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. outwit (verb) – चतुराई में मात देना
Pronunciation: aut-wit
Meaning: deceive by the quality of being clever, original, and inventive
Synonyms: outsmart, out-think, outmanoeuvre, outplay
Usage: Speeders can outwit police radar with a variety of devices.

2. covert (adjective) – प्रच्छन्न
Pronunciation: ko-vert
Meaning: not openly acknowledged or displayed
Synonyms: secret, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, stealthy
Antonyms: overt, above board
Usage: I am working very hard to keep the surprise party covert.

3. upbeat (adjective) – उत्साहित, आशावादी
Pronunciation: up-beet
Meaning: cheerful; hopeful and confident about the future
Synonyms: optimistic, cheerful, cheery, positive, confident, hopeful
Antonyms: pessimistic, negative, cynical
Usage: The tone of his speech was upbeat.

4. frugality (noun) - कमखर्ची
Pronunciation: froo-galiti
Meaning: the quality of being economical with money or food
Synonyms: thriftiness, prudence, cautiousness
Antonym: extravagance
Usage: Abandon frugality and just buy me a real gold necklace.

5. oversee (verb) – देखरेख
Pronunciation: over-see
Meaning: supervise (a person or their work), especially in an official capacity
Synonyms: supervise, superintend, inspect, administer, organize, manage
Usage: The Home Secretary oversees the police service.

6. idiotic (adjective) – मूर्खतापूर्ण
Pronunciation: idi-otik
Meaning: very stupid
Synonyms: stupid, silly, foolish, half-witted, witless, brainless, mindless, thoughtless, imprudent
Antonym: sensible
Usage: Stop asking such idiotic questions.

7. bellicose (adjective) – झगड़ालू
Pronunciation: beli-ko-s
Meaning: demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
Synonyms: belligerent, aggressive, hostile, threatening, antagonistic, pugnacious
Antonyms: peaceable
Usage: His bellicose behavior at the party ensured that he would not be invited again.

8. browbeat (adjective) – धमकाना
Pronunciation: bro-beet
Meaning: frighten someone, especially in order to make them do what one wants, with stern or abusive words
Synonyms: bully, hector, intimidate, force, coerce, compel, badger
Antonyms: cheer, comfort, console, reassure, solace, soothe
Usage: The police could not browbeat him into confessing.

9. quixotic (adjective) – कल्पनायुक्त, अव्यावहारिक
Pronunciation: kwik-sotik
Meaning: extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
Synonyms: idealistic, utopian, perfectionist, unrealistic, unworldly, impracticable
Antonyms: practical, pragmatic, realistic
Usage: To attempt such a thing would be quixotic.

10. outworn (adjective) – प्राचीन
Pronunciation: aut-worn
Meaning: out of date
Synonyms: out of date, outdated, old-fashioned, out of fashion, outmoded
Antonyms: up to date, fresh
Usage: I do not follow outworn tradition.

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1. Try to make sentences using given words:

• oversee
• frugality
• upbeat
• outworn
• browbeat

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