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. ADROITNESS (noun) – चतुराई
Pronunciation: ud-ro-it-nis
Meaning: cleverness
Synonyms: skill, prowess, expertise, nimbleness, dexterity
Antonyms: clumsiness, incompetence
Usage: He lacks political adroitness.

2. CRINGE (verb) – चापलूसी, दण्डवत
Pronunciation: krinj
Meaning: bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner; experience embarrassment or disgust
Synonyms: cower, shrink, pull back, recoil; wince, squirm, blush, flush
Usage:

• He cringed away from the blow.
• I cringed at the fellow's stupidity.

3. DESPOTIC (adjective) – तानाशाही
Pronunciation: dis-pot-ik
Meaning: exercising power in a cruel way
Synonyms: autocratic, dictatorial, totalitarian, authoritarian, absolute
Antonyms: democratic, accountable
Usage: People are fed up of the despotic regime.

4. BESPEAK (verb) – संकेत करना
Pronunciation: bi-speek
Meaning: be evidence of
Synonyms: indicate, reflect, demonstrate, show, manifest
Antonym: belie
Usage: Today's events bespeak future tragedy.

5. DESPERADO (noun) – बदमाश
Pronunciation: des-pur-aado
Meaning: a desperate or reckless person, especially a criminal
Synonyms: bandit, criminal, outlaw, renegade, marauder, raider, robber
Usage: Shockingly, the clergyman's son was a desperado.

6. WASPISH (adjective) – तुनकमिजाज
Pronunciation: wos-pish
Meaning: readily expressing anger or irritation
Synonyms: irritable, touchy, testy, irascible, cross, snappish
Antonym: good-natured
Usage: She sounded waspish and impatient.

7. HEW (verb) – कुल्हाड़ी से काटना; तराशना
Pronunciation: hyoo
Meaning: chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool; make or shape by cutting a hard material such as wood
Synonyms: chop, hack, cut down, fell, lop, axe, cleave
Antonyms: form, carve, engrave, sculpture, levigate
Usage: Master carpenters would hew the logs with an axe.

8. CHATTER (verb, noun) – गपशप करना
Pronunciation: ch-at-ur
Meaning: talk informally about unimportant matters; informal talk
Synonyms: chat, talk, gossip, chitter-chatter, converse, chit-chat
Usage: Their constant chatter was annoying me.

9. MORASS (noun) – क्लिष्ट स्थिति, उलझन
Pronunciation: mur-as
Meaning: a complicated or confused situation
Synonyms: confusion, chaos, muddle, tangle, entanglement, imbroglio
Usage: We're trying to drag the country out of its economic morass.

10. LOUSY (adjective) – घटिया
Pronunciation: lau-zi
Meaning: very poor and bad
Synonyms: awful, terrible, appalling, abysmal
Antonyms: good, competent
Usage: Their home delivery service is usually lousy.

Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.

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