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. INCARCERATION (noun) – क़ैद होना
Pronunciation: in-kaar-sur-eishun
Meaning: the state of being confined in prison
Synonyms: imprisonment, internment, confinement, detention
Antonym: freedom
Usage: The public would not be served by her incarceration.

2. BLOCKADE (noun) – नाकाबंदी; संरोध
Pronunciation: blok-eid
Meaning: an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving; seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
Synonyms: siege, encirclement, besiegement, barricade, barrier; close up, block off, shut off, seal
Usage: The elderly man used a mask as a blockade against the flu virus.

3. ABDUCT (verb) – अपहरण करना
Pronunciation: ub-dukt
Meaning: take (someone) away illegally by force or deception
Synonyms: kidnap, seize, capture
Usage: The kidnappers planned to abduct the millionaire’s daughter.

4. OPINE (verb) – राय होना
Pronunciation: o-pa-in
Meaning: hold and state as one's opinion
Synonyms: suggest, submit, advance, propose, venture, volunteer
Usage: I opine that it will rain before night.

5. ABDICATE (verb) – सत्ता त्यागना
Pronunciation: ab-di-keit
Meaning: renounce one's throne; fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty)
Synonyms: resign, retire, quit; disown, turn down, spurn, reject, renounce
Antonyms: be crowned, accede to; accept, take on
Usage: The king was forced to abdicate the throne.

6. NASCENT (adjective) – नई उत्पत्ति
Pronunciation: nas-unt / neis-unt
Meaning: (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential
Synonyms: budding, developing, growing, embryonic, incipient
Usage: Each of these subsystems has two nascent technologies in common.

7. CONTRACTION (noun) – सिकुड़न
Pronunciation: kun-trak-shun
Meaning: the process of becoming smaller; the process in which a muscle becomes or is made shorter and tighter; a word or group of words resulting from shortening an original form
Synonyms: shrinking, shrinkage, decrease, diminution, dwindling; tightening, tensing, flexing, constricting; abbreviation, short form, elision
Antonyms: expansion, growth; relaxation
Usage: Cold causes contraction of the metal.

8. CORE (noun) – अन्तर्भाग
Pronunciation: ko-r
Meaning: the tough central part of various fruits, containing the seeds; the part of something that is central to its existence or character; the dense central region of a planet
Synonyms: central, key, basic, fundamental; centre, interior, middle, nucleus
Antonyms: peripheral, minor
Usage:

• The pear is rotten to the core.
• The neutrons and protons form the core of the atom.

9. MIDST (preposition, noun) – बीच, मध्य
Pronunciation: midst
Meaning: in the middle of; the middle part or point
Synonyms: middle, centre, midpoint, kernel
Usage:

• She left midst the function. (preposition)
• The hut is in the midst of the forest. (noun)

10. PROLONG (verb) – लंबा करना
Pronunciation: pro-long
Meaning: extend the duration of
Synonyms: lengthen, extend, protract
Antonym: shorten
Usage: He offered her a drink to try to prolong her visit.

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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