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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 18 September 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. MITIGATION (noun) – कमी करना
Pronunciation: mit·i·ga·tion
Meaning: The action of reducing the severity,seriousness,or painfulness of something
Synonyms: reduction, assuagement, decrease, diminishment
Antonyms: discomfort, unrest, agony, anguish
Usage: The removal or the mitigation of objectionable matter is also occasionally found.
2. MANOEUVRE (verb) – पैंतरेबाज़ी
Pronunciation: ma·noeu·vre
Meaning: Move skillfully or carefully
Synonyms: Steer, guide, drive, navigate, move
Antonyms: cessation, ignorance, inaction, inactivity.
Usage: If you manoeuvre a situation, you change it in a clever and skilful way so that you can benefit from it.
3. CONUNDRUM (noun) – पहेली
Pronunciation: co·nun·drum
Meaning: A confusing and difficult problem or question.
Synonyms: closed book, enigma, head-scratcher, mystery
Antonyms: axiom, explanation, proposition
Usage: The conundrum is that I am stranded in the middle of nowhere without my cell phone.
4. RETROFIT (verb) – दोबारा बनाना
Pronunciation: ret·ro·fit
Meaning: Provide (something) with a component or accessory not fitted during manufacture.
Synonyms: reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop.
Antonyms: demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismember
Usage: The factory has been retrofitted to meet the new safety regulations.
5. WHIP (verb) – चाबुक
Pronunciation: vip
Meaning: a strip of leather or length of cord fastened to a handle, used for flogging or beating a person or for urging on an animal.
Synonyms: flogger, lash, scourge, switch
Antonyms: birch, blacksnake, bullwhip, cowhide
Usage: Whips are generally used on animals to provide directional guidance or to encourage movement.
6. PROTEAN (adj) – रूपांतरणीय
Pronunciation: proh•tee•uhn
Meaning: tending or able to change frequently or easily.
Synonyms: variable, changeable, mutable
Antonyms: limited, amateur
Usage: It is difficult to comprehend the whole of this protean subject.
7. BUCKLE (verb) – झुकना
Pronunciation: buck·le
Meaning: Bend and give way under a weight or force
Synonyms: grasp, clutch, clamp, fasten
Antonyms: unfasten, undo, refuse, leave
Usage: The bridge buckled in the storm.
8. IRATE(adj) – क्रुद्ध
Pronunciation: ī-ˈrāt
Meaning: Feeling or Charachterized by great anger
Synonyms: angered, angry, apoplectic, ballistic
Antonyms: angerless, delighted, pleased.
Usage: Irate viewers called the television network to complain about the show.
9.SWEEPING (adj) – झाड़ू मारना
Pronunciation: svee·puhng
Meaning: Extended or performed in a long and continous curve.
Synonyms: broad, deep, expansive, extended
Antonyms: circumscribed, limited, restricted
Usage: Security forces were given sweeping powers to search homes.
10. LEVERAGE (verb) – लाभ
Pronunciation: le·ver·age
Meaning: use (something) to maximum advantage.
Synonyms: authority, clout, credit, heft
Antonyms: abuse, capitalize (on), cash in (on), exploit
Usage: Without leverage, it will be hard to convince the daughter to testify against her mother.
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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