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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 17 June 2025
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. CULPABLE (ADJECTIVE): दोषी
Pronunciation: kuhl·puh·bl
Meaning: deserving blame or censure; responsible for wrongdoing or a fault.
Synonyms: guilty, blameworthy, at fault
Antonyms: innocent, blameless, faultless
Sentence: The company was found culpable for the environmental pollution caused by its operations.
2. FOOLPROOF (ADJECTIVE): सरल
Pronunciation: fool·proof
Meaning: incapable of going wrong or being misused.
Synonyms: flawless, reliable, infallible
Antonyms: imperfect, flawed, defective
Sentence: We were told that the backup generator was foolproof, but this was proven false when there was a power outage.
3. DIVISIVE (ADJECTIVE): विभाजक
Pronunciation: duh·vise·uhv
Meaning: tending to cause disagreement, hostility, or division among people or groups.
Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious
Antonyms: unifying, accordant, inclusive
Sentence: The company's new policy proved to be highly divisive, leading to conflicts among employees.
4. ABROGATE (VERB) : रद्दकरना
Pronunciation: a·bruh·gayt
Meaning: the act of formally ending a law, agreement, or custom.
Synonyms: abolish, cancel, nullify
Antonyms: enact, establish, legislate
Antonyms: enact, establish, legislate
Sentence: He filed for bankruptcy, which permitted the abrogation of all
contracts.
5. CONSENSUS(NOUN) : आपसी सहमति
Pronunciation: kuhn·sen·suhs
Meaning: a generally accepted opinion or decision among a group of people or a general agreement.
Synonyms: agreement, unanimity, accord
Antonyms: disagreement, conflict, denial
Sentence: I want to get a new bike but I am not getting consensus from my family members.
6. EVANESCENT (ADJECTIVE): क्षणभंगुर
Pronunciation: eh·vuh·nes·uhnt
Meaning: soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
Synonyms: vanishing, fading, fleeting
Antonyms: endless, eternal, everlasting
Sentence: Talk is evanescent but writing leaves footprints.
7. UNAMBIGUOUS (ADJECTIVE): स्पष्ट
Pronunciation: uhn·am·buh·gyoo·uhs
Meaning: not open to more than one interpretation.
Synonyms: obvious, plain, apparent
Antonyms: ambiguous, indefinite, vague, unclear
Sentence: Reading the unambiguous article, the editor was glad to have found an author that is clear and concise.
8. BIZARRE (ADJECTIVE): विचित्र
Pronunciation: bi·zaa
Meaning: very strange and unusual.
Synonyms: absurd, insane, crazy
Antonyms: reasonable, realistic, normal
Sentence: Everyone stared at the student who wore the bizarre outfit to
school.
9. BELIE (VERB): झुठलाना
Pronunciation: buh·lai
Meaning: to show something to be false, or to hide something such as an emotion.
Synonyms: misrepresent, obscure, conceal
Antonyms: confirm, validate, prove
Sentence: The latest information belies the old theory.
10. RAPPROCHEMENT (NOUN): मेल-मिलाप
Pronunciation: ra·prawsh·mawn
Meaning: the reestablishment of cordial relations, or resumption of harmonious relations.
Synonyms: Reconciliation, Harmonization, Agreement
Antonyms: Conflict, Hostility, Disagreement
Sentence: The recent talks between the two nations have led to a rapprochement, improving diplomatic relations.
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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