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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 19 May 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.Atrocity (noun) - क्रूरता
Pronunciation: uh·traw·suh·tee
Meaning: an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury.
Synonyms: atrociousness, awfulness, dreadfulness, frightfulness, ghastliness, grisliness, gruesomeness
Antonyms: agreeableness, delightfulness, pleasantness, pleasurableness allurement, appeal
Usage: It was the biggest terrorist atrocity in Spanish history.
2.Coup (noun) - तख्तापलट
Pronunciation: koo
Meaning: a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, attainment, deposition
Antonyms: botch, cock-up, mess, muddle, shambles, bummer, bust, catastrophe, surrender
Usage: winning that big contract was a real coup.
3.Abduct (verb) - अपहरण
Pronunciation: uhb·duhkt
Meaning: take (someone) away illegally by force or deception; kidnap.
Synonyms: capture, crimp, impress, seize, shanghai, snatch
Antonyms: deliver, ransom, redeem, rescue, restore, return
Usage: If someone attempts to abduct you, make noise.
4.Inception (noun) - आरंभ
Pronunciation: uhn·sep·shn
Meaning: the establishment or starting point of an institution or activity.
Synonyms: alpha, baseline, beginning, birth, commencement , foundation
Antonyms: cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period
Usage: This war differed very materially in its inception and conduct from the first and second.
5.Reckon (verb) - मानना
Pronunciation: re-kən
Meaning: To be generally considered to be something
Synonyms: Regards as, consider, view, think of as
Antonyms: Ignore, disregard, Neglect, Discard
Usage: The event organized by them was reckoned a failure.
6.Discrepancy (noun) - विसंगति
Pronunciation: duh·skreh·puhn·see
Meaning: an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.
Synonyms: contrast, difference, disagreement, disparateness, disparity, inconsistency
Antonyms: identicalness, identity, accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity
Usage: The discrepancy is attributed to a defect of rigidity in the earth.
7.Deride (verb) - उपहास करना
Pronunciation: duh·raid
Meaning: to say that somebody/something is ridiculous;
Synonyms: belittle, decry, disparage, mock, ridicule
Antonyms: applaud, approve, commend, endorse
Usage: Bullies are individuals who deride other people in order to feel superior.
8.Acrimony (noun) - रूखापन
Pronunciation: a·kruh·muh·nee
Meaning: angry and bitter feelings or words
Synonyms: acidness, acridity, bitterness, cattiness, ungraciousness
Antonyms: cordiality, courtesy, sweetness, sympathy, tenderness
Usage: The dispute was settled without acrimony.
9.Onus (noun) - दायित्व
Pronunciation: oh·nuhs
Meaning: something that is one's duty or responsibility.
Synonyms: discredit, disesteem, depravity, immorality, culpability, fault
Antonyms: award, credit, honor, fame, glory, renown, repute
Usage: The onus is on government departments to show cause why information cannot be disclosed.
10.Froward (adjective) - टेढ़े
Pronunciation: fro-ward
Meaning: (of a person) difficult to deal with, contrary.
Synonyms: adverse, unfavourable, contrary, disobedient, intractable, inconsiderate
Antonyms: tractable, complaint, passive, submissive, acquiescent, courteous
Usage: Refusing to listen to his commander, the froward soldier was willfully disobedient.
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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