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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 17 April 2020
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and usage. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
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1. WHEREWITHAL (noun) – साधन
Pronunciation: we-with-ol
Meaning: the money or other means needed for a particular purpose
Synonyms: resources, funds, reserves, means
Usage: As a billionaire, the man had the wherewithal to start up any business he wished.
2. MANOEUVRE (noun, verb) – पैंतरेबाज़ी
Pronunciation: mun-oo-vuh
Meaning: a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care; move skilfully or carefully
Synonyms: operation, exercise, activity
Usage:
- The pilot had to make a daring manoeuvre to avoid a missile that was coming to destroy his plane. (noun)
- She managed to manoeuvre expertly into the parking space. (verb)
3. PLAGUE (noun, verb) – विपत्ति, कष्ट, तंग करना
Pronunciation: pleig
Meaning: a thing causing trouble or irritation; to cause continual trouble or distress; harass someone continually
Synonyms: bane, curse, scourge, affliction, blight; afflict, bedevil, torture; pester, badger, bother, persecute
Antonyms: aid, advantage, benefit
Usage:
- If you don't start treating people with a little more respect, people may start avoiding you like the plague. (noun)
- The little girl likes to plague the cat by pulling its tail. (verb)
4. DOVISH (adjective) – शांतिवादी, अमनपसंद, युद्धविरोधी
Pronunciation: duv-ish
Meaning: Someone who favors political policies that promote peace, rather than conflict with other countries.
Synonyms: pacifist, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful
Antonyms: unpeaceful, hawkish, unfriendly
Usage: A dovish president is more likely to sign peace treaties than to start a war.
5. RAKE UP (verb) – प्रसंगवश उल्लेख करना; याद दिलाना
Pronunciation: reik-up
Meaning: to mention something unpleasant that happened in the past and that someone else does not want to talk about
Synonyms: invoke, allude
Antonym: keep mum
Usage: It’s of no use to rake up an old quarrel.
6. QUASH (verb) – रद्द करना, अमान्य करना
Pronunciation: kwosh
Meaning: reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure
Synonyms: cancel, rescind, repeal, revoke, retract, countermand, invalidate
Antonym: validate, sanction, formalise
Usage: The Chief Executive issued a statement to quash rumours of financial problems.
7. DEIFY (verb) – देव/देवी तुल्य मानना
Pronunciation: dei-ifai / dee-ifai
Meaning: worship or regard as a god
Synonyms: revere, venerate, reverence, exalt, adore
Antonym: demonize
Usage: Roman people deify their emperor.
8. TIGHT-FISTED (adjective) – कंजूस
Pronunciation: tait-fis-tid
Meaning: not willing to spend or give much money
Synonyms: miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring
Antonyms: generous, liberal, munificent, extravagant
Usage: His tight-fisted boss was unwilling to give him a salary hike.
9. STATUTORY (adjective) – क़ानूनी, वैधानिक
Pronunciation: stachu-t(u)ri
Meaning: required, permitted, or enacted by a written law passed by a legislative body
Synonyms: legal, lawful
Antonyms: illegal, unlawful, illicit, illegitimate
Usage: Currently, we are making the statutory enquiries.
10. BOUT (noun) – आवेग, मुकाबला
Pronunciation: baut
Meaning: a short period of intense activity of a specified kind; an attack of illness or strong emotion; a wrestling or boxing match
Synonyms: spell, period, time, stretch, stint; attack, fit, spasm, paroxysm, convulsion; contest, match, competition, tournament
Usage:
- A young baby may frequently get a bout of hiccups during or soon after a feed.
- I got a bad bout of flu last winter.
- Whenever she finds herself under mental pressure, a bout of sobs begins.
- He fought 350 bouts, losing only nine times.
Now, choose any 2 or 3 words and try to use them in your own sentences, this way you can retain the learnt words in your memory for long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section.
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