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Some exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read their usages to learn how to use them in sentences. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. PLEA (verb) – दलील
Pronunciation: plee
Meaning: a request made in an urgent and emotional manner
Synonyms: appeal, entreaty, supplication, petition, payer, request
Usage: They made a desperate plea for help.
2. CUMBERSOME (adjective) – बोझिल
Pronunciation: kum-bur-sum
Meaning: large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use
Synonyms: unwieldy, unmanageable, awkward, clumsy
Antonyms: manageable, convenient
Usage: It was difficult to wear cumbersome diving suits.
3. BLIGHT (noun, verb) – नुक़सानदेह
Pronunciation: blait
Meaning: a thing that spoils or damages something; have a severely harmful effect on
Synonyms: affliction, scourge, bane, curse; ruin, wreck, spoil, disrupt
Antonym: blessing
Usage:
- Her guilty secret was a blight on her happiness. (noun)
- The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians. (verb)
4. PROBE (noun, verb) – तहक़ीक़ात, छानबीन
Pronunciation: pro-b
Meaning: a thorough investigation into a crime or other matter; physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument; seek to uncover information about someone or something
Synonyms: investigation, inquiry, examination, scrutiny, inquest; examine, explore, investigate, scrutinize
Usage:
- Fire investigators were expected to launch a probe into the cause of the blaze later today. (noun)
- A robot is being sent inside the school to probe the building for explosive devices. (verb)
- She tried to probe his mind to find out what he was thinking. (verb)
5. TOADY (adjective, verb) – चापलूस
Pronunciation: to-di
Meaning: a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them
Synonyms: sycophant, obsequious, creep, crawler, fawner, flatterer, flunkey
Antonyms: independent; defy
Usage:
- The boss doesn’t like toady employees. (adjective)
- She was always toadying to the boss, but she didn't get a promotion out of it. (verb)
6. PROACTIVE (adjective) – सक्रिय
Pronunciation: pro-ak-tiv
Meaning: (of a person or action) creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened
Synonyms: enterprising, energetic, motivated
Usage: Managers must be proactive in identifying and preventing potential problems.
7. DIDACTIC (adjective) – शिक्षाप्रद
Pronunciation: did-ak-tik / dai-dak-tik
Meaning: intended to teach
Synonyms: instructive, instructional, educational, educative, informative, informational
Usage: His novel has a didactic tone.
8. CONCEDE (verb) – मान लेना
Pronunciation: kun-seed
Meaning: admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it
Synonyms: admit, acknowledge, accept
Antonym: deny
Usage: I had to concede that I'd overreacted.
9. ALIGHT (verb) – उतरना, नीचे आना
Pronunciation: alait
Meaning: to come down from a train, bus, or other form of transport
Synonyms: get off, get down, dismount, disembark, descend
Antonyms: get on, board
Usage: They alighted from the bus.
10. QUIP (verb) – वाक्य-वाण, परिहास
Pronunciation: kwip
Meaning: a humorous and clever remark
Synonyms: joke, jest, pun, sally, banter, gag
Usage: He ended his speech with a merry quip.
Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.
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