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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 23 February 2021
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.ORTHODOX (adjective) – रूढ़िवादी
Pronunciation: aw·thuh·doks
Meaning: adhering to what is commonly accepted
Synonyms: conservative, traditional, observant, conformist, devout, strict
Antonyms: heterodox, unconventional
Usage: He challenged the orthodox views on education.
2.TRICKLE (verb) – टपकना
Pronunciation: tri·kl
Meaning: flow in a small stream
Synonyms: drip, dribble, flow, run, spill, ooze, leak
Antonyms: gush, stream
Usage: There was a slow trickle of water from the faucet in the bathroom.
3.PERPETUAL (adjective) – लगातार
Pronunciation: puh·peh·choo·uhl
Meaning: never ending or changing
Synonyms: everlasting, eternal, permanent, unending, endless, lasting
Antonyms: transitory, temporary, intermittent
Usage: I am a perpetual truth seeker, forever investigating life’s secrets.
4.REJOICE (verb) – प्रसन्न होना
Pronunciation: ruh·joys
Meaning: feel or show great joy or delight
Synonyms: happiness, pleasure, joy, delight, elation, cheer, jubilation
Antonyms: deplore, bewail, regret
Usage: The hometown fans are sure to rejoice when their team wins the basketball championship.
5.PARCHED (adjective) – सूखा
Pronunciation: paacht
Meaning: dried out with heat
Synonyms: dry, arid, desiccated, dehyd
6.DISHEVELED (adjective) – अस्त-व्यस्त
Pronunciation: duh·sheh·vld
Meaning: extremely disorderly
Synonyms: untidy, unkempt, scruffy, messy, disordered, disarranged, rumpled
Antonyms: tidy, neat, kempt
Usage: The wind disheveled the newspapers on the table.
7.WINDING (adjective) – घुमावदार
Pronunciation: wain·duhng
Meaning: a twisting or curving path
Synonyms: meandering, windy, twisty, bending, curving, looping, zigzag
Antonyms: direct, straight, untwisted
Usage: A winding path leads to the cave.
8.TREMENDOUS (adjective) – विशाल
Pronunciation: truh·men·duhs
Meaning: massive, huge, or giant in scope
Synonyms: huge, enormous, immense, colossal, massive, prodigious, stupendous
Antonyms: tiny, small, little
Usage: We are missing out on a tremendous opportunity.
9.OFFSHOOT (noun) – शाखा
Pronunciation: of·shoot
Meaning: a thing that develops from something else
Synonyms: subsidiary, branch, outgrowth, derivative, adjunct, appendage, descendant
Antonyms: root, source
Usage: It's an offshoot of a much larger company based in Sydney.
10.RECOUNT (verb) – वर्णन करना
Pronunciation: ri·kount
Meaning: tell someone about something
Synonyms: tell, relate, narrate, describe, portray, depict, recite
Antonyms: hide, withhold
Usage: I recounted the tale to Steve.
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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