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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 23 May 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.Legitimate (adj) - वैध
Pronunciation: li-jit-uh-muht
Meaning: fair and reasonable, conforming to the law or to rules.
Synonyms: lawful, legal, justifiable, warrantable, constitutional
Antonyms: evil, immoral, iniquitous, reprobate
Usage: It is a legitimate question that deserves a carefully reasoned answer.
Pronunciation: li-jit-uh-muht
Meaning: fair and reasonable, conforming to the law or to rules.
Synonyms: lawful, legal, justifiable, warrantable, constitutional
Antonyms: evil, immoral, iniquitous, reprobate
Usage: It is a legitimate question that deserves a carefully reasoned answer.
2.Backlash (noun) : प्रतिक्रिया
Pronunciation: bak•lash
Meaning: a sudden and adverse reaction
Synonyms: kickback, answer, reaction, reply, take, counteraction
Antonyms: cause, question, retreat, open
Usage: Figures released later are expected to spark a furious backlash against the system.
3.Exodus (noun) - प्रस्थान
Pronunciation: ek•suh•duhs
Meaning: a mass departure of people
Synonyms: gush, outflow, outpour, outpouring, reflow, reflux
Antonyms: inundation, overflow, spate, torrent
Usage: The reason for their exodus remained open to speculation.
4.Leverage (verb) - लाभ उठाने
Pronunciation: lee•vuh•ruhj
Meaning: use ( something) to maximum advantage
Synonyms: authority, clout, credit, eminence, importance
Antonyms: helplessness, impotence, impotency, powerlessness, weakness
Usage: Learn how to leverage the medium's strengths and minimize its weaknesses.
5.Pertinent (adj) - उचित
Pronunciation: lee•vuh•ruhj
Meaning: relevant or applicable to a particular matter
Synonyms: applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, significant, sensible, useful
Antonyms: insignificant, little, minor, negligible
Usage: After he returned my phone, he wrote down all our names and pertinent information.
6.Fitful (adj) - चंचल
Pronunciation: fit•ful
Meaning: occurring in a random way
Synonyms: aperiodic, casual, catchy, disconnected, fragmentary
Antonyms: unchanging, unvarying, unwavering, habitual, periodic, regular
Usage: When the guns began, their fire was fitful, uncertain, blind, and they were too late.
7.Deferment (noun) - मोहलत
Pronunciation: duh•fuh•muhnt
Meaning: the act of delaying something until a later time
Synonyms: deferral, postponement, delay, detainment, detention,
Antonyms: haste, rush, dispatch, promptitude, promptness
Usage: Deferment is also in effect while you are still enrolled in college.
8.Inoculated (verb) - टीका लगाना
Pronunciation: i•naw•kyoo•lei•tuhd
Meaning: treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
Synonyms: imbued, inculcated, infused, implanted, instilled, planted
Antonyms: deprived, divested, stripped, cleared, emptied
Usage: The tubes, after being inoculated, are kept at the temperature of the body until growth appears.
9.Hapless (adj)- अभागी
Pronunciation: hap•luhs
Meaning: (especially of a person) unfortunate.
Synonyms: cursed, luckless, doomed, unfavourable, catastrophic
Antonyms: fortunate, blessed, propitious, auspicious, privileged
Usage: It is not merely hapless tourists that are suffering in this unstable climate.
10.Ambit (noun) - सीमा
Pronunciation: am•buht
Meaning: the scope, extent, or bounds of something.
Synonyms: scope, range, limits, amplitude, domain, panaroma
Antonyms: respect, disesteem, exclude, disrespect
Usage: A solution is most likely to fall outside the ambit of the constitution.
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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