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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 18 October 2020
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. PERFIDY (noun) – नमकहरामी
Pronunciation: puh·fuh·dee
Meaning: behavior that shows that someone cannot be trusted
Synonyms: treachery, betrayal, deceit, duplicity, disloyalty, infidelity, treason
Antonyms: faithfulness, loyalty
Usage: Because my husband’s perfidy hurt me terribly, I served him with divorce papers.
2. ANTI (noun) – विरोधी
Pronunciation: an·tee
Meaning: against or opposed to
Synonyms: antithetical, averse, disputed, hostile, inimical, opposing, clashing
Antonyms: friendly, kind
Usage: They are completely anti the new proposals.
3. PRIM (adjective) – नियमानुकूल
Pronunciation: prim
Meaning: stiffly correct
Synonyms: demure, tidy, formal, correct, spruce, stickling, uncluttered
Antonyms: untidy, informal, rumpled
Usage: The princess has a reputation for being overly prim and proper.
4. IMPISH (adjective) – शरारती
Pronunciation: im·puhsh
Meaning: mischievous or annoyingly playful
Synonyms: mischievous, naughty, wicked, prankish, playful, waggish, elfin
Antonyms: good, moral, behaved
Usage: Gillespie is well known for his impish sense of humor.
5. YIELD (verb) – समर्पण करना, हार मानना
Pronunciation: yeeld
Meaning: give way to arguments, demands, or pressure
Synonyms: surrender, capitulate, submit, relent, quit, heed, give up
Antonyms: resist, defend, fight
Usage: We shall never yield to a conqueror.
6. DISTINCTLY (adverb) – स्पष्ट रूप से
Pronunciation: duh·stingkt·lee
Meaning: in a way that is very noticeable or apparent
Synonyms: decidedly, clearly, definitely, emphatically, noticeably, evidently, markedly
Antonyms: vaguely, possibly, indistinctly
Usage: I distinctly remember Jane saying that the show started at eight.
7. UNIFY (verb) – जोड़ना, एक करना
Pronunciation: yoo·nuh·fai
Meaning: to bring or combine together
Synonyms: unite, merge, fuse, amalgamate, coalesce, combine, blend
Antonyms: separate, split, disunite
Usage: In an effort to unify the groups, the politician drew up a bill that would make both sides happy.
8. NEBULOUS (adjective) – अस्पष्ट
Pronunciation: neh·byoo·luhs
Meaning: not clearly defined
Synonyms: hazy, uncertain, indefinite, indeterminate, imprecise
Antonyms: certain, precise
Usage: Normality is a rather nebulous concept.
9. CRABBY (adjective) – चिड़चिड़ा
Pronunciation: kra·bee
Meaning: grumpy and irritable
Synonyms: irritable, fractious, fretful, cross, petulant, pettish, crabbed
Antonyms: charming, amiable, happy
Usage: He is very crabby right now because he has a bad tooth.
10. UPBEAT (noun) – आशावादी
Pronunciation: uhp·beet
Meaning: pleasantly optimistic
Synonyms: optimistic, positive, confident, cheerful, cheery, hopeful, sanguine
Antonyms: pessimistic, negative, cynical
Usage: I try to stay upbeat and refuse to let negative things bring down my mood.
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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