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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 22 September 2022
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. DILETTANTE (noun) : शौक़ीन
Pronunciation: di·luh·tan·te
Meaning: a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
Synonyms: dabbler, trifler, tinkerer
Antonyms: able, accomplished, capable
Sentence: I’m too serious to be a dilettante and too much a dabbler to be a professional.
2. BLATHER (verb) : बकवास करना
Pronunciation: bla·dhuh
Meaning: talk long-windedly without making very much sense.
Synonyms: prattle, babble, chatter
Antonyms: calm, peace, quiet
Sentence: He’ll just blather about the subject for hours once he gets started.
3. GRAVEST (adj.) : सबसे गंभीर
Pronunciation: grayv·uhs
Meaning: giving cause for alarm; serious.
Synonyms: serious, important, profound
Antonyms: light, unserious, frivolous
Sentence: That is the gravest problem of all.
4. RUSE (noun) : चाल
Pronunciation: rooz
Meaning: an action intended to deceive someone; a trick.
Synonyms: ploy, stratagem, tactic
Antonyms: frankness, honesty, openness
Sentence: It is now clear that this was a ruse to divide them.
5. PROPHECY (noun) : भविष्यवाणी
Pronunciation: praw·fuh·see
Meaning: a prediction.
Synonyms: prediction, forecast, prognostication
Antonym: incapacity
Sentence: Macbeth believed the witches’ prophecy about his future.
6. RUE (verb) : पछताना
Pronunciation: roo
Meaning: bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen).
Synonyms: regret, be sorry about, feel remorse for
Antonyms: impenitence, remorselessness
Sentence: I rue the day I agreed to this stupid plan
7. ASPERSE (verb) : कलंक लगाना
Pronunciation: uh·spuhs
Meaning: attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of.
Synonyms: disparage, denigrate, defame
Antonyms: glorify, honor, acclaim
Sentence: Politicians are well known for their willingness to asperse their opponents.
8. COMPLACENT (adj.) : आत्मसंतुष्ट
Pronunciation: kuhm·play·snt
Meaning: showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.
Synonyms: smug, self-satisfied, pleased with oneself
Antonyms: uncomplacent, self-distrustful, self-doubting
Sentence: The winner’s complacent smile annoyed some people.
9. ARRANT (adj.) : पूर्ण
Pronunciation: a·ruhnt
Meaning: complete, utter.
Synonyms: utter, complete, thorough
Antonyms: uncertain, dubious
Sentence: Most of his theories are arrant nonsense.
10. INTERREGNUM (noun) : दो शासनों के बीच का काल
Pronunciation: in·tuh·reg·nuhm
Meaning: a period when the normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes.
Synonyms: discontinuity, adjournment, suspension
Antonyms: continuation, continuity
Sentence: The democratic regime proved to be a short-lived interregnum between dictatorships.
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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