Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 21 September 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 usages. 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. Entice (verb) – लुभाने
Pronunciation: uhn·tise
Meaning: attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
Synonyms: tempt, allure, lure
Antonyms: alert, caution, forewarn
usage: A show that should entice a new audience into the theatre.
2. Bribery (noun) – रिश्वत
Pronunciation: bribe·uh·ree
Meaning: the giving or offering of a bribe.
Synonyms: corruption, subornation, payola
Antonyms: hindrance, loss, penalty
usage: Ministers have dismissed the rumors of a bribery scandal as nonsense.
3. Protract (verb) – फैलना
Pronunciation: pruh·trakt
Meaning: to make longer
Synonyms: prolong, extend, stretch out
Antonyms: abridge, reduce, shorten
usage: Let’s not protract the debate any further.
4. Hegemony (noun) – नायकत्व
Pronunciation: huh·geh·muh·nee
Meaning: leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.
Synonyms: leadership, dominance, supremacy
Antonyms: impotency, powerlessness
usage: Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.
5.Smirch (verb) – मैला करना
Pronunciation: smuhch
Meaning: make (something) dirty
Synonyms: contaminate, defile, pollute
Antonyms: clean, freshen, renew
usage: Their clothes were smirched by dust from the trail.
6. Naive (adj) – अनाड़ी
Pronunciation: nai·eev
Meaning: (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
Synonyms: childish, immature, inexperienced
Antonyms: cosmopolitan, experienced, sophisticated
usage: The rather naive young man had been totally misled.
7. Supple (adj) – लचीला
Pronunciation: suh·pl
Meaning: bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
Synonyms: lithe, limber, nimble
Antonyms: inflexible, rigid, stiff
usage: The gloves were made of very supple leather.
8. Extricate (verb) – समाधान करना
Pronunciation: ek·struh·kayt
Meaning: free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.
Synonyms: extract, free, release
Antonyms: embroil, entangle
usage: He was trying to extricate himself from official duties.
9. Laggard (noun) – सुस्त
Pronunciation: lag·uhd
Meaning: a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.
Synonyms: straggler, loiterer, sluggard
Antonyms: expeditious, scrambler
usage: Bhutan has been a laggard in securing alternative energy resources overseas.
10. Hubris (noun) – अभिमान
Pronunciation: hyoo·bruhs
Meaning: excessive pride or self-confidence.
Synonyms: arrogance, conceit, conceitedness
Antonyms: humbleness, humility, modesty
usage: The self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s.
Now choose any 2 or 3 words, try to use them in your own usages and share your usages in the comment section. This will help you to retain the learnt words for a longer duration.
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