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Some exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read their usages to learn how to use them in sentences. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. UNHINGE (verb) – परेशान करना
Pronunciation: un-hinj
Meaning: make (someone) mentally unbalanced
Synonyms: deranged, demented, unbalanced, crazed
Antonyms: sane, stable
Usage: He was unhinged by his wife's death.
2. MALINGER (verb) – चालबाज़ी करना; काम को टालना
Pronunciation: mul-inguh
Meaning: pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work
Synonyms: sham, shirk, skulk, skive
Usage: The lazy student tried to malinger when it was time to work on his essay.
3. CRINGE (verb, noun) – आंतरिक शर्मिंदगी या घृणा का अनुभव
Pronunciation: krinj
Meaning: experience an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust; an act of cringing
Synonyms: cower, shrink, pull back, recoil; wince, squirm, blush, flush
Usage:
• I cringe with embarrassment when I look at old photos of myself at over 100 kg. (verb)
• She felt cringe at the memory of her insult. (noun)
4. TINGE (verb, noun) – रंगना; हलका रंग
Pronunciation: tinj
Meaning: colour slightly; a trace of a colour; a slight trace of a feeling or quality
Synonyms: tint, colour, dye, stain, shade, tone, hue
Usage:
• I bought a bouquet of white blossom tinged with pink. (verb)
• His skin had an unhealthy greyish tinge. (noun)
5. BLOT (noun, verb) – धब्बा; दाग लगाना
Pronunciation: blot
Meaning: a dark mark or stain made by ink, paint, dirt, etc.; a shameful act or quality that damages an otherwise good character or reputation; to dry (a wet surface) using an absorbent material; mark or stain (something)
Synonyms: spot, dot, mark, speck, fleck; blemish, taint, flaw; absorb; smudge, smear, blotch, mark, speckle
Antonyms: exude, moisten; honour, enhance
Usage:
• There is a blot of ink on the paper. (noun)
• This shameful act is a blot on his image. (noun)
• After sauce on her dress, the woman took a napkin and began to blot the stain. (verb)
• Dark patches of dirt blotted the grey dress. (verb)
6. CESSION (noun) – अर्पण, स्वत्व त्याग, अध्यर्पण
Pronunciation: seshun
Meaning: the formal giving up of rights, property, or territory by a state
Synonyms: surrender, surrendering, ceding, conceding, concession
Antonym: gain
Usage: The cession of the territory could not be avoided because they lost the war.
7. ACCRUE (verb) – उपाजित होना
Pronunciation: uk-roo
Meaning: (of a benefit or sum of money) be received by someone in regular or increasing amounts over time
Synonyms: result, arise, follow, ensue, emanate, stem, spring
Antonym: dissipate, decrease, diminish, reduce
Usage: Interest will accrue until payment is made.
8. MAUL (verb) – मारना, पीटना, आलोचना करना
Pronunciation: mo-l
Meaning: treat (something) savagely or roughly; subject to fierce criticism
Synonyms: criticize, denigrate, attack, censure, condemn
Antonyms: pamper, nurture, comfort
Usage:
• The body was badly mauled in battle.
• She was mauled by the media.
9. ENVISAGE (verb) – परिकल्पना करना
Pronunciation: in-vizij / en-vizij
Meaning: to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good
Synonyms: foresee, predict, forecast, foretell, anticipate, expect
Usage: What level of profit do you envisage?
10. TATTERS (noun) – चिथड़े; फटे कपड़े
Pronunciation: tat-uz
Meaning: irregularly torn pieces of cloth, paper, or other material
Synonyms: rags, scraps, shreds, bits, pieces
Usage: His jersey was left in tatters.
Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.
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