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. dogged (adjective) – हठी, दृढ़
Pronunciation: do-gid
Meaning: having or showing determination and serious persistence
Synonyms: tenacious, determined, resolute, resolved, purposeful, persistent
Antonyms: hesitant, half-hearted
Usage: He achieved success through dogged persistence.

2. grim (adjective) - विकट
Pronunciation: grim
Meaning: very serious; causing depression; (especially of a place) unattractive or forbidding; unrelentingly harsh
Synonyms: stern, forbidding, uninviting; dreadful, dire, ghastly, horrible; bleak, dreary, dismal, dingy; merciless, cruel, ruthless, pitiless, savage, vicious
Antonyms: amiable, pleasant
Usage: The report drew a grim picture of inefficiency and corruption.

3. recrimination (noun) - प्रत्यारोप
Pronunciation: ri-krimi-nei-sh(u)n
Meaning: an accusation in response to one from someone else
Synonyms: quarrelling, squabbling, bickering, rowing
Usage: Let's not indulge in recrimination.

4. oblige (verb) – बांधना, मजबूर करना
Pronunciation: ub-laij
Meaning: make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something; do as (someone) asks or desires in order to help or please them; be indebted or grateful
Synonyms: require, compel, bind, make, constrain, obligate, force; thankful, grateful, appreciative, beholden, indebted
Usage: Doctors are obliged by law to keep patients alive while there is a chance of recovery.

5. surmount (verb) – जीतना, ऊपर आना
Pronunciation: sir-maunt
Meaning: overcome (a difficulty or obstacle); stand or be placed on top of
Synonyms: overcome, conquer, get over; top, crown, overtop
Antonyms: be beaten by, be dominated by
Usage: We are fully confident that we can surmount these difficulties.

6. undergo (verb) – गुज़रना, भुगतना, सहना
Pronunciation: under-go
Meaning: experience or be subjected to (something, typically something unpleasant)
Synonyms: go through, experience, undertake, face, encounter
Usage: He underwent a life-saving brain operation.

• A warm and harmonious song accompanied us in our journey.
• The decor is a harmonious blend of traditional and modern.
• There should be harmonious relationship between every husband and wife.

8. noxious (adjective) - हानिकारक
Pronunciation: nok-shus
Meaning: harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant
Synonyms: poisonous, toxic, deadly, virulent, harmful, dangerous
Antonyms: innocuous, safe, pleasant
Usage: They were surrounded by the noxious fumes.

9. dubious (adjective) – संदेहात्मक, संदिग्ध
Pronunciation: dyu-bi-us
Meaning: hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon; morally suspect
Synonyms: doubtful, uncertain, unsure; suspicious, suspect, untrustworthy
Antonyms: certain, definite; trustworthy, decisive, clear, definite
Usage: I was rather dubious about the whole idea.

10. bumptious (adjective) - ख़ुद-एतमाद
Pronunciation: bum(p)-shus
Meaning: irritatingly self-assertive; expressing oneself confidently and forcefully
Synonyms: self-important, conceited, arrogant, self-assertive, puffed up, pompous
Antonym: self-effacing
Usage: She was clearly embarrassed at times by Dolly’s bumptious behaviour.

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1. Try to make sentences using given words:

• undergo
• dogged
• grim
• surmount
• noxious

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