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. VERVE (noun) – उत्साह, जोश
Pronunciation: vuhv
Meaning: vigour and spirit or enthusiasm
Synonyms: enthusiasm, vigour, energy, pep, dynamism, elan
Antonyms: dullness, inactivity, indifference, laziness, lethargy
Usage: Rosa delivered her speech with great verve.

2. OVERSIGHT (noun) – चूक; निरीक्षण
Pronunciation: over-sait
Meaning: an unintentional failure to notice or do something; the action of supervising something
Synonyms: mistake, error, fault, failure, omission, lapse, inaccuracy; supervision, surveillance, superintendence, inspection
Usage:

• Through oversight, the bill was still unpaid.
• Governmental oversight of the private operation has been regularly criticised as inadequate.

3. PERVERSITY (noun) – प्रतिकूलता
Pronunciation: pur-vur-siti
Meaning: a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way
Synonyms: awkwardness, stubbornness, obstinacy, irrationality
Usage: The perversity of the weather did some damage to the crops.

4. SIGH (verb, noun) – आह भरना; आकांक्षा
Pronunciation: sai
Meaning: emit a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness, relief, or tiredness; feel a strong desire for (someone or something lost, unattainable, or distant)
Synonyms: exhale, groan, moan, suspire; yearn, long, pine, ache, languish
Antonym: inhale, gasp, gulp
Usage:

• “Thank God!” she said with a sigh of relief.
• He sighed for childhood days.

5. ATARAXY (noun) – समवृत्ति, समभाव
Pronunciation: atur-aksi
Meaning: a state of serene calmness
Synonyms: composure, calmness, calm, self-possession, self-control
Antonym: anxiety
Usage: Meditation and other methods of practicing mindfulness will help you achieve ataraxy.

6. DAWDLE (verb) – समय नष्ट करना
Pronunciation: doh-d(u)l
Meaning: waste time; be slow; move slowly and idly in a particular direction
Synonyms: linger, dally, take one's time, drag one's feet; amble, stroll
Antonyms: hurry, speed
Usage: The boss told the workers not to dawdle over their work.

7. CODDLE (verb) – लाड़ प्यार करना
Pronunciation: kod(u)l
Meaning: treat (someone) in an overprotective way
Synonyms: pamper, cosset, mollycoddle
Antonym: neglect
Usage: I would not coddle the child.

8. SODDEN (adjective, verb) – बेहद गीला
Pronunciation: sod(u)n
Meaning: extremely wet as a result of absorbing liquid, saturate (something) with water
Synonyms: soaked, wet through, saturated, drenched
Antonyms: dry, arid
Usage:

• We arrived home completely sodden. (adjective)
• Don't sodden the tablecloth. (verb)

9. DECADENT (adjective, noun) – पतित, पतनशील
Pronunciation: dekud(u)nt
Meaning: a person or group having low moral standards; characterized by low moral standard
Synonyms: dissolute, dissipated, degenerate, corrupt, depraved, louche
Antonym: moral
Usage:

• Once the decadent politician was finally caught in the scandalous affair he was having, he was dismissed from office. (adjective)
• I spend time with those decadents to get used to their sense of fashion. (noun)

10. FRESHMAN (noun) – पहले साल का तालिब-इल्म; पूर्वस्नातक
Pronunciation: fresh-man
Meaning: a first-year student at university
Synonyms: undergraduate, newcomer, probationer, fledgling, beginner
Antonym: graduate
Usage: He is a freshman at Harvard.

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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