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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 17 September 2023
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. QUIESCENT (adj.) : मौन
Pronunciation: kvee·es·uhnt
Meaning: in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy.
Synonyms: inactive, inert, latent
Antonyms: active, busy
Sentence: The political situation was now relatively quiescent.
2. PERUSAL (noun) : अध्ययन
Pronunciation: puh·rooz·uhl
Meaning: the action of reading or examining something.
Synonyms: reading, scrutiny, inspection
Antonyms: ignorance, neglect,
Sentence: I continued my perusal of the instructions.
3. UNAMBIGUOUS (adj.) : स्पष्ट
Pronunciation: uhn·am·buh·gyoo·uhs
Meaning: not open to more than one interpretation.
Synonyms: obvious, plain, apparent
Antonyms: ambiguous, indefinite, vague
Sentence: Instructions should be unambiguous.
4. CONSENSUS (noun) : आम सहमति
Pronunciation: kuhn·sen·suhs
Meaning: a general agreement.
Synonyms: agreement, harmony, concord
Antonyms: conflict, disagreement, dissensus
Sentence: I want to get a new bike but I am not getting consensus from my family members.
5. SEER (noun) : पैग़ंबर
Pronunciation: seer
Meaning: a person who is supposed to be able, through supernatural insight, to see what the future holds.
Synonyms: prophet, prophetess, sibyl
Antonyms: stupidity, intellectual, nonreligious person
Sentence: A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne.
6. GAFFE (noun) : चूक
Pronunciation: gaf
Meaning: an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder.
Synonyms: blunder, mistake, error
Antonyms: accuracy, correctness, perfection
Sentence: He didn’t realize what a gaffe he’d made.
7. EVANESCENT (adj.) : 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.
8. BOULDER (noun) : कंकर
Pronunciation: bole·duh
Meaning: a large rock, typically one that has been worn smooth by erosion.
Synonyms: rock, stone, gibber
Antonyms: artifact, bad person, achromatic
Sentence: He sat down on a boulder.
9. SUBVERT (verb) : नाश करना
Pronunciation: suhb·vuht
Meaning: undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).
Synonyms: destabilize, unsettle, overthrow
Antonyms: elevate, ennoble, uplift
Sentence: By insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward.
10. OVERT (adj.) : अपरोक्ष
Pronunciation: oh·vuht
Meaning: done or shown openly; plainly or readily apparent, not secret or hidden.
Synonyms: undisguised, unconcealed, clear
Antonyms: unapparent, unclarified, unclear
Sentence: His opponent’s intention is quite overt.
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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