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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings: 18 September 2025
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. OBTUSE (ADJECTIVE): मंद
Pronunciation: uhb·tyoos
Meaning: stupid.
Synonyms: dull, slow. witted
Antonyms: astute
Sentence: She wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse.
2. PERVADING (VERB): सर्वव्यापी
Pronunciation: puh·vayd·uhng
Meaning: pervading
Synonyms: Permeate, Divine
Antonyms: Deplete, Drain
Sentence: There is a pervading atmosphere of gloom in the film.
Synonyms: Permeate, Divine
Antonyms: Deplete, Drain
Sentence: There is a pervading atmosphere of gloom in the film.
3. TENETS (NOUN): सिद्धांतों
Pronunciation: teh·nuhts
Meaning: a principle or a belief
Synonyms: Dogma, Precept
Antonyms: Doubt, Disbelief
Sentence: They are an extreme sect with their own tenets and doctrines.
Synonyms: Dogma, Precept
Antonyms: Doubt, Disbelief
Sentence: They are an extreme sect with their own tenets and doctrines.
4. DEPRIVATION (NOUN): हानि
Pronunciation: deh·pruh·vay·shn
Meaning: dispossession; loss.
Synonyms: Impoverishment, Penury
Antonyms: Wealth, Bestowal
Sentence: She is studying the effects of sleep deprivation.
Synonyms: Impoverishment, Penury
Antonyms: Wealth, Bestowal
Sentence: She is studying the effects of sleep deprivation.
5. PERPETRATORS (NOUN): अपराधियों
Pronunciation: puh·puh·trayt·uhz
Meaning: a person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.
Synonyms: Brigand, Criminal
Antonyms: Sheriff, Lawman
Synonyms: Brigand, Criminal
Antonyms: Sheriff, Lawman
Sentence: The perpetrator of this crime must be traced.
6. WRATH (NOUN): क्रोध
6. WRATH (NOUN): क्रोध
Pronunciation: rawth
Meaning: very great anger.
Synonyms: Rage, Spleen
Antonyms: Happiness, Kindness
Synonyms: Rage, Spleen
Antonyms: Happiness, Kindness
Sentence: You have to face the wrath of people in this regard.
7. GUILE (NOUN): चालाकी/छल
Meaning: cunning intelligence.
Pronunciation: gile
Synonyms: Cunning, deceit
Antonyms: Honesty, sincerity
Sentence: She used her guile to convince him.
8. SURFEIT (NOUN): अधिकता/बहुतायत
Meaning: an excessive amount of something.
Pronunciation: suh·fuht
Synonyms: Excess, abundance
Antonyms: Deficiency, shortage
Sentence: The market was flooded with a surfeit of cheap, low. quality products.
9. DEMOLISH (VERB): तबाह करना
Meaning: pull or knock down (a building).
Pronunciation: duh·maw·luhsh
Synonyms: Destroy, wreck
Antonyms: Build, construct
Sentence: The old building was demolished to make way for a new shopping complex.
10. JOCULARLY (ADVERB): मजाकिया तरीके से
Meaning: in a happy way and liking to make jokes.
Pronunciation: joc·u·lar.ly
Synonyms: Playfully, humorously
Antonyms: Seriously, solemnly
Sentences: He jocularly remarked, "I must be a professional sleeper because I can do it with my eyes closed!"
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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