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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 19 June 2020
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and usage. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
1. SHUDDER (verb, noun) – काँप उठना; कंपकंपी, थरथराहट
Pronunciation: shud-ur
Meaning: (of a person) shake violently and quickly, typically as a result of feeling of fear or disgust
Synonyms: shake, shiver, tremble, quiver, quaver, vibrate, palpitate
Usage:
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Just thinking about the accident makes me shudder. (verb)
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He gave a slight shudder as he considered how near he had come to death. (noun)
2. PASTURE (noun, verb) – चरागाह; चराना
Pronunciation: paas-chuh
Meaning: land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep; put animals to graze in a pasture
Synonyms: grazing land, grazing, grassland, grass, pastureland, pasturage
Usage:
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Horses are grazing in the pasture. (noun)
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They pastured their cows. (verb)
3. FERAL (adjective) – जंगली
Pronunciation: ferul
Meaning: (especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication; resembling or characteristic of a wild animal
Synonyms: wild, untamed, undomesticated, untrained; fierce, ferocious, vicious, savage, aggressive, tigerish, wolfish
Antonyms: tame, pet; sophisticated
Usage:
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The feral animals in the backyard have completely destroyed my garden.
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The world is full of feral humans like liars, cheaters, blackmailers, and backbiters.
4. SCREECH (verb, noun) – चिल्लाना; चीख
Pronunciation: skreech
Meaning: (of a person, animal, machine, vehicle) give a loud, harsh, piercing cry
Synonyms: shriek, squeal, squawk, howl, shout, yell, bellow, bawl
Antonym: whisper
Usage:
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The brakes screeched as the car stopped. (verb)
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On watching a cockroach, she suddenly let out a screech. (noun)
5. RANSACK (verb) – लूटना
Pronunciation: ran-sak
Meaning: go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage
Synonyms: plunder, pillage, raid, rob, loot, rifle, sack
Usage: Thieves ransacked the office, taking a sack of loose change.
6. SLOPPY (adjective) – बेपरवाह, असावधान
Pronunciation: slopi
Meaning: careless and unsystematic; excessively casual
Synonyms: careless, slapdash, slipshod, lackadaisical, disorganized, haphazard, unmethodical, unsystematic, untidy, messy
Antonyms: careful, meticulous
Usage: Nobita’s mom always scolds him for being so sloppy.
7. CAPACIOUS (adjective) – बड़ा; विशाल
Pronunciation: kup-ei-shus
Meaning: having a lot of space inside
Synonyms: roomy, commodious, spacious, ample, big, large, sizeable
Antonyms: cramped, small
Usage: When Janet bought a capacious home, she was finally able to use all the furniture she had been keeping in storage.
8. REPROACH (verb, noun) – तिरस्कार करना; तिरस्कार
Pronunciation: ri-pro-ch
Meaning: express to (someone) one's disapproval of or disappointment in their actions; the expression of disapproval or disappointment
Synonyms: rebuke, reproof, admonishment, admonition, scolding, reprimand
Antonyms: praise, commendation
Usage:
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Her friends reproached her for not thinking enough about her family. (verb)
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He gave her a look of reproach. (noun)
9. RIFLE (verb) – ढूंढना, खोजना; चुराना
Pronunciation: rai-f(u)l
Meaning: search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something; steal
Synonyms: rummage, search, hunt, forage; burgle, rob, loot, raid, plunder, sack, ransack, pillage
Usage:
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She rifled through the cassette tapes.
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He rifled the dead man's possessions.
10. CREEP (verb, noun) – धीरे धीरे चलना
Pronunciation: kreep
Meaning: move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed; a person deserving dislike
Synonyms: crawl, inch, edge, slither, slide, squirm, wriggle, writhe; rogue, villain, wretch, reprobate, beast
Usage:
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He crept downstairs, hardly making any noise. (verb)
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He is a creep and so he is not invited to the party. (noun)
Now, choose any 2 or 3 words and try to use them in your own sentences, this way you can retain the learnt words in your memory for long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section.
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