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. seizure (noun) – अभिग्रहण
Pronunciation: see-zer
Meaning: the action of capturing someone or something using force; the action of taking someone's property with authority
Synonyms: capture, occupation, takeover, overrunning, annexation; confiscation, impounding; convulsion, spasm, paroxysm, collapse
Antonyms: restitution, liberation, release
Usage: All of the stolen goods taken in the seizure are being stored in the police lock-up.

2. duress (noun) – अवपीड़न, बलप्रयोग
Pronunciation: dyu-ures
Meaning: threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement
Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, force, pressure
Antonyms: free-will, persuasion
Usage: He claimed that he signed the confession under duress.

3. transgress (verb) – उल्लंघन करना
Pronunciation: traans-gres
Meaning: go beyond the limits of (what is morally, socially, or legally acceptable)
Synonyms: misbehave, err, lapse
Antonym: obey
Usage: If all children were taught not to transgress the rules of common decency, the world would probably be a much better place for everyone.

4. brash (adjective) – ख़ुद-एतमाद
Pronunciation: bra-sh
Meaning: expressing oneself confidently and forcefully in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way
Synonyms: self-assertive, assertive, cocksure, arrogant, thrusting, bold
Antonyms: meek, diffident
Usage: Because Anna is so brash, she often offends people with her aggressive personality.

5. nosey (adjective) - कौतूहली
Pronunciation: no-zi
Meaning: showing too much curiosity about other people's affairs
Synonyms: prying, inquisitive, curious, busybody, probing, spying
Usage:  I have always found her unbearably nosey.

6. segregate (verb) - अलग करना
Pronunciation: seg-ri-geit
Meaning: set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide
Synonyms: separate, set apart, keep apart, isolate, insulate
Antonym: amalgamate
Usage: Schools should not segregate children with disabilities.

7. variegated (adjective) – बहुरंगा, विचित्र
Pronunciation: veri-ug-eitid
Meaning: exhibiting different colours, especially as irregular patches or streaks; marked by variety
Synonyms: multicoloured, particoloured, varicoloured, multicolour, many-coloured, many-hued, polychromatic, colourful, prismatic
Antonyms: plain, monochrome
Usage: This plant has beautifully variegated leaves.

8. stipulate (verb) – शर्त रखना
Pronunciation: sti-pyu-leit
Meaning: demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement
Synonyms: specify, demand, require
Usage: He stipulated certain conditions before their marriage.

9. emasculate (verb) – प्रभावहीन/शक्तिहीन करना
Pronunciation: im-as-kyu-leit
Meaning: make (someone or something) weaker or less effective
Synonyms: weaken, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate, dilute, erode, undermine, impoverish, cripple
Antonym: strengthen
Usage: The company tried to emasculate the unions.

10. eclectic (adjective) – विस्तृत
Pronunciation: ik-lek-tik
Meaning: deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
Synonyms: wide, broad, broad-ranging, broad-based, extensive, comprehensive, encyclopedic
Antonyms: narrow, dogmatic
Usage: He has an eclectic taste in music.

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1. Try to make sentences using given words:

• brash
• duress
• eclectic
• transgress
• emasculate

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