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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 23 September 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. WARMONGER (noun) – जंगबाज़
Pronunciation: waw·muhng·guh
Meaning: a person who advocates war or warlike policies
Synonyms: militarist, hawk, aggressor, belligerent
Antonyms: pacifist
Usage: Since he did not start the war, no one accuses him of being a warmonger.
2. ASPERITY (noun) – तीक्ष्णता
Pronunciation: a·speh·ruh·tee
Meaning: harshness of tone or manner
Synonyms: harshness, sharpness, roughness, severity, acerbity, astringency, bitterness
Antonyms: mildness, gentleness, tenderness
Usage: Because the teacher was mad, she addressed the students with asperity as she gave them detention slips.
3. INIMICAL (adjective) – विरोधी
Pronunciation: uh·ni·muh·kl
Meaning: tending to obstruct or harm
Synonyms: harmful, injurious, detrimental, deleterious, pernicious, damaging, hurtful
Antonyms: helpful, advantageous
Usage: The dog and cat are inimical to each other.
4. REBELLION (noun) – विद्रोह
Pronunciation: ruh·beh·lee·uhn
Meaning: the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention
Synonyms: defiance, disobedience, insubordination, subversion, resistance, dissent
Antonyms: obedience, compliance, acquiescence
Usage: Danielle’s act of rebellion got her suspended from school for three days.
5. TUMULT (noun) – कोलाहल
Pronunciation: choo·muhlt
Meaning: a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people
Synonyms: din, racket, uproar, commotion, ruckus, rumpus, hubbub
Antonyms: silence, quiet, stillness
Usage: The tumult in the streets awakened everyone in the house.
6. ESSENTIAL (adjective) – आवश्यक
Pronunciation: uh·sen·shl
Meaning: extremely important
Synonyms: crucial, necessary, key, vital, needed, required, mandatory
Antonyms: inessential, unimportant, optional
Usage: Air and water are essential for human life.
7. ORNATE (adjective) – अलंकृत
Pronunciation: aw·neit
Meaning: elaborately or highly decorated
Synonyms: elaborate, decorated, embellished, adorned, fancy, ostentatious,
showy
Antonyms: dull, plain, simple
Usage: Every bedroom in the billionaire’s mansion is ornate with luxurious furnishings and classical works of art.
8. INADVERTENT (adjective) – अनजाने में
Pronunciation: in·uhd·vuh·tnt
Meaning: not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning
Synonyms: unintentional, accidental, unplanned, innocent, involuntary, chance, coincidental
Antonyms: deliberate, intentional, planned
Usage: Dan's blunder was inadvertent and we forgave him.
9. GORGE (verb) – ठूँस कर खाना
Pronunciation: gawj
Meaning: to consume in huge amounts
Synonyms: stuff, cram, overeat, fill, satiate, surfeit, overindulge,
Antonyms: nibble
Usage: On Halloween night, most children gorge on candy.
10. DIVINE (adjective) – दिव्य
Pronunciation: duh·vain
Meaning: being or having the nature of a god
Synonyms: godly, godlike, angelic, seraphic, saintly, beatific, spiritual
Antonyms: mortal
Usage: These events were seen as a divine revelation.
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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