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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 23 December 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. CORUSCATE (verb) : उज्जवल होना
Pronunciation: kaw·ruh·skayt
Meaning: (of light) flash or sparkle.
Synonyms: flash, glance, gleam
Antonyms: dim, dull
Sentence: The light was coruscating from the walls.
2. DERANGE (verb) : उन्मत्त कर देना
Pronunciation: duh·raynj
Meaning: cause (someone) to become insane.
Synonyms: demented, unhinge
Antonyms: relax, soothe, tranquilize
Sentence: Being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone.
3. IDYLL (noun) : सुखद जीवन
Pronunciation: i·dl
Meaning: an extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque episode or scene, typically an idealized or unsustainable one.
Synonyms: wonderful time, moment of bliss, heaven
Antonyms: hell, dystopia, torture
Sentence: His year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that he had expected it to be.
4. EVOCATIVE (adj.) : विचारोत्तेजक
Pronunciation: uh·vawk·uht·uhv
Meaning: bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.
Synonyms: reminiscent, suggestive, redolent
Antonym: unreminiscent
Sentence: Those old toys are evocative of my childhood.
5. ABRIDGE (verb) : संक्षेप करना
Pronunciation: uh·brij
Meaning: shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense.
Synonyms: shorten, cut, cut short
Antonyms: elongate, extend, lengthen
Sentence: The introduction is abridged from the author’s afterword to the novel.
6. APOCRYPHAL (adj.) : शंकायुक्त
Pronunciation: uh·paw·kruh·fl
Meaning: (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
Synonyms: fictitious, made-up, untrue
Antonyms: real, factual, literal
Sentence: Most of the stories about him are apocryphal.
7. TOIL (noun) : कठिन परिश्रम
Pronunciation: toyl
Meaning: work extremely hard or incessantly.
Synonyms: work hard, labor, drudgery
Antonyms: relax, repose, rest
Sentence: If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
8. CONDUIT (noun) : पाइपलाइन
Pronunciation: kawn·dyoo·uht
Meaning: a channel for conveying water or other fluid.
Synonyms: channel, duct, pipe
Antonyms: closure, denial, refusal
Sentence: This is the major conduit for carrying water to the military base
9. KNAVERY (noun) : धूर्तता
Pronunciation: knavery
Meaning: a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
Synonyms: roguery, waggery, frolic
Antonyms: seriousness, solemnity, gravity
Sentence: Knavery may serve for a turn, but honesty is in the long run.
10. EXIGENCY (noun) : ज़रूरत
Pronunciation: ek·suh·juhns·ee
Meaning: an urgent need or demand.
Synonyms: need, demand, requirement
Antonyms: noncritical, minor, incidental
Sentence: Women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it.
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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