demilitarization, demobilization, disarmament.
Sentence: A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes.
9.ANIMOSITY (noun) : बैर
Pronunciation: a•nuh•maw•suh•tee
Meaning: strong hostility.
Synonyms: antipathy, hostility, animus
Antonyms: amity, civility, cordiality
Sentence: He felt no animosity towards his critics.
10.DECADENCE (noun) : पतन
Pronunciation: deh•kuh•dns
Meaning: moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.
Synonyms: dissipation, dissoluteness, degeneracy
Antonyms: ascent, rise, morality
Sentence: The decadence of morals is bad for a nation.
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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