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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 17 April 2024
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.LURE (verb): लुभाना
Pronunciation : loo·uh
Meaning: tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.
Synonyms: tempt, entice, attract
Antonyms: deter, caution, put off
Sentence: The child was lured into a car but managed to escape.
2.HEINOUS (adj.) : जघन्य
Pronunciation : hay·nuhs
Meaning: (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.
Synonyms: odious, wicked, evil
Antonyms: innocuous, inoffensive, pleasant
Sentence: They admitted to the most heinous crimes.
3.SHACKLE (noun) : बेड़ी
Pronunciation : sha·kl
Meaning: a pair of fetters connected together by a chain, used to fasten a prisoner’s wrists or ankles together.
Synonyms: chains, fetters, irons
Antonyms: free
Sentence: He’s too young to shackle himself with the responsibilities of a family.
4.EMBOLDEN (verb) : प्रोत्साहित करना
Pronunciation : uhm·boled·uhn
Meaning: give (someone) the courage or confidence to do something or to behave in a certain way.
Synonyms: give courage, make brave, encourage
Antonyms: daunt, discourage, dishearten
Sentence: His success emboldened him to expand his business.
5.REMNANT (noun) : अवशेष
Pronunciation : rem·nuhnt
Meaning: a small remaining quantity of something.
Synonyms: remains, remainder, leftovers
Antonyms: bulk, whole, mass
Sentence: Their outdated attitudes are a remnant of colonial days.
6.TEEMING (verb) : भरा हुआ
Pronunciation : tee·ming
Meaning: be full of or swarming with.
Synonyms: be full of, be filled with, be brimming with
Antonyms: blank, devoid, empty
Sentence: Every garden is teeming with wildlife.
7.RECUPERATING (verb) : स्वस्थ हो जाना
Pronunciation : ruh·koo·puh·rayt·uhng
Meaning: recover from illness or exertion.
Synonyms: get better, recover, convalesce
Antonyms: unhealthy, seedy, sickish
Sentence: She has been recuperating from a shoulder wound.
8.PEEVISH (adj.) : चिड़चिड़ा
Pronunciation : peev·uhsh
Meaning: easily irritated, especially by unimportant things.
Synonyms: irritable, irascible, fractious
Antonyms: affable, companionable, cordial
Sentence: Sebastian was a sickly, peevish child.
9.STRENUOUS (adj.) : श्रमसाध्य
Pronunciation : streh·nyoo·uhs
Meaning: requiring or using great exertion.
Synonyms: arduous, difficult, hard
Antonyms: effortless, facile, simple
Sentence: All your muscles need more oxygen during strenuous exercise.
10.INSINUATION (Noun) : आक्षेप
Pronunciation : uhn·si·nyoo·ay·shn
Meaning: an unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad
Synonyms: implication, inference, allegation
Antonyms: denial, exculpation, flattery
Sentence: She rejected the insinuation that she was partly to blame.
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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