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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 18 October 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 usages. 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. REFUTE (verb) – खंडन
Pronunciation: ruh•fyoot
Meaning: prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false
Synonyms: disprove, prove wrong, confute
Antonyms: confirm, prove, validate
Sentence: We can easily refute his argument.
2. FILTHY (adj) – गंदा
Pronunciation: fil•thee
Meaning: disgustingly dirty.
Synonyms: dirty, mucky, grimy
Antonyms: clean, pure, purified
Sentence: He never washed, and always wore a filthy old jacket.
3. BARRAGE (noun) – गोला-बारी
Pronunciation: bar•rage
Meaning: a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.
Synonyms: bombardment, gunfire, cannonade
Antonyms: retreat, withdrawal, departure, surrender
Sentence: The two fighters were driven off by a barrage of anti-aircraft fire.
4.CONFLUENCE (noun) – संगम
Pronunciation: kaan•floo•uhns
Meaning: the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximately equal width.
Synonyms: convergence, meeting, junction
Antonyms: divergence, separation
Sentence: The 160-meter falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.
5. SHIRK (verb) – भागना
Pronunciation: shurk
Meaning: avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility)
Synonyms: evade, dodge, avoid
Antonyms: accept, embrace, pursue
Sentence: He never shirked from doing his duty.
6. EMANATE (verb) – निकालना
Pronunciation: eh•muh•nayt
Meaning: (of something abstract but perceptible) issue or spread out from (a source).
Synonyms: emerge, flow, pour
Antonyms: absorb, go away
Sentence: Good smells emanated from the kitchen.
7. CONNIVANCE (noun) – मिलीभगत
Pronunciation: kuh•nai•vns
Meaning: willingness to secretly allow or be involved in wrongdoing, especially an immoral or illegal act.
Synonyms: collusion, complicity, collaboration
Antonyms: disagreement, incompatibility
Sentence: He tried to bribe the police into connivance.
8. FUTILE (adj) – व्यर्थ
Pronunciation: fyoo•tl
Meaning: incapable of producing any useful result
Synonyms: vain, pointless, useless
Antonyms: effective, productive, efficient
Sentence: His negotiations with Russia proved futile.
9. COLOSSAL (adj) – प्रचंड
Pronunciation: kuh•laa•sl
Meaning: extremely large.
Synonyms: huge, massive, enormous
Antonyms: bantam, bitty, diminutive
Sentence: In the center of the hall stood a colossal wooden statue, decorated in ivory and gold.
10. CLANDESTINE (adj) – गुप्त
Pronunciation: klan•deh•stn
Meaning: kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.
Synonyms: secret, covert, furtive
Antonyms: open, overt, public
Sentence: From the van, the police watched as the clandestine drug deal occurred.
Now choose any 2 or 3 words, try to use them in your own usages and share your usages in the comment section. This will help you to retain the learnt words for a longer duration.
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