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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 18-19 April 2020
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and usage. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
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1. PECULIARITY (adjective) – विशेषता, लक्षण, विलक्षणता
Pronunciation: pi-kyoo-li-ariti
Meaning: a strange or unusual feature or habit; a characteristic that is distinctive of a particular person or place; the quality of being peculiar
Synonyms: oddity, anomaly, abnormality; characteristic, feature, trait, particularity; strangeness, weirdness, queerness, abnormality
Antonyms: normality, commonness, analogy
Usage: When Jenny’s mother sensed the peculiarity in her daughter’s voice, her mother suspected something was wrong.
2. FORAY (noun, verb) – धावा, आक्रमण करना
Pronunciation: for-ei
Meaning: an initial attempt at something; a sudden attack enemy territory, especially to obtain something; make a foray or go on a foray
Synonyms: raid, incursion, swoop, strike, despoil
Usage:
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His foray into biography is also a big success. (noun)
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Prince Harry made a foray against Richard's camp. (noun)
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They were forbidden to foray into that place. (verb)
3. ROAD MAP (noun) – ढांचा
Pronunciation: ro-d-map
Meaning: a plan or strategy intended to achieve a particular goal
Synonyms: workflow, agenda
Antonyms: unorganized, vitiate
Usage: Our plan is a road map for peace in the region.
4. BANTER (noun, verb) – मज़ाक; मज़ाक करना
Pronunciation: ban-tuh
Meaning: the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks; exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way.
Synonyms: repartee, raillery, ripostes, sallies, swordplay, quips; joke, jest, pun, sally, josh
Usage:
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The actress exchanged banter with reporters. (noun)
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The men bantered with the waitresses. (verb)
5. FOOLHARDY (adjective) – उजड्ड, दुस्साहसी
Pronunciation: fool-haadi
Meaning: bold or rash
Synonyms: reckless, incautious, careless, heedless, unheeding
Antonyms: careful, cautious, wise
Usage: I thought the idea was totally foolhardy.
6. SPECIOUS (adjective) – दिखावटी, सत्याभास
Pronunciation: spee-shus
Meaning: seeming to be right or true, but actually wrong
Synonyms: apparent, misleading, deceptive, false, fallacious
Antonyms: valid, credible
Usage: Sam is a specious fellow and carries two faces.
7. PEG UP (verb) – बढ़ाना
Pronunciation: peg-up
Meaning: To raise the value, amount, rate, etc., of something, especially very quickly or suddenly
Synonym: inflate
Antonyms: decrease, lessen, depreciate, disparage
Usage: The price for wheat has been pegged up to $17.45 USD, the highest it has ever been in the history of the United States.
8. OVERSIGHT (verb) – चूकना
Pronunciation: ovuh-sait
Meaning: an unintentional failure to notice or do something
Synonyms: mistake, error, fault, failure, omission, lapse, inaccuracy
Antonyms: scrutiny, care, attention
Usage: Many errors are caused by oversight.
9. SNOOP (verb, noun) – जासूसी करना; गुप्तचर
Pronunciation: snoop
Meaning: investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs; a furtive investigation
Synonyms: enquire, pry, exploration, search
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Usage:
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Don't snoop into my affairs! (verb)
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I think someone's been having a snoop around my office; I didn't leave that drawer open. (noun)
10. PROVISO (noun) – परंतुक, शर्त
Pronunciation: pruh-vai-zo
Meaning: a condition or qualification attached to an agreement or statement
Synonyms: condition, stipulation, provision, rider, restriction
Usage: The only proviso is that your holiday has to be for a minimum of five nights.
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 long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section.
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