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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 22 March 2025
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. DISSEMINATE (VERB) : प्रचार करना
Pronunciation: duh·seh·muh·nayt
Meaning: to spread information, knowledge, ideas etc. so that it reaches as many people as possible.
Synonyms: propagate, spread, circulate
Antonyms: conceal, hold, suppress
Sentence: They were created in order to better disseminate the key findings
Synonyms: propagate, spread, circulate
Antonyms: conceal, hold, suppress
Sentence: They were created in order to better disseminate the key findings
of this 3-year research project, covering 22 countries in 6 international regions.
2. SURREPTITIOUS (ADJECTIVE) : गुप्त
Pronunciation: suh·ruhp·ti·shuhs
Meaning: kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
Synonyms: clandestine, sneak, furtive
Antonyms: open, blatant, overt
Sentence: After hitting the lottery, the private family hoped to keep their surreptitious winnings to themselves.
Synonyms: clandestine, sneak, furtive
Antonyms: open, blatant, overt
Sentence: After hitting the lottery, the private family hoped to keep their surreptitious winnings to themselves.
3. INCURSION (NOUN) : घुसपैठ
Pronunciation: uhng·kuh·shn
Meaning: an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one.
Synonyms: raid on, attack on, foray into
Antonyms: retreat
Sentence: When the troops made an incursion across the border, they ruined any chance for peace between the two countries.
Synonyms: raid on, attack on, foray into
Antonyms: retreat
Sentence: When the troops made an incursion across the border, they ruined any chance for peace between the two countries.
4. PROBE (NOUN) : जांच
Pronunciation: probe
Meaning: a thorough investigation into a crime or other matter.
Synonyms: inquest, scrutiny, study
Antonyms: neglect, disregard
Sentence: A robot is being sent inside the school to probe the building for explosive devices.
Synonyms: inquest, scrutiny, study
Antonyms: neglect, disregard
Sentence: A robot is being sent inside the school to probe the building for explosive devices.
5. FANFARE (NOUN): धूमधाम
Pronunciation: fan·feuh
Meaning: media attention or elaborate ceremony; a short and lively sounding of trumpets.
Synonyms: pomp, pageantry, glitz
Antonyms: restraint, understatement, simplicity
Sentence: There is usually a great deal of fanfare involved when it comes to graduation for both high schoolers and college students.
6. FALTER (VERB) : लड़खड़ाना
Pronunciation: fawl·tuh
Meaning: lose strength or momentum; speak hesitantly.
Synonyms: waver, vacillate, stagger
Antonyms: decide, budge, plunge
Sentence: His voice began to falter at the mention of his sufferings in the old days.
7. RECESSION (NOUN) : मंदी
Pronunciation: ruh·seh·shn
Meaning: a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced.
Synonyms: slump, stagnation, downswing
Antonyms: growth, boom, recovery
Sentence: At periods the country as a whole seemed fairly prosperous, but the broad agricultural recession remained constant.
8. TRAJECTORY (NOUN) : पथ
Pronunciation: truh·jek·tuh·ree
Meaning: the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces.
Synonyms: path, route, way
Antonyms: deviation
Sentence: The one thing we are incapable of learning by imitating our friends and peers and playmates is the life trajectory that has been prepared for us.
9. SLACK (NOUN/VERB) : ढीला
Pronunciation: slak
Meaning: having or showing laziness or negligence, decrease or reduce in intensity, quantity, or speed.
Synonyms: careless, lax, negligent
Antonyms: careful, cautious, punctilious
Sentence: Those about him said that he became extraordinarily slack and physically feeble during his stay in that town.
10. QUOTIDIAN (ADJECTIVE) : दैनिक
Pronunciation: kvoh·ti·dee·uhn
Meaning: of or occurring every day , daily.
Synonyms: usual, ubiquitous, ordinary
Antonyms: extraordinary, unusual, infrequent
Sentence: Television has become part of our quotidian existence.
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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