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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 22 May 2020
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. UPROARIOUS (adjective) – शोरगुल-भरा; हास्यजनक
Pronunciation: up-ro-ri-us
Meaning: characterized by loud noise or disturbance; provoking loud laughter; very funny
Synonyms: disorderly, tumultuous, riotous, unruly, wild, unrestrained, rip-roaring, rollicking; hilarious, comic
Antonyms: quiet, tame; solemn, unfunny
Usage:
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The festivities were so loud that, at times, the uproarious music and crowd could be heard outside of the city walls.
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Children love to watch uproarious Mr. Bean show.
2. INIQUITY (noun) – अधर्म
Pronunciation: ini-kwiti
Meaning: immoral or unfair behaviour
Synonyms: wickedness, immorality, impropriety, vice, evil, sin, villainy, criminality, crime
Antonyms: goodness, virtue
Usage: Research has revealed that he is a monster of iniquity.
3. CLIQUE (noun) – मंडली
Pronunciation: kleek
Meaning: a small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them
Synonyms: coterie, circle, group, pack, band
Usage: The club is dominated by a small clique of intellectuals.
4. EQUIP (verb) – मुहैया करना, सँवारना
Pronunciation: ikwip
Meaning: to provide a person or a place with objects that are necessary for a particular purpose; prepare (someone) mentally for a particular situation or task
Synonyms: provide, furnish, supply, issue; prepare, endow, enable, facilitate
Usage:
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All the bedrooms in this hotel are equipped with a colour TV.
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We should equip our child with a good education.
5. BOWER (noun) – कुंज
Pronunciation: baw-uh
Meaning: a pleasant shady place under trees or climbing plants in a garden or wood
Synonyms: arbour, shady place, leafy shelter, pergola
Usage: He sat under the bower to have a rest.
6. FOUNDLING (noun) – छोड़ा हुआ शिशु
Pronunciation: faund-ling
Meaning: a very young child or baby that has been abandoned by its parents and is discovered and cared for by others
Synonyms: waif, orphan, wastrel
Usage: He is a foundling and has grown up in a school for homeless boy.
7. RECLINE (verb) – झुकना, विश्राम करना
Pronunciation: ri-klain
Meaning: lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported
Synonyms: lie, lie down, lie back, lean back, rest, relax, repose, loll
Antonyms: stand, sit up
Usage: Her boss caught her reclining and relaxing in her chair.
8. CHRONOLOGICAL (adjective) – तिथिक्रमानुसार
Pronunciation: kronuh-lojik(u)l
Meaning: (of a record of events) following the order in which they occurred
Synonyms: sequential, consecutive, in order, ordered, progressive, serial
Antonym: random
Usage: We arranged the documents in chronological order.
9. GODAWFUL (adjective) – अत्यंत अप्रिय
Pronunciation: god-oful
Meaning: extremely bad or unpleasant
Synonyms: disgusting, nasty, terrible, dreadful, ghastly
Antonyms: lovely, wonderful, good, excellent
Usage: That place smelled godawful.
10. BENIGNANT (noun) – नेकदिल, सुशील
Pronunciation: bi-nig-nunt
Meaning: characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
Synonyms: kind, good-natured, gracious, benign, compassionate
Antonyms: unkind, tight-fisted
Usage: He is an old man with a benignant expression.
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.
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