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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 20 June 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.ATAVISTIC (adj.): पैतृक
Pronunciation: a·tuh·vi·stuhk
Meaning: relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.
Synonyms: bygone, erstwhile, former
Antonyms: contemporary, current, modern
Sentence: It would be wrong to interpret them as atavistic remnants.
2.MUSINGS (noun): चिंतन
Pronunciation: myoo·zuhngz
Meaning: a period of reflection or thought.
Synonyms: meditation, thinking, contemplation
Antonyms: tactlessness, unthoughtfulness, thoughtful
Sentence: His musings were interrupted by the sound of the telephone.
3.ACOLYTES (noun): अनुयायी
Pronunciation: a·kuh·lites
Meaning: one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
Synonyms: adherents, converts, disciples
Antonyms: defectors, renegades, traitors
Sentence: He is flanked by his two acolytes, Asanga and his brother, Vasubandhu.
4.ETHNICITY (noun): जातीयता
Pronunciation: eth·nuh·suh·tee
Meaning: the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.
Synonyms: clan, nation
Antonyms: rightness, unpleasantness, nonracial
Sentence: Ethnicity has a strong influence on community status relations.
5.ENTREATY (noun): विनती
Pronunciation: uhn·treet·ee
Meaning: an earnest or humble request.
Synonyms: appeal, request, petition
Antonyms: demagogy, request, appeal, supplication
Sentence: The king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties.
6.AGGRANDIZE (verb): वृद्धि करना
Pronunciation: ag·gran·dize
Meaning: increase the power, status, or wealth.
Synonyms: deify, dignify, elevate
Antonyms: abate, decrease, diminish
Sentence: The dictator sought to aggrandize himself with new conquests.
7.ALLEGIANCE (noun): निष्ठा
Pronunciation: uh·lee·jns
Meaning: loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause.
Synonyms: loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity
Antonyms: disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness
Sentence: FBI demands its employees’ absolute allegiance to this bureau.
8.BEREAVE (verb): वंचित करना
Pronunciation: buh·reev
Meaning: be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence, especially due to the loved one’s death.
Synonyms: deprive, dispossess, strip
Antonyms: cheerful, glad, happy
Sentence: The plane crash bereaved her of her husband.
9.ABSTRUSE (adj.): अव्यक्त
Pronunciation: uhb·stroos
Meaning: difficult to understand; obscure.
Synonyms: obscure, arcane, esoteric
Antonyms: easy, facile, simple
Sentence: Einstein’s theory of relativity is very abstruse.
10.EMBEZZLE (verb): हड़प लेना
Pronunciation: uhm·beh·zl
Meaning: steal or misappropriate (money placed in one’s trust or belonging to the organization for which one works).
Synonyms: steal, rob, pilfer
Antonyms: compensate, give, pay
Sentence: He embezzled thousands of dollars from the charity.
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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