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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 23 April 2024
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.BALMY (adj.) : शान्तिदायक
Pronunciation: balm·y
Meaning: (of the weather) pleasantly warm.
Synonyms: calm, tranquil, gentle
Antonyms: harsh, wintry
Sentence: It is easy to be blinded by the brilliance of that balmy Melbourne night.
2.OBLIVION (noun) : विस्मरण
Pronunciation: uh·bli·vee·uhn
Meaning: the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.
Synonyms: unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor
Antonyms: consciousness, awareness
Sentence: Alcoholics often suffer from periods of oblivion.
3.MORPH (verb) : परिवर्तन
Pronunciation: mawf
Meaning: to take on a different shape, appearance, or state
Synonyms: transform, change, transfigure
Antonyms: maintain, stagnate, keep
Sentence: When it emerged from its chrysalis, the caterpillar had morphed into a striking butterfly.
4.ENVISION (verb) : कल्पना करना
Pronunciation: uhn·vi·zhn
Meaning: imagine as a future possibility; visualize.
Synonyms: visualize, imagine, envisage
Antonyms: disregard, ignore, look away
Sentence: They didn’t envision any problems with the new building.
5.SURREPTITIOUS (adj.) : छल से किया हुआ
Pronunciation: suh·ruhp·ti·shuhs
Meaning: kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
Synonyms: secret, stealthy, clandestine
Antonyms: overt, public, open
Sentence: She carried out a surreptitious search of his belongings.
6.PERENNIALLY (adv.) : निरंतर
Pronunciation: puh·reh·nee·uhl·ee
Meaning: in a way that continues for a long or apparently infinite time; permanently.
Synonyms: long, enduringly, perpetually
Antonyms: never, once, nevermore
Sentence: Both services are perennially short of staff.
7.GALE (noun) : आंधी
Pronunciation: gale
Meaning: a very strong wind.
Synonyms: storm, hurricane, windstorm
Antonyms : calm
Sentence: It was blowing a gale outside.
8.LINEAGE (noun) : वंशावली
Pronunciation: li·nee·uhj
Meaning: lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.
Synonyms: ancestry, parentage, pedigree
Antonyms: progeny, seed
Sentence: She’s very proud of her ancient royal lineage.
9.THEREIN (adv.) : यहां
Pronunciation: dheuh·rin
Meaning: in that place, document, or respect.
Synonyms: here, hither, there
Antonyms: out, after all
Sentence: It shall be sufficient evidence of the facts therein contained.
10.HELTER-SKELTER (adj.): अस्त व्यस्त
Pronunciation: helter-skelter
Meaning: acting or done with excessive or careless speed
Synonyms: hurried, rushed, hasty
Antonyms: unhurried, deliberate, unrushed
Sentence: They ran away helter-skelter, but the police gained ground upon them.
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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