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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words with Meanings: 20th February 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. HACKNEYED (ADJECTIVE): साधारण
Pronunciation: hak·need
Meaning: (of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite.
Synonyms: cliche, stereotyped, overused
Antonyms: original, new, fresh
Sentence: The plot of the film is just a hackneyed boy-meets-girl scenario.
2. INIMITABLE (ADJECTIVE): अनोखी
Pronunciation: uhn·i·muh·tuh·bl
Meaning: so good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique.
Synonyms: unique, distinctive, individual
Antonyms: usual, familiar, common
Sentence: He entertained us in his own inimitable style.
3. OPINE (VERB): विचारना
Pronunciation: uh·pine
Meaning: to make a statement of one’s opinion.
Synonyms: comment, remark, note
Sentence: The headmistress opined that the trip would make a nice change.
4. DISPUTATIOUS (ADJECTIVE): क्रोधी
Pronunciation: di·spyoot·ay·shuhs
Meaning: feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Synonyms: aggressive, contentious, quarrelsome
Antonyms: peaceable, nonaggressive, amiable
Sentence: A long history of little wars waged by the disputatious countries occupying that European peninsula.
5. PRESAGE (NOUN): आभास
Pronunciation: preh·suhj
Meaning: a feeling that something bad will happen
Synonyms: presentiment, suspicion, foreboding
Antonyms: doom , contraindicate , sureness.
Sentence: Those black clouds presage a storm.
6. CANARD (NOUN): बेबुनियाद बात
Pronunciation: ka·naad
Meaning: an unfounded rumor or story.
Synonyms: tale, story, whisper
Antonyms: fact , verity , truth
Sentence: It’s a popular canard that the actress died under scandalous circumstances.
7. GET-GO (NOUN): शुरुआत से
Pronunciation: get-go
Meaning: the point at which something begins.
Synonyms: beginning, start, outset
Antonyms: end, conclusion, completion
Sentence: Harry’s been involved in the project from the get-go.
8. RECREATIONAL (ADJECTIVE): मनोरंजन
Pronunciation: ree·kree·ay·shuhn·uhl
Meaning: as in comic.
Synonyms: entertaining, humorous, fun
Antonyms: uninteresting, boring, pedestrian
Sentence: Lucien was never invited to participate in recreational activities.
9. INEFFABLE (ADJECTIVE): अवर्णनीय
Pronunciation: uh·neh·fuh·bl
Meaning: too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
Synonyms: inexpressible, indescribable, beyond words
Antonyms: definable, expressible, conceivable
Sentence: The beauty of a sunset is ineffable.
10. PERSPICACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): कुशाग्र बुद्धि
Pronunciation: puh·spuh·kay·shuhs
Meaning: having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
Synonyms: shrewd, wise, astute
Antonyms: foolish, feebleminded, silly
Sentence: He was perspicacious enough to realize that things were soon going to change.
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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