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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 23 August 2023
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. PERNICIOUS (adj.) : हानिकारक
Pronunciation: puh·ni·shuhs
Meaning: having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
Synonyms: harmful, damaging, destructive
Antonyms: anodyne, benign, harmless
Sentence: The business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.
2. FEISTY (adj.) : लड़ाकू
Pronunciation: fai·stee
Meaning: feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
Synonyms: aggressive, agonistic, argumentative
Antonyms: nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific
Sentence: He’s a pretty feisty kid, isn’t he?
3. ERUDITION (noun) : पांडित्य
Pronunciation: eh·ru·di·shn
Meaning: the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship.
Synonyms: learning, scholarship, knowledge
Antonyms: ignorance, illiteracy, illiterateness
Sentence: His erudition was apparently endless.
4. ASSEVERATION (noun) : दृढ़ वचन
Pronunciation: uh·seh·vuh·ray·shn
Meaning: the solemn or emphatic declaration or statement of something.
Synonyms: affirmation, assertion, avouchment
Antonyms: disavowal, contradiction, denial
Sentence: You can forget the asseveration of past but want to remember own of sincerely.
5. COMMENSURATE (adj.) : अनुरूप
Pronunciation: kuh·men·suh·ruht
Meaning: corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.
Synonyms: equivalent, equal, corresponding
Antonym: disproportionate
Sentence: Six yards is commensurate with eighteen feet.
6. SCROUNGE (verb) : प्राप्त करना
Pronunciation: skrawnj
Meaning: to get with great difficulty
Synonyms: earn, procure, wrest
Antonyms: ebb, arrive, malfunction
Sentence: I managed to scrounge some money off my dad.
7. PREEMINENCE (noun) : प्रमुखता
Pronunciation: pree·eh·muh·nuhns
Meaning: the fact of surpassing all others; superiority.
Synonyms: excellency, superiority, eminence
Antonyms: inferiority, mediocrity, worthlessness
Sentence: No one doubt the preeminence of my father in financial matter.
8. GROUSE (verb) : बड़बड़ाना
Pronunciation: graws
Meaning: complain pettily; grumble.
Synonyms: grumble, complain, moan
Antonyms: commendation, compliment, plaudit
Sentence: She heard him grousing about his assistant.
9. APPROPRIACY (noun) : उपयुक्तता
Pronunciation: appropriacy
Meaning: the quality of being suitable or proper in the circumstances.
Synonyms: suitable, proper, acceptable
Antonyms: inappropriate, improper, unsuitable
Sentence: Teachers aim to assess the appropriacy of the language used by their students in particular contexts.
10. PEREGRINATION (noun) : सफ़र
Pronunciation: peh·ruh·gruhn·ay·shn
Meaning: a journey, especially a long or meandering one.
Synonyms: travels, voyages, journey
Antonyms: remain, stay
Sentence: His peregrinations took him to India.
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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