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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 24 December 2023
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.CAVALIER (adj.) : अभिमानपूर्ण
Pronunciation: ka·vuh·leeuh
Meaning: showing a lack of proper concern; offhand.
Synonyms: arrogant, assumptive, bumptious
Antonyms: humble, lowly, modest
Sentence: The club’s owner showed a cavalier attitude to the licensing laws.
2.DEARTH (noun) : कमी
Pronunciation: duhth
Meaning: a scarcity or lack of something.
Synonyms: lack, scarcity, shortage
Antonyms: abundance, adequacy, opulence
Sentence: There seems to be a dearth of good young players at the moment.
3.SCRUPLE (noun) : संदेह
Pronunciation: skroo·pl
Meaning: a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.
Synonyms: qualms, compunction, hesitation
Antonyms: assurance, certitude, confidence
Sentence: The villain made no scruple of committing murder.
4.QUANDARY (noun) : व्याकुलता
Pronunciation: kvawn·duh·ree
Meaning: a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.
Synonyms: dilemma, plight, predicament
Antonyms: isorganize, disorganise, injudiciousness, corner
Sentence: The government appears to be in a quandary about what to do with so many people.
5.ABNEGATE (verb) : अस्वीकार करना
Pronunciation: ab·nuh·gayt
Meaning: renounce or reject (something desired or valuable).
Synonyms: renounce, reject, refuse
Antonyms: adhere, accept, admit
Sentence: He attempts to abnegate personal responsibility.
6.THROES (noun) : पीड़ा
Pronunciation: throze
Meaning: intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change.
Synonyms: agony, pain, paroxysm
Antonyms: comfort, peace
Sentence: The country is presently in the throes of the worst recession since the second world war.
7.DELIVERANCE (noun) : मुक्ति
Pronunciation: duh·li·vuh·ruhns
Meaning: the action of being rescued or set free.
Synonyms: liberation, release, freeing
Antonyms: damnation, destruction, downfall, condemnation
Sentence: We pray for deliverance from our sins.
8.PERFIDY (noun) : विश्वासघात
Pronunciation: puh·fuh·dee
Meaning: deceitfulness; untrustworthiness.
Synonyms: treachery, duplicity, deceit
Antonyms: allegiance, constancy, devotedness
Sentence: As devotion unites lovers, so perfidy estranges friends.
9.CATACLYSMIC (adj.) : दुर्घटना
Pronunciation: ka·tuh·kliz·muhk
Meaning: relating to or denoting a violent natural event.
Synonyms: disastrous, catastrophic, calamitous
Antonyms: non-destructive, protective
Sentence: These countries are on the brink of cataclysmic famine.
10.SLIPSHOD (adj.): असावधानीपूर्ण
Pronunciation: slip·shawd
Meaning: (typically of a person or method of work) characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization.
Synonyms: careless, lackadaisical, slapdash
Antonyms: attentive, careful, conscientious
Sentence: He’d caused many problems with his slipshod management.
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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