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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 23 April 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.
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1. STERLING (adjective) – उत्कृष्ट, अत्युत्तम
Pronunciation: stuh-ling
Meaning: (of a person or their work or qualities) excellent or valuable
Synonyms: excellent, first-rate, first-class, exceptional, outstanding, splendid
Antonyms: poor, unexceptional
Usage: Ella has done some sterling work.
2. FRAUGHT (adjective) – तनाव से भरा; चिंता प्रदान करने वाला
Pronunciation: frot
Meaning: (of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable); causing or affected by anxiety or stress
Synonyms: anxious, worried, upset, distraught, agitated, distressed
Antonym: calm
Usage:
- Marketing any new product is fraught with danger.
- Their marriage has been fraught with difficulties.
3. RAUCOUS (adjective) – कर्कश, अमिल
Pronunciation: rokus
Meaning: making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise
Synonyms: strident, screeching, squawky, squawking, sharp, grating, discordant, dissonant
Antonyms: soft, dulcet, peaceful, restrained
Usage: The party was becoming rather raucous.
4. ENERVATE (verb) – थकाना, कमज़ोर बनाना
Pronunciation: enuh-veit
Meaning: make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality
Synonyms: exhaust, tire, fatigue, weary, wear out, devitalize, drain
Antonym: invigorate, energize, strengthen
Usage: The wolf's plan of attack was to enervate the buffalo and kill it.
5. INVINCIBILITY (noun) – अपराजेयता
Pronunciation: in-vinsi-biliti
Meaning: the quality of being too powerful to be defeated or overcome
Synonyms: indomitability, invulnerability
Antonym: vulnerability
Usage: People love the comic book hero because of his invincibility against monstrous creatures of the alien world.
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6. FEVERED (adjective) – विह्वल; उन्मत्त
Pronunciation: fee-vud
Meaning: having or showing the symptoms associated with a dangerously high temperature; feeling or displaying an excessive degree of nervous excitement, agitation, or energy
Synonyms: feverish, febrile; excited, agitated, frenzied, overwrought, frantic
Usage:
- She cooled her child's fevered brow.
- These stories are product of her fevered imagination.
7. SCUPPER (verb) – उजाड़ना, कुचल डालना, बर्बाद करना
Pronunciation: skup-uh
Meaning: prevent from working or succeeding
Synonyms: ruin, wreck, destroy, devastate
Antonyms: further, promote
Usage: Officials blamed a Western conspiracy to scupper the deal.
8. MANHANDLE (verb) – हाथों से सरकाना; मारना-पीटना
Pronunciation: man-han-d(u)l
Meaning: move (a heavy object) by hand with great effort; handle (someone) roughly by dragging or pushing
Synonyms: haul, push, shove, tug, drag; jostle, shove, hustle
Usage:
- They were trying to manhandle an old sofa across the road.
- They were manhandled in that strange country.
9. BELLIGERENCE (noun) – झगड़ालू, गुस्सैल
Pronunciation: buh-lij(u)r(u)ns
Meaning: aggressive or warlike behaviour
Synonym: ready to fight
Antonyms: amenity, benignity, civility
Usage: Her increasing belligerence alienated her from her old friends.
10. POLEMIC (noun) – विवादात्मक
Pronunciation: puh-lemik
Meaning: a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
Synonyms: critical, hostile, bitter, polemical, virulent, vitriolic
Usage: Her speech was memorable for its polemic.
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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