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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings: 24 September 2025
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. PENCHANT (NOUN): लगन
Pronunciation: pawn·shawn
Meaning: a strong liking or preference for something.
Synonyms: Affinity, Fondness
Antonyms: Detestation, Dislike
Sentence: She has a penchant for cooking and spends hours experimenting with different recipes.
2. QUEER(ADJECTIVE): अजीब या असामान्य
Pronunciation: kveeuh
Meaning: strange, unusual, or unconventional.
Synonyms: Peculiar, Eccentric
Antonyms: Normal, Traditional
Sentence: The film explores queer themes and challenges societal norms.
3. GOTHIC (ADJECTIVE): गोथिक
Pronunciation: gaw·thik
Meaning: something that is characterized by mystery, horror, and gloom.
Synonyms: Dark, Mysterious
Synonyms: Dark, Mysterious
Antonyms: Bright, Cheerful
Sentence: The gothic novel was filled with suspense, horror, and supernatural elements.
4. FROSTY (ADJECTIVE): रूखा और अमैत्रीपूर्ण
Pronunciation: frawst·ee
Meaning: cold and unfriendly.
Synonyms: Chilly, Glacial
Antonyms: Warm, Cordial
Sentence: The ground was covered in a frosty layer of ice on the winter morning.
5. PENURY (NOUN): दरिद्रता
Pronunciation: peh·nyoo·ree
Meaning: the state of being very poor; extreme poverty.
Synonyms: misery, beggary, indigence, impoverishment
Antonyms: affluence, wealth, opulence,richness
Sentence: When Margot lost all her money gambling, her family was forced to live in penury.
Synonyms: misery, beggary, indigence, impoverishment
Antonyms: affluence, wealth, opulence,richness
Sentence: When Margot lost all her money gambling, her family was forced to live in penury.
6. TRANSCEND (NOUN / VERB): ऊंचा उठना
Pronunciation: tran·send
Meaning: to go further, rise above, or be more important or better than something, especially a limit.
Synonyms: surpass, exceed, top, excel, outshine, outstrip
Antonyms: fail, lose, surrender
Sentence: The athlete hoped the increased training would allow him to transcend Olympic records.
7. PESTILENT (ADJECTIVE): विनाशक
Pronunciation: peh·stuh·luhnt
Meaning: likely to cause or capable of causing death.
Synonyms: lethal, deadly, harmful
Antonyms: salubrious, beneficial, salutary.
Synonyms: lethal, deadly, harmful
Antonyms: salubrious, beneficial, salutary.
Sentence: Smallpox is a pestilent disease.
8. ADEPTNESS (ADJECTIVE): निपुणता
Pronunciation: ad·ept.ness
Meaning: subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising,
or executing something.
Synonyms: skillfulness, adroitness, proficiency
Antonyms: ineptitude, ineptness, artlessness
Sentence: His quick adeptness was a product of good design.
9. DELETERIOUS (ADJECTIVE): हानिकारक
Pronunciation: deh·luh·teeuh·ree·uhs
Meaning: harmful or injurious to health, wellbeing, or morals; causing damage or harm.
Synonyms: injurious, pernicious, detrimental
Antonyms: Beneficial, advantageous, helpful
Sentence: Smoking is a deleterious habit that can lead to various health problems, including lung cancer and heart disease.
10. ENVISAGE (VERB): कल्पना करना
Pronunciation: en·vi·suhj
Meaning: to imagine or visualize; contemplate or visualize a future event or possibility.
Synonyms: Imagine, visualize, conceive, picture, see in one's mind's eye.
Antonyms: Disregard, overlook, ignore, neglect.
Sentence: She could envisage a bright future for her business with the new marketing strategy.
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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