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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 17 November 2021
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and Sentence. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
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1. EXTREMISM (noun) – अतिवाद
Pronunciation: uhk•stree•muh•zm
Meaning: the holding of extreme political or religious views
Synonyms: fanaticism, radicalism, zealotry
Antonyms: moderateness, moderation, temperance
Sentence: The council was often accused of extremism.
2. PRECLUDE (verb) – रोकना
Pronunciation: pruh•klood
Meaning: prevent from happening; make impossible
Synonyms: prevent, stop, block
Antonyms: allow, permit, allow
Sentence: The secret nature of his work precluded official recognition.
3. PERTINENT (adj) – उचित
Pronunciation: puh•ti•nent
Meaning: relevant or applicable to a particular matter
Synonyms: relevant, apposite, appropriate
Antonyms: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent
Sentence: She asked me a lot of very pertinent questions.
4. DIDACTIC (adj) – शिक्षाप्रद
Pronunciation: duh•dak•tuhk
Meaning: intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
Synonyms: instructive, instructional, educational
Antonyms: erroneous, pernicious, misleading
Sentence: A didactic novel that set out to expose social injustice.
5. MELANCHOLY (noun) – उदासी
Pronunciation: meh•luhng•kuh•lee
Meaning: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
Synonyms: desolation, sadness, pensiveness
Antonyms: cheery, glad, happy
Sentence: An air of melancholy surrounded him.
6. VEERED (verb) – मुड़ गई
Pronunciation: veeuhd
Meaning: change direction suddenly.
Synonyms: change direction, sheer, twist
Antonym: straightened
Sentence: Without warning the car veered to the left and into an oncoming truck.
7. DEBACLE (noun) – पराजय
Pronunciation: duh•baa•kl
Meaning: a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
Synonyms: fiasco, failure, catastrophe
Antonyms: success, winner
Sentence: The economic debacle that became known as the Great Depression.
8. TRIVIALIZE (verb) – महत्वहीन
Pronunciation: triv•i•al•ize
Meaning: make (something) seem less important or significant
Synonyms: underestimate, undervalue, devalue
Antonyms: overstate, maximize, flatter
Sentence: It is important not to trivialize children’s worries.
9. EFFRONTERY (noun) – गुस्ताख़ी
Pronunciation: uh•fruhn•tuh•ree
Meaning: insolent or impertinent behavior.
Synonyms: impudence, impertinence, audacity
Antonyms: civility, courtesy, gentility
Sentence: One juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner’s decision.
10. AMBIT (noun) – सीमा
Pronunciation: am•buht
Meaning: the scope, extent, or bounds of something.
Synonyms: scope, extent, bounds
Antonyms: uniformity, consistency, constancy, evenness
Sentence: Her case falls within the ambit of moral law.
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 a long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section.
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