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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words with Meanings: 19th August 2026
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. ALLAY (VERB): कम करना
Pronunciation:uh·lay
Meaning: diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry).
Synonyms: relieve, soothe, help, mitigate, ease
Antonyms: aggravate, hurt, harm, agitate
Sentence: Much of this depression is from actual pain, and all our efforts are now directed to allay that.
Synonyms: relieve, soothe, help, mitigate, ease
Antonyms: aggravate, hurt, harm, agitate
Sentence: Much of this depression is from actual pain, and all our efforts are now directed to allay that.
2. PROWESS (NOUN): कौशल
Pronunciation:prau·uhs
Meaning: skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.
Synonyms: expertise, talent, mastery, proficiency
Antonyms: inability, ineptitude, incapability, incompetence
Sentence: Michelangelo, historically known for his sculptures and paintings, clearly possessed a prowess for art.
Synonyms: expertise, talent, mastery, proficiency
Antonyms: inability, ineptitude, incapability, incompetence
Sentence: Michelangelo, historically known for his sculptures and paintings, clearly possessed a prowess for art.
3. INDOMITABLE (ADJECTIVE): अदम्य
Pronunciation: uhn·daw·muh·tuh·bl
Meaning: difficult or impossible to defeat or frighten.
Synonyms: unconquerable, unstoppable, insurmountable
Antonyms: vulnerable, surmountable, submissive
Sentence: Jason’s indomitable spirit gave him the strength to battle back from the crippling disease that made him bedridden.
Synonyms: unconquerable, unstoppable, insurmountable
Antonyms: vulnerable, surmountable, submissive
Sentence: Jason’s indomitable spirit gave him the strength to battle back from the crippling disease that made him bedridden.
4. DERAIL (VERB): पटरी से उतारना
Pronunciation:dee·rayl
Meaning: to prevent a plan or process from succeeding.
Synonyms: Disrupt,obstruct, thwart
Antonyms: aid, assist, encourage
Sentence: Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks.
Synonyms: Disrupt,obstruct, thwart
Antonyms: aid, assist, encourage
Sentence: Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks.
5. TRANSFIX (VERB): चुभाना
Pronunciation:trans·fiks
Meaning: to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe,terror, etc.
Synonyms: fascinate, captivate, mesmerize, bewitch, spellbind
Synonyms: fascinate, captivate, mesmerize, bewitch, spellbind
Antonyms:disenchant, disgust, annoy, repel
Sentence:The small child is easily transfixed by an animated movie, able to focus in for many hours.
6. UNFURL (VERB): खोलना
Pronunciation:uhn·fuhl
Meaning: untie or open something rolled up.
Synonyms: unfold, expand, extend, open, outspread
Antonyms: fold, close, reduce, compress
Sentence: During the spring, the sprouting leaves begin to unfurl.
Antonyms: fold, close, reduce, compress
Sentence: During the spring, the sprouting leaves begin to unfurl.
7. BEFITTING (ADJECTIVE): उचित
Pronunciation:buh·fit·uhng
Meaning: appropriate to the occasion.
Synonyms: proper, acceptable, satisfactory, correct, decorous
Antonyms: improper, wrong, unfitting, inappropriate
Sentence: They offered him a post befitting his seniority and experience.
Synonyms: proper, acceptable, satisfactory, correct, decorous
Antonyms: improper, wrong, unfitting, inappropriate
Sentence: They offered him a post befitting his seniority and experience.
8. BELEAGUERED (ADJECTIVE): परेशान
Pronunciation:buh·lee·guhd
Meaning: in a very difficult situation.
Synonyms: troubled, hard-pressed, besieged, beset
Antonyms: carefree, unbeleaguered, relaxed, freewheeling
Sentence: Even a nun from a local convent declined the opportunity to voice support for her beleaguered religious superior.
Synonyms: troubled, hard-pressed, besieged, beset
Antonyms: carefree, unbeleaguered, relaxed, freewheeling
Sentence: Even a nun from a local convent declined the opportunity to voice support for her beleaguered religious superior.
9. RESUSCITATED (VERB): पुनर्जीवित करना
Pronunciation: ruh·suh·suh·tayt·uhd
Meaning: to bring someone or something back to life or wake someone or something.
Synonyms: revived, reborn, regenerated, recreated
Synonyms: revived, reborn, regenerated, recreated
Antonyms: suppress, extinguish, Destroy
Sentence: Her heart had stopped, but the doctors successfully resuscitated her.
10. RUDIMENTARY (ADJECTIVE): प्रारंभिक
Pronunciation: roo·duh·ment·uh·ree
Meaning: involving or limited to basic principles.
Synonyms: primitive, basic, simple, elementary
Antonyms: advanced, evolved, complex
Sentence: You need to have at least a rudimentary understanding of technology before you can upload a video on that website.
Synonyms: primitive, basic, simple, elementary
Antonyms: advanced, evolved, complex
Sentence: You need to have at least a rudimentary understanding of technology before you can upload a video on that website.
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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