Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 18 June 2020

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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.

1. DOTAGE (noun) – वृद्धावस्था

Pronunciation: doh-tij

Meaning: the period of life in which a person is old and weak

Synonyms: declining years, old age, senescence, senility, superannuation, decrepitude

Antonym: childhood

Usage: You could live here and look after me in my dotage.

2. GOBLET (noun) – चषक

Pronunciation: gob-lit

Meaning: a drinking glass with a foot and a stem

Synonyms: wine glass, chalice, glass, beaker, tumbler, cup, stoup, tass, stemware

Usage: I purchased a large drinking bowl and a fancy goblet from a Chinese exhibition.

3. ARDENT (adjective) – उत्साही, उत्सुक

Pronunciation: aa-dunt

Meaning: very enthusiastic or passionate

Synonyms: passionate, avid, impassioned, fervent, fervid, zealous, wholehearted, eager

Antonym: half-hearted

Usage: All her life she was an ardent feminist.

4. MEEK (adjective) – नम्र, निरहंकार

Pronunciation: meek

Meaning: quiet and gentle

Synonyms: patient, long-suffering, forbearing, resigned, gentle, quiet, shy

Antonyms: impatient, assertive, overbearing

Usage: He expects his wife to be meek.

5. PERSNICKETY (adjective) – नुकताचीन

Pronunciation: puh-snikiti

Meaning: placing too much emphasis on minor details

Synonyms: fussy, difficult, finicky, over-fastidious, fastidious, over-particular, particular

Antonyms: easy-going, laid-back

Usage: Our persnickety English teacher picked our essays apart, correcting almost every single line.

6. UPPITY (adjective) – अभिमानी

Pronunciation: up-iti

Meaning: having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities

Synonyms: arrogant, haughty, conceited, hubristic, self-important, opinionated

Antonyms: humble, modest

Usage: Mariah’s uppity boss always spoke about what a great job he did and how the company could not function without him.

7. LIMELIGHT (noun) – प्रसिद्धि, ख्याति

Pronunciation: laim-lait

Meaning: the focus of public attention

Synonyms: prominence, exposure, hype, glare, the spotlight, fame, renown

Antonym: obscurity

Usage: She is afraid that this new actor will steal the limelight from her.

8. HOG (verb) – एकाधिकार करना

Pronunciation: hog

Meaning: take or use most or all of something in an unfair or selfish way

Synonyms: monopolize, dominate, take over, corner, control, bogart

Antonym: share

Usage: She accused her co-star of trying to hog the media’s attention.

9. REVULSION (noun) – विकर्षण

Pronunciation: ri-vul-sh(u)n

Meaning: a sense of disgust

Synonyms: disgust, repulsion, abhorrence, repugnance, nausea, loathing

Antonyms: delight, liking

Usage: The disabled soldier gave an interview that showed his revulsion to the war.

10. BESET (verb) – घेर लेना, नाक में दम करना

Pronunciation: bi-set

Meaning: a problem which troubles someone or something constantly; surround and harass

Synonyms: plague, bedevil, attack, assail, beleaguer, afflict, torment; surround, besiege

Usage:

Beset by a number of health issues, the candidate was forced to drop out of the race.
I was beset by clouds of flies.

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.