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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 17 October 2020
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. AFFINITY (noun) – आत्मीयता
Pronunciation: uh·fi·nuh·tee
Meaning: a natural liking or attraction for someone or something
Synonyms: affection, empathy, closeness, fondness, leaning, accord, harmony
Antonyms: dislike, aversion, antipathy
Usage: My natural affinity for the arts has led me to museums located all over the world.
2. CHICANERY (noun) – छल
Pronunciation: shuh·kei·nuh·ree
Meaning: the use of tricks to deceive someone
Synonyms: trickery, cheating, deception, deceit, dishonesty, duplicity, fraud
Antonyms: honesty, openness, truthfulness
Usage: The investigation revealed political chicanery and corruption at the highest levels.
3. CALIBRATE (verb) – जांचना
Pronunciation: ka·luh·breit
Meaning: to quantify in a careful and detailed manner
Synonyms: evaluate, assess, compute, specify, check, gauge, count, determine
Antonyms: guess, speculate
Usage: During the concert, the audio technician will calibrate the music to a comfortable listening level.
4. IMPOLITIC (adjective) – अभद्र
Pronunciation: uhm·po·luh·tuhk
Meaning: failing to possess or display prudence
Synonyms: imprudent, unwise, injudicious, incautious, irresponsible, misguided, reckless
Antonyms: prudent, wise, cautious
Usage: It would have been impolitic to refuse his offer.
5. ELABORATE (adjective) – विस्तृत
Pronunciation: uh·la·buh·erit
Meaning: involving many carefully arranged parts or details
Synonyms: explain, detailed, intricate, complex, enlarge, expound
Antonyms: compress, simple, plain
Usage: John made an elaborate excuse for being late.
6. PURVEY (verb) – बेचना
Pronunciation: puh·vei
Meaning: provide or supply
Synonyms: sell, retail, supply, provide, furnish, cater, offer
Antonyms: take, buy
Usage: They have two restaurants that purvey dumplings.
7. DOGMA (noun) – मत
Pronunciation: dog·muh
Meaning: something held as an established opinion
Synonyms: teaching, belief, conviction, tenet, precept, doctrine
Antonyms: doubt, unbelief, ambiguity
Usage: Since I do not believe my firm’s dogma that work comes before family, I have decided to look for a new job.
8. BALK (verb) – टाल जाना
Pronunciation: bawlk
Meaning: hesitate or be unwilling to accept
Synonyms: flinch, hesitate, recoil, refuse, resist, disdain
Antonyms: accept, face, meet
Usage: Because Colleen will always balk at commitment, I’m afraid she’s always going to be single.
9. CHUM (noun) – घनिष्ठ मित्र
Pronunciation: chuhm
Meaning: a close friend
Synonyms: friend, companion, intimate, familiar, confidant, pal, buddy
Antonyms: enemy, stranger
Usage: Freddie is an old school chum of mine.
10. HUDDLE (verb) – झुण्ड
Pronunciation: huh·dl
Meaning: crowd together; nestle closely
Synonyms: crowd, gather, throng, flock, herd, pile, bunch
Antonyms: disperse, scatter
Usage: A little huddle of men stood in one corner.
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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