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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 16 March 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 much you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. DISGRACEFUL (adj.) : शर्मनाक
Pronunciation: duhs•gray•sfl
Meaning: shockingly unacceptable.
Synonyms: shameful, shocking, scandalous
Antonyms: admirable, honorable
Sentence: An honorable death is better than a disgraceful life.
2. PECUNIARY (adj.) : धन-संबंधी
Pronunciation: puh•kyoo•nee•uh•ree
Meaning: relating to or consisting of money.
Synonyms: financial, monetary, economic
Antonym: nonfinancial
Sentence: She denies obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
3. COMPEL (verb) : मजबूर
Pronunciation: kuhm•pel
Meaning: force or oblige (someone) to do something.
Synonyms: force, coerce into, pressurize into
Antonyms: allow, let, permit
Sentence: The law will compel employers to provide health insurance.
4. KITH (noun) : स्वजन
Pronunciation: kith
Meaning: one’s friends, acquaintances, and relations.
Synonyms: family, kin, relations
Antonyms: stranger, antagonist, offspring
Sentence: I had a reunion today with all my kith and kin.
5. DEFERRAL (noun) : स्थगन
Pronunciation: duh•fuh•ruhl
Meaning: a postponement of an action or event.
Synonyms: deferment, postponement, delay
Antonyms: dispatch, promptitude, promptness
Sentence: They agreed to a deferral of industrial action.
6. PERIPHERY (noun) : उपनगर
Pronunciation: puh•ri•fuh•ree
Meaning: the outer limits or edge of an area or object.
Synonyms: margin, fringe, boundary
Antonyms: inner, inside, interior
Sentence: Houses have been built on the periphery of the factory site.
7. PERSECUTE (verb) : सताना
Pronunciation: puh•suh•kyoot
Meaning: subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
Synonyms: oppress, abuse, victimize
Antonyms: comfort, console, assist
Sentence: His followers were persecuted by the authorities.
8. ENRAPTURED (verb) : मंत्रमुग्ध
Pronunciation: uhn•rap•chuhd
Meaning: give intense pleasure or joy to.
Synonyms: delight, please greatly, charm
Antonyms: depressed, distressed, oppressed
Sentence: The audience was enraptured by her beautiful voice.
9. FULSOME (adj.) : अति
Pronunciation: ful•sm
Meaning: complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree.
Synonyms: ample, profuse, extensive
Antonyms: cheap, selfish
Sentence: Her new book has received fulsome praise from the critics.
10. OBLITERATION (noun) : विस्मृति
Pronunciation: uh•bli•tuh•ray•shn
Meaning: the action or fact of obliterating or being obliterated; total destruction.
Synonyms: eradication, erasing, erasure
Antonyms: raising, regeneracy, refurbishment
Sentence: The result of these invasions was the near obliteration of ancient Egypt.
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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