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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 23 June 2025
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. DEFY (VERB): अवहेलना करना
Pronunciation: duh·fai
Meaning: openly resist or refuse to obey.
Synonyms: resist, withstand, confront
Antonyms: obey, follow, comply (with)
Sentence: I wouldn’t have dared to defy my teachers.
2. FRENZY (NOUN): उन्माद
Pronunciation: fren·zee
Meaning: a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior.
Synonyms: hysteria, madness, mania
Antonyms: calm, peace, composure
Sentence: The mental patient was known to go into a frenzy if he didn’t get his snack on time.
3.CAMOUFLAGE (NOUN/VERB): छलावरण
Pronunciation: ka.muh.flaaj
Meaning: the act of disguising or concealing something or oneself to blend with the surroundings or deceive others.
Synonyms: Disguise, Concealment, Masking
Antonyms: Revelation, Exposure, Unmasking
Sentence: He dressed in green camouflage which did the job at the time.
4. CLAIRVOYANT (NOUN): भेदक
Pronunciation: kleuh·voy·uhnt
Meaning: a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal.
Synonyms: sixth sense, foreknowledge, second sight
Antonyms: ignorance, inconsideration
Antonyms: ignorance, inconsideration
Sentence: One does not need to be clairvoyant to realize my school’s basketball team is going to win the state championship.
5. PROLIFERATION (NOUN): प्रसार
Pronunciation: pruh·li·fuh·ray·shn
Meaning: the fact of something increasing a lot and suddenly in number or amount.
Synonyms: increase, addition, boost
Antonyms: reduction, depletion, decrease
Antonyms: reduction, depletion, decrease
Sentence: The doctor explained that the proliferation of the cancer cells shows that the cancer is spreading more rapidly than expected.
6. SURMISE (VERB): अंदाजा लगाना
Pronunciation: sur·mise
Meaning: suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
Synonyms: guess, conjecture, supposition
Antonyms: ascertain, determine, find out
Sentence: He surmised that something must be wrong.
7. BEGUILE (ADJECTIVE): छलना
Pronunciation: buh·gile
Meaning: to persuade, attract, or interest someone, sometimes in order to deceive them.
Synonyms: fascinate, enchant, captivate
Antonyms: unappealing, repel, weary
Sentence: Games are usually used to beguile small children.
8. REMINISCE (VERB): याद दिलाना
Pronunciation: reh·muh·nis
Meaning: to talk or write about past experiences that you remember with pleasure.
Synonyms: remember, recollect, recall
Antonyms: forget, ignore, neglect
Sentence: My grandfather used to reminisce about his years in the navy.
9. SPURT (NOUN/VERB): उछाल
Pronunciation: spuht
Meaning: a sudden burst or surge of something; to gush or flow forcefully and suddenly.
Synonyms: Burst, Surge, Jet
Antonyms: Slow, Dwindle, calm
Sentence: The company experienced a spurt of growth in sales last quarter.
10. DEFLATION (NOUN): अपस्फीति
Pronunciation: duh·flay·shn
Meaning: a general decline in prices for goods and services.
Synonyms: Reduction, Decline, Slump
Synonyms: Reduction, Decline, Slump
Antonyms: Inflation, Growth, Rise
Sentence: The central bank implemented measures to combat deflation and stimulate economic growth.
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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