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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 19 December 2021
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and Sentence. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
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1. STRINGENT (adj) – कड़ी से कड़ी
Pronunciation: strin•jnt
Meaning: (of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting
Synonyms: strict, harsh, tough
Antonyms: flexible, lax, loose
Sentence: A consultation on more stringent regulations is planned before the end of the year.
2. CALLOUS (adj) – कठोर
Pronunciation: ka•luhs
Meaning: showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
Synonyms: heartless, unfeeling, uncaring
Antonyms: kindhearted, merciful, warmhearted
Sentence: his callous comments about the murder made me shiver
3. DEBILITY (noun) – दुर्बलता
Pronunciation: duh•bi•luh•tee
Meaning: physical weakness, especially as a result of illness.
Synonyms: frailty, weakness, exhaustion
Antonyms: strength, hardihood, robustness
Sentence: She suffered from repeated bouts of both physical and mental debility throughout her life.
4. FORSAKE (verb) – त्यागना
Pronunciation: fuh•sayk
Meaning: abandon.
Synonyms: give up, reject, leave
Antonyms: allow, continue, keep
Sentence: He would never forsake Tara
5. GAUCHE (adj) – भद्दा
Pronunciation: goshe
Meaning: lacking ease or grace.
Synonyms: awkward, inelegant, graceless
Antonyms: graceful, elegant, urbane
Sentence: It would be slightly gauche to arrive at a wake with an infant clad in a ruffled cupcake pink dress.
6. KNOTTY (adj) – जटिल
Pronunciation: nawt•ee
Meaning: full of knots
Synonyms: complex, complicated, difficult
Antonyms: simple, uncomplicated, easy
Sentence: The girl’s hair was always knotty and hard to comb out after she went swimming
7. HAUGHTY (adj) – घमंडी
Pronunciation: haw•tee
Meaning: arrogantly superior and disdainful.
Synonyms: arrogant, egotistic, proud
Antonyms: shy, humble, modest
Sentence: There was a soft note in the haughty woman’s voice.
8. NULLIFY (verb) – अमान्य ठहराना
Pronunciation: nuhl•uh•fai
Meaning: invalidate.
Synonyms: disannul, defeat
Antonyms: annul, approve, validate
Sentence: The goal of the discussion was to nullify the Tariff Act of 1832.
9. OVERT (verb) – प्रकट
Pronunciation: oh•vuht
Meaning: done or shown openly.
Synonyms: public, open, apparent
Antonyms: private, secret, uncertain
Sentence: The new guest smiled in return but gave no overt sign of knowing the woman.
10. RADICAL (adj) – मौलिक
Pronunciation: ra•duh•kl
Meaning: relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something.
Synonyms: fundamental, elemental, basic
Antonyms: unimportant, secondary, nonessential
Sentence: Since 1870 there have been five radical changes made in New South Wales.
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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