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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 18 May 2021
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.Impoverish (verb) - शक्तिहीन करना
Pronunciation: uhm·paw·vuh·ruhsh
Meaning: to make somebody/something poor or lower in quality
Synonyms: weaken, sap, exhaust, deplete, bankrupt, break, spend, squander
Antonyms: strengthen, enrich, richen, preserve, protect
Usage: They are also gross feeders and impoverish the soil.
2.Allude (verb) - संकेत करना
Pronunciation: uh·lood
Meaning: to speak about somebody/something in an indirect way
Synonyms: hint, refer to , imply, infer, insinuate, intimate
Antonyms: proclaim, declare, announce, delineate, describe
Usage: Besides, it struck him as a little absurd to allude to the matter.
3.Sheer (adjective) - निरा
Pronunciation: sheeuh
Meaning: used to emphasize the size, degree or amount of something
Synonyms: utter, complete, absolute, total, downright, thorough
Antonyms: incomplete, partial, limited, fractional, murky, nebulous
Usage: They have gained respect through sheer dogged determination.
4.Cumbersome (adjective) - बोझिल
Pronunciation: kuhmbuh·sm
Meaning: heavy and difficult to carry, use, wear, etc.
Synonyms: unwieldy, inconvenient, incommodious, clumsy, clunky
Antonyms: convenient, manageable, functional, practicable, practical
Usage: The customer service agent said I would have to pay extra for my cumbersome suitcase.
5.Rupture (verb) - टूटना
Pronunciation: ruhp·chuh
Meaning: a sudden bursting or breaking
Synonyms: break, breach, disrupt, fracture, rift, pinhole
Antonyms: mend, fix, repair, patching, plugging, buldge
Usage: The eleventh century saw the formal rupture between East and West.
6.Formidable (adjective) - दुर्जेय, भयंकर
Pronunciation: fuh·mi·duh·bl
Meaning: inspiring fear ; difficult to deal with; needing a lot of effort
Synonyms: intimidating, redoubtable, dire, horrendous, dreadful, discouraging
Antonyms: tender, mild, gentle, calming, comforting, smooth
Usage: A still more formidable danger, the power of the French and English, continued to increase.
7.Strident (adjective) - तेज़
Pronunciation: strai·dnt
Meaning: (used about a voice or a sound) loud and unpleasant
Synonyms: grating, raucous, jarring, shrill, blatant, obstreperous, clanging, earsplitting
Antonyms: gentle, quiet, hushed, noiseless, muffled, muted
Usage: The song opens with a strident guitar, a clarion call that lets everyone know that something new is coming.
8.Eschew (adjective) - त्याग करना
Pronunciation: uhs·choo
Meaning: deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
Synonyms: abstain from, give up, refrain, dodge, duck, elude
Antonyms: embrace, adopt, involve, accept, court, pursue, seek
Usage: Some vegetarians are also vegan, meaning that they eschew all animal products entirely.
9.Eloquence (noun) - वाग्मिता
Pronunciation: eh·luh·kvns
Meaning: the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way
Synonyms: oratory, rhetoric, grandiloquence, magniloquence, fluency, fervor
Antonyms: impotence, inability, incompetence, weakness, dullness, inarticulateness
Usage: It was delivered with warmth, eloquence, passion, and a touch of humor.
10.Sedition (noun) - राज - द्रोह
Pronunciation: suh·di·shn
Meaning: the use of words or actions that are intended to encourage people to be or act against a government
Synonyms: provocation, inflaming, rebellion, revolt, insurrection
Antonyms: conciliatory, pacific, diplomatic, calming, soothing
Usage: In some nations, the government censors television networks in order to prevent sedition.
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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