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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 23 October 2020
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. CONTAMINATION (noun) – मलिनता
Pronunciation: kuhn·ta·muh·nei·shn
Meaning: including unwanted substances or factors
Synonyms: contagion, impurity, pollution, corruption, disease, epidemic, infection
Antonyms: cleanliness, purification, sterility
Usage: Water samples taken from streams were analyzed for contamination by chemicals.
2. RANDOM (adjective) – अनियमित, क्रमरहित
Pronunciation: ran·dm
Meaning: without method or conscious decision
Synonyms: accidental, aimless, arbitrary, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, odd, unplanned
Antonyms: methodical, planned, systematic
Usage: To fairly choose the winner, the store owner pulled a random slip out of a hat full of numbered papers.
3. BURGEON (verb) – तेजी से बढ़ना
Pronunciation: buh·jn
Meaning: begin to grow or increase rapidly
Synonyms: expand, swell, explode, boom, proliferate, flourish, thrive, prosper
Antonyms: shrink, contract, diminish
Usage: The actor hopes the use of social media will burgeon his popularity.
4. BLAND (adjective) – नरम
Pronunciation: bland
Meaning: showing no strong emotion
Synonyms: temperate, mild, soft, calm, balmy, soothing, benign
Antonyms: violent, destructive, caustic
Usage: His expression was bland and unreadable.
5. LEVITY (noun) – चंचलता
Pronunciation: leh·vuh·tee
Meaning: a lack of seriousness
Synonyms: vivacity, frivolity, liveliness, conviviality, cheerfulness, humor, amusement
Antonyms: seriousness, gravity, depression
Usage: Karen’s parents were serious people who did not seem to appreciate her acts of levity during church service.
6. BROOK (verb) – बर्दाश्त करना
Pronunciation: bruk
Meaning: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Synonyms: countenance, tolerate, bear, suffer, withstand
Antonyms: resist, combat, repel
Usage: He won't brook any criticism of his work.
7. CROOK (noun) – धूर्त
Pronunciation: kruk
Meaning: a dishonest individual
Synonyms: cheat, fraudster, shoplifter, thief, mugger, outlaw, lawbreaker
Antonyms: lawman
Usage: The man is a crook and a liar.
8. PIVOTAL (adjective) – केंद्रीय, आधारभूत
Pronunciation: pi·vuh·tl
Meaning: of crucial significance
Synonyms: central, climactic, critical, crucial, decisive, essential
Antonyms: inessential, minor, secondary
Usage: As soon as the pivotal character of the film died, I grew bored with the movie and left the theater.
9. TRITE (adjective) – घिसा-पिटा
Pronunciation: trait
Meaning: repeated too often
Synonyms: hackneyed, banal, corny, dull, common, exhausted, worn
Antonyms: fresh, new, original
Usage: I did not finish the novel because the story’s plot was trite and uninspiring.
10. EULOGY (noun) – गुणगान
Pronunciation: yoo·luh·jee
Meaning: a formal expression of praise
Synonyms: praise, citation, paean, tribute, acclaim, accolade, adulation, applause
Antonyms: blame, censure, criticism
Usage: They chanted the eulogy of the king.
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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