Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 22 June 2020

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Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and usage. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.

1. FIGMENT (noun) – मनगढ़ंत, काल्पनिक
Pronunciation: fig-munt
Meaning: a thing that someone believes to be real but that exists only in their imagination
Synonyms: invention, production, creation, concoction, fabrication, hallucination, illusion
Usage: Doctor suggested that the pain was a figment of my imagination.

2. AMPUTATE (verb) – अंग काट डालना
Pronunciation: am-pyu-teit
Meaning: cut off (an arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing) by surgical operation
Synonyms: cut off, sever, dock, cleave, separate, part, detach
Usage: Her arm is so badly injured that doctors have decided to amputate it.

3. DISABUSE (verb) – भ्रम निवारण करना
Pronunciation: dis-abyooz
Meaning: tell someone that what they believe is actually untrue
Synonyms: disillusion, undeceive, correct, enlighten
Usage: I hope to disabuse you of the belief that all employees are lazy.

4. PUMMEL (verb) – एक के बाद एक घूँसा मारना
Pronunciation: pum(u)l
Meaning: to hit someone repeatedly with the fists; criticize severely
Synonyms: batter, pound, belabour, drub, hammer, punch; condemn, censure, criticize, castigate
Usage:
• Every boxer wants to pummel their opponent in the ring.
• For the content of his novels, he has been pummelled by the reviewers.

5. BAMBOOZLE (verb) – धोखा देना; छल करना
Pronunciation: bam-boo-z(u)l
Meaning: cheat or fool
Synonyms: trick, deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, defraud, swindle, outwit
Usage: The waiter tried to bamboozle me into giving him extra money.

6. PRATTLE (verb, noun) – गपशप करना; बकबक करना
Pronunciation: pra-t(u)l
Meaning: talk at length in a foolish or not important way
Synonyms: chatter, babble, prate, blather, blether, ramble, gabble, jabber
Usage:
• I don't like the people who prattle. (verb)
• I always avoid prattle. (noun)

7. DEPRAVED (adjective) – भ्रष्ट, दुष्ट
Pronunciation: di-prei-vd
Meaning: morally corrupt
Synonyms: corrupted, perverted, deviant, degenerate, debased, degraded, immoral, unprincipled, reprobate
Antonyms: virtuous, moral
Usage: She was shocked at her own depraved behavior.

8. ASININE (adjective) – अत्यंत मूर्ख
Pronunciation: asi-nain
Meaning: extremely stupid or foolish
Synonyms: pointless, brainless, mindless, senseless, doltish, idiotic
Antonym: intelligent
Usage: Lydia ignored his asinine comment.

9. PERPETUATE (verb) – अविरत बनाना
Pronunciation: puh-pechyu-eit
Meaning: make something continue indefinitely
Synonyms: keep going, preserve, conserve, sustain, maintain, continue, extend
Usage: Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.

10. ASCENDANT (adjective) – प्रबल होना
Pronunciation: us-end(u)nt
Meaning: rising in power or influence
Synonyms: up-and-coming, on the rise, growing, increasing
Antonym: declining
Usage: He's very much in the ascendant in Hollywood.

Now, choose any 2 or 3 words and try to use them in your own sentences, this way you can retain the learnt words in your memory for long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section.