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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 17 September 2024
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.AMASSING (verb):- एकत्र करना
Pronunciation:- uh·mas·uhng
Meaning: gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of valuable material or things) over a period of time.
Synonyms: gather, collect, assemble
Antonyms: dispel, disperse, dissipate
Sentence: Starting from nothing he had amassed a huge fortune.
2.DISARRAY (noun) :- उधेड़-बुन
Pronunciation:- dis·uh·ray
Meaning: a state of disorganization or untidiness.
Synonyms: disorder, confusion, chaos
Antonyms: order, orderliness
Sentence: This left the Liberal Party in total disarray.
3.DESIST (verb) :- बंद कर देना)
Pronunciation:- duh·zist
Meaning: cease; abstain.
Synonyms: abstain, refrain, forbear
Antonyms: actualize, appear, star
Sentence: The shopping center agreed to desist from false advertising.
4.SLUMP (noun) :- मंदी
Pronunciation:- sluhmp
Meaning: a sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.
Synonyms: steep fall, plunge, drop
Antonyms: development, growth, progress
Sentence: The economy is in a slump.
5.PROBITY (noun) :- ईमानदारी
Pronunciation:- proh·buh·tee
Meaning: the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.
Synonyms: integrity, honesty, uprightness
Antonyms: deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty
Sentence: Probity and purity will command respect everywhere.
6.CHARY (adj.) :- चौकस
Pronunciation:- cheuh·ree
Meaning: cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something.
Synonyms: cautious, circumspect, heedful
Antonyms: careless, heedless, incautious
Sentence: Banks were chary of lending the company more money.
7.COALESCE (verb) :- सम्मिलित
Pronunciation:- koh·uh·les
Meaning: come together to form one mass or whole.
Synonyms: unite, join together, combine
Antonyms: separate, sever, split
Sentence: There they coalesce to form a single nucleus.
8.ANIMOSITY (noun) :- बैर
Pronunciation:- a·nuh·maw·suh·tee
Meaning: strong hostility.
Synonyms: antipathy, hostility, antagonism
Antonyms: amity, cordiality, friendliness
Sentence: There is no personal animosity between the party leaders.
9.RANSACK (verb) :- लूटना
Pronunciation:- ran·sak
Meaning: go hurriedly through (a place) stealing things and causing damage.
Synonyms: plunder, pillage, steal from
Antonyms: give, offer, neglect, order
Sentence: Burglars ransacked her home.
10.NAIVE (adj.) :- अनाड़ी
Pronunciation:- nai·eev
Meaning: (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
Synonyms: childish, immature, inexperienced
Antonyms: cosmopolitan, experienced, sophisticated
Sentence: The rather naive young man had been totally misled.
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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