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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 19 September 2024
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.SNOBBISH (adj.): दंभपूर्ण
Pronunciation: snawb·uhsh
Meaning: relating to, characteristic of, or like a snob.
Synonyms: elitist, snobby, superior
Antonyms: humble, modest, unpretentious
Sentence: My brother is very snobbish about cars.
2.INSOUCIANCE (noun): लापरवाही
Pronunciation: uhn·soo·see·uhns
Meaning: casual lack of concern; indifference.
Synonyms: nonchalance, unconcern, lack of concern
Antonyms: concern, interest, regard
Sentence: For all her apparent insouciance, she was desperately unhappy.
3.AVIDITY (noun): उत्कट इच्छा
Pronunciation: uh·vid·uh·tee
Meaning: extreme eagerness or enthusiasm.
Synonyms: enthusiasm, keenness, eagerness
Antonyms: apathy, indifference
Sentence: He read detective stories with avidity.
4.PERUSAL (noun): अध्ययन
Pronunciation: puh·rooz·uhl
Meaning: the action of reading or examining something.
Synonyms: reading, scrutiny, inspection
Antonyms: ignorance, neglect,
Sentence: I continued my perusal of the instructions.
5.INKLING (noun): आभास
Pronunciation: ing·kluhng
Meaning: a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint.
Synonyms: idea, sense, notion
Antonyms: answer, solution
Sentence: The records give us an inkling of how people saw the world.
6.TWEAK (verb): बदलाव
Pronunciation: tveek
Meaning: improve (a mechanism or system) by making fine adjustments to it.
Synonyms: modify, alter, change
Antonyms: fixation, stabilization
Sentence: Engineers tweak the car’s operating systems during the race.
7.ACRIMONIOUS (adj.): उग्र
Pronunciation: a·kruh·moh·nee·uhs
Meaning: (typically of speech or a debate) angry and bitter.
Synonyms: bitter, rancorous, caustic
Antonyms: caring, gentle, kind
Sentence: Their marriage ended eight years ago in an acrimonious divorce
8.IMPUGN (verb): बहस करना
Pronunciation: uhm·pyoon
Meaning: dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive)
Synonyms: call into question, debate, dispute
Antonyms: justify, pardon, remit
Sentence: I did not mean to impugn her professional abilities.
9.DIVULGE (verb): प्रकट करना
Pronunciation: dai·vuhlj
Meaning: make known (private or sensitive information).
Synonyms: disclose, reveal, make known
Antonyms: conceal, enshroud, hide
Sentence: I do not want to divulge my plans at the moment.
10.RADIANCE (noun): चमक
Pronunciation: ray·dee·uhns
Meaning: light or heat as emitted or reflected by something.
Synonyms: light, shining, brightness
Antonyms: dark, darkness, dullness
Sentence: She seemed to shine with an inner radiance.
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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