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. QUAINT (adjective) – विलक्षण, मनोहर
Pronunciation: kweint
Meaning: attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Synonyms: picturesque, charming, sweet, attractive
Antonyms: modern, ugly, normal, ordinary
Usage: Grandma lives in a quaint old cottage.

2. WEASEL (noun) – चालाक आदमी
Pronunciation: wee-z(u)l
Meaning: a deceitful or treacherous person
Synonyms: scoundrel, wretch, rogue
Antonyms: noble, righteous, virtuous
Usage: He was a weasel.

3. INOCULATE (verb) – टीका लगाना
Pronunciation: inokyu-leit
Meaning: treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Synonyms: immunize, vaccinate, inject
Usage: His dogs were inoculated against rabies.

4. COMBATANT (noun, adjective) – योद्धा; लड़नेवाला
Pronunciation: kom-but(u)nt / kum-but(u)nt
Meaning: a person or nation engaged in fighting during a war; a person engaged in conflict or competition with another
Synonyms: fighter, soldier; contender, antagonist, adversary, battler; warring, opposing, contending, belligerent
Antonyms: civilian; ally, non-participant; non-combatant
Usage:

• In the long Russo-Swedish conflict, both combatants endured terrible sacrifices. (noun)
• All the combatant armies went to war with machine guns. (adjective)

5. UNDULATE (verb) – लहराना
Pronunciation: un-dyu-leit
Meaning: move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion
Synonyms: surge, wave, billow, roll, swell, ripple
Usage: The surface of the liquid undulated gently.

6. PENANCE (noun) – प्रायश्चित
Pronunciation: penuns
Meaning: punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing
Synonyms: atonement, expiation, self-punishment, self-mortification, self-abasement, reparation
Usage: He had done public penance for those hasty words.

7. EXPEND (verb) – खर्च करना
Pronunciation: ek-spend / ik-spend
Meaning: spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy)
Synonyms: spend, pay out, lay out, disburse
Antonyms: save, conserve
Usage: Don't expend all your time on such a useless job.

8. LISSOME (adjective) – पतली, कोमल, सुंदर
Pronunciation: lis(u)m
Meaning: (of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful
Synonyms: supple, lithe, limber, graceful, elegant, spry, flexible
Antonym: portly
Usage: During the show, girls with lissome bodies swung from one rope to another.

9. ADDUCE (verb) – प्रस्तुत करना
Pronunciation: ud-yoos
Meaning: cite as evidence
Synonyms: cite, quote, name, mention, instance, specify, identify
Usage: During the trial the defense attorney will adduce evidence to show the defendant’s innocence.

10. GLIB (adjective) – धाराप्रवाह पर प्रभावहीन
Pronunciation: glib
Meaning: (of words or a speaker) fluent but insincere and shallow
Synonyms: slick, pat, neat, plausible, silky
Antonyms: sincere, thoughtful, inarticulate
Usage: The spokesman's answer was just too glib.

Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.

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