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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 24 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. BIZARRE (adjective) – विचित्र
Pronunciation: buh·zaa
Meaning: very strange or unusual
Synonyms: strange, peculiar, odd, funny, curious, offbeat, outlandish
Antonyms: ordinary, normal
Usage: Everyone stared at the student who wore the bizarre outfit to school.
2. MUSHY (adjective) – पिलपिला
Pronunciation: muh·shee
Meaning: soft and pulpy
Synonyms: soft, pulpy, pappy, slushy, sloppy, spongy, squashy
Antonyms: hard, firm
Usage: After cooking the peas for too long, the mushy vegetable was too soft to be delicious.
3. SATURATE (verb) – तर होना
Pronunciation: sa·chuh·reit
Meaning: to fill something completely
Synonyms: douse, imbue, immerse, waterlog, penetrate, permeate, soak
Antonyms: dehydrate, dry
Usage: Saturate the crumbs of bread with milk.
4. INFURIATE (verb) – क्रोधित करना
Pronunciation: uhn·fyuor·ree·eit
Meaning: make someone extremely angry and impatient
Synonyms: enrage, incense, anger, madden, inflame, antagonize, provoke, rile
Antonyms: please, soothe
Usage: Continuous defeat might infuriate some men to a great effort.
5. AMPLIFY (verb) – बढ़ाना
Pronunciation: am·pluh·fai
Meaning: increase in size, volume or significance
Synonyms: louden, increase, boost, raise, magnify, intensify, escalate
Antonyms: reduce, quieten
Usage: The loudspeakers would amplify the sound adequately.
6. PUNY (adjective) – छोटा और दुर्बल
Pronunciation: pyoo·nee
Meaning: small and weak
Synonyms: undersized, small, little, underfed, stunted, slight, feeble
Antonyms: strong, sturdy, sizeable
Usage: My brother said that I was too puny to try out for the football team.
7. RESOLVE (noun) – संकल्प
Pronunciation: ruh·solv
Meaning: firm determination to do something
Synonyms: determination, resolution, firmness, decision, persistence, tenacity
Antonyms: indecision
Usage: Our team made a stern resolve to win.
8. AMBITIOUS (adjective) – महत्त्वाकांक्षी
Pronunciation: am·bi·shuhs
Meaning: strongly desirous and determined to succeed
Synonyms: aspiring, enterprising, pioneering, progressive, eager, motivated, driven, enthusiastic
Antonyms: unambitious, lazy
Usage: He is an ambitious man with a strong personality.
9. CONTENTED (adjective) – संतुष्ट
Pronunciation: kuhn·ten·tuhd
Meaning: happy and satisfied
Synonyms: content, satisfied, pleased, gratified, fulfilled, happy, cheerful
Antonyms: discontented, dissatisfied
Usage: Quite contented with the results, the plastic surgeon marveled at his work.
10. DELIGHTED (adjective) – प्रसन्न
Pronunciation: duh·lai·tuhd
Meaning: feeling or showing great pleasure
Synonyms: glad, happy, joyful, thrilled, overjoyed, ecstatic, euphoric
Antonyms: dismayed, disappointed
Usage: We are all delighted at the news.
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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