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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words with Meanings: 19th May 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. WOEBEGONE (ADJECTIVE):दुखी
Pronunciation: voh·buh·gawn
Meaning: Feeling unhappiness.
Synonyms: sad, unhappy, depressed
Antonyms: cheerful, joyous, joyful
Sentence: She sniffed and looked woebegone.
2. ELABORATION (NOUN):विस्तार
Pronunciation: uh·la·buh·ray·shn
Meaning: The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.
Synonyms: evolution, development, progress
Antonyms: regression, reversion, retrogression
Sentence: His work led to the elaboration of a theory of evolution.
3. OBSCURING (VERB):अस्पष्ट
Pronunciation: uhb·skyoh·ruhng
Meaning: to keep secret or shut off from view.
Synonyms: concealing, hiding, covering
Antonyms: showing, revealing, exposing
Sentence: The investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else.
4. FAMISHED (ADJECTIVE):भूखा
Pronunciation: fa·muhsht
Meaning: Feeling a desire or need for food.
Synonyms: hungry, starving, starved
Antonyms:satisfied, sated, satiated
Sentence: I was famished, having had no food or sleep for thirty hours.
5. DISCERNING (ADJECTIVE):समझदार
Pronunciation: duh·suhn·uhng
Meaning: Having or showing deep understanding and intelligent application of knowledge.
Synonyms: wise, prudent, insightful
Antonyms: unwise, dense, obtuse
Sentence: She is a very discerning art critic.
6. DEVIANCE (NOUN):विचलन
Pronunciation: dee·vee·uhns
Meaning: The fact or state of departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior.
Synonyms: divergence, discrepancy, disparity
Antonyms: community, similarity, identity
Sentence: Normal is the average of deviance.
7. COALESCE (VERB):एकत्रित होना
Pronunciation: koh·uh·les
Meaning: To come together to form a single unit.
Synonyms: combine, unite, connect
Antonyms: split, separate, section
Sentence: Cities, if unrestricted, tend to coalesce into bigger and bigger conurbations.
8. CLEAVE (VERB):चिपकना
Pronunciation: KLEEV
Meaning: To hold to something firmly as if by adhesion.
Synonyms: adhere, cling, stick
Antonyms: fall, loosen, drop
Sentence: Rose’s mouth was dry, her tongue cleaving to the roof of her mouth.
9. ASTHENIA (NOUN):शक्तिहीनता
Pronunciation: uh-THEE-nee-uh
Meaning: The quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor.
Synonyms: weakness, fatigue, exhaustion
Antonyms: strength, vigor, hardiness
Sentence: Headache, nausea, fever, and asthenia are side effects of the drug.
10. LASSITUDE (NOUN):थकान
Pronunciation: LASS-ih-tood
Meaning: A complete depletion of energy or strength.
Synonyms: exhaustion, fatigue, weariness
Antonyms: vigor, refreshment, energy
Sentence: Symptoms of anaemia include general fatigue and lassitude.
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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