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Some exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read their usages to learn how to use them in sentences. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. JIFFY (noun) – पल, क्षण
Pronunciation: jifi
Meaning: a very short time; a moment
Synonyms: soon, in a moment, in a flash, shortly
Usage: Lunch will be ready in a jiffy.
2. DRUDGERY (noun) – कठिन परिश्रम
Pronunciation: drujuri
Meaning: hard, boring, and dull work (not requiring much skill and lacking prestige)
Synonyms: hard work, donkey work, toil, toiling, labour
Antonym: relaxation
Usage: He spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery.
3. FIREBRAND (noun) – तेजतर्रार
Pronunciation: fai-uh-brand
Meaning: a person who is very passionate about a particular cause
Synonyms: radical, revolutionary, troublemaker, agitator, rabble-rouser, demagogue
Usage: He had a reputation of an ambitious firebrand.
4. TOP-NOTCH (adjective) – उत्कृष्ट, शानदार, बढ़िया
Pronunciation: top-noch
Meaning: of the highest quality
Synonyms: excellent, first-rate, first-class, top-grade, top-level, excellent, super, splendid, fine, outstanding
Antonyms: inferior, poor
Usage: I am sure you will find that all of our staff is top-notch.
5. TRANSMUTE (verb) – परिणत करना
Pronunciation: traans-myoot
Meaning: to change in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form
Synonyms: change, alter, adapt, modify, transform, transfigure
Usage: It is possible to transmute one form of energy into another.
6. TIFF (noun) – मनमुटाव
Pronunciation: tif
Meaning: a quarrel (of little importance) especially one between friends
Synonyms: quarrel, squabble, row, argument
Usage: He had a tiff with his wife.
7. COMMENSURATE (adjective) – अनुरूप, सम्मेय
Pronunciation: kumen-sh(u)rut
Meaning: suitable in amount or quality compared to something else; matching in degree
Synonyms: equivalent, equal, corresponding, correspondent, comparable, proportionate, proportional, commensurable
Antonym: disproportionate
Usage: The salary should be commensurate with the work.
8. VAGARY (noun) – अप्रत्याशित परिवर्तन
Pronunciation: vei-g(u)ri
Meaning: unexpected and unpredictable changes in a situation or in someone's behaviour
Synonyms: quirk, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity
Usage: When the temperature dropped to freezing conditions on a summer day, it was a vagary of the weather.
9. INTRANSIGENT (adjective) – सैद्धांतिक, दुराग्रही
Pronunciation: in-traansi-j(u)nt
Meaning: refusing to change one's views or to agree about something
Synonyms: uncompromising, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, unshakeable, unwavering, resolute, unpersuadable, pig-headed
Antonyms: compliant, flexible
Usage: My atheist neighbour is intransigent and unwilling to listen to my Christian views.
10. TRUDGE (verb) – पांव घसीटना
Pronunciation: truj
Meaning: walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions
Synonyms: plod, tramp, plough, slog, footslog, toil
Antonyms: skip, trip
Usage: I trudged up the stairs.
Now choose any 2-3 words that you liked out of these ten words and try to make sentences on your own. This will make you familiar with these words. Let others know your usage of words by sharing them in the comment section.
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