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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 20 April 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.COMPENSATE (verb) - क्षतिपूर्ति करना
Pronunciation: kom·puhn·seit
Meaning: to give a form of payment for a good or service or as a means of making up for a misdeed
Synonyms: recompense, repay, reimburse, atone, indemnify
Antonyms: penalize, deprive, damage
Usage: To avoid jail time, the young man had to compensate his neighbor for the destruction of his fence by personally building a new border.
2.COLLABORATION (noun) - सहकार्यता
Pronunciation: kuh·la·buh·rei·shn
Meaning: the action of working with someone to produce something
Synonyms: cooperation, alliance, partnership, participation, combination
Antonym: resistance
Usage: The two playwrights worked in close collaboration on the script.
3.COMPENDIUM (noun) - संग्रह
Pronunciation: kuhm·pen·dee·uhm
Meaning: a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication
Synonyms: collection, compilation, anthology, treasury
Antonym: unabridgement
Usage: Jenna is in charge of editing the compendium of creativity that comprises the arts section of the newspaper.
4.UNTOWARD (adjective) - प्रतिकूल
Pronunciation: uhn·tuh·wawd
Meaning: unexpected and inappropriate
Synonyms: inappropriate, unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, unpredicted
Antonyms: expected, timely, appropriate
Usage: The animals did not show any untoward effect during the trial and post trial phases.
5.TREMBLE (verb) - कांपना
Pronunciation: trem·bl
Meaning: shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty
Synonyms: shake, quiver, twitch, palpitate, quaver, waver, tremor
Antonyms: steady, stabilize, calm
Usage: Isabella was trembling with excitement.
6.ENCOMPASS (verb) – सम्मिलित करना
Pronunciation: uhn·kuhm·puhs
Meaning: to include or contain
Synonyms: include, contain, comprise, embrace, incorporate
Antonyms: exclude, remove, evict
Usage:Our trip around the world will encompass all of the places we have always wanted to visit.
7.CANDOR (noun) – स्पष्टवादिता, निष्कपटता
Pronunciation: kan·der
Meaning: the quality of being open and honest
Synonyms: frankness, openness, honesty, sincerity, forthrightness, directness
Antonyms: deceit, dishonesty, unfairness
Usage: She spoke with remarkable candor about her experiences.
8.HURTLE (verb) – जल्दी चलना
Pronunciation: huh·tl
Meaning: move at a rapid pace in a wild manner
Synonyms: speed, rush, race, chase, bolt
Antonyms: dawdle, amble, laze
Usage: His motorboat hurtled along the river.
9.EXOTIC (adjective) – विदेशी
Pronunciation: uhg·zo·tuhk
Meaning: originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country
Synonyms: foreign, tropical, alien, imported, introduced, faraway
Antonyms: native, nearby
Usage: If you would like to buy exotic spices, you need to go to an international market.
10.MUNIFICENT (adjective) – उदार
Pronunciation: myoo·ni·fuh·snt
Meaning: characterized by or displaying great generosity
Synonyms: generous, bountiful, magnanimous, philanthropic, princely, charitable
Antonyms: mean, miserly
Usage: The munificent man is a well-known philanthropist who funds many university scholarships.
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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