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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words with Meanings: 24th July 2026
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. GRAPPLED (VERB): हाथापाई करना
Pronunciation:gra·pld
Meaning: To hold someone while fighting with him or her
Synonyms: Tussled, wrestled , seized
Antonyms: Released, discharged, freed
Sentence: He briefly grappled with the police officer.
Synonyms: Tussled, wrestled , seized
Antonyms: Released, discharged, freed
Sentence: He briefly grappled with the police officer.
2.VICARIOUS (ADJECTIVE): दुसरे ब्यक्ति की उपलब्धि से प्रभावित
Pronunciation:vuh·keuh·ree·uhs
Meaning: Experienced as a result of watching, listening to, or reading about the activities of other people, rather than by doing the activities yourself.
Synonyms: Empathetic, delegated, indirect
Antonyms: Primary, Unaffected , firsthand, atrocious
Sentence:Lots of people use television as their vicarious form of social life.
3.EXHAUSTIVE (ADJECTIVE): संपूर्ण
Pronunciation:uhg·zawst·uhv
Meaning: Complete and including everything
Synonyms: Encyclopedic, Comprehensive , thorough
Antonyms: Incomplete , desultory, haphazard
Antonyms: Incomplete , desultory, haphazard
Sentence: An exhaustive comparison is outside the scope of the paper.
4.PROBE (VERB): जांच करना
Pronunciation:probe
Meaning: To search into or examine something
Synonyms: Inquiry, Scrutiny, investigate
Antonyms: Abstain, denial, Ignore
Sentence: Investigators are probing into new evidence in the case.
Sentence: Investigators are probing into new evidence in the case.
5.UTTERANCES (NOUN): अभिव्यक्ति
Pronunciation:uh·tuh·ruhns·uhz
Meaning: Something that someone says
Synonyms: Verbalization, expression, Articulation
Antonyms: listening, quiet , silence
Sentence: His utterance was interrupted by frequent coughing.
Sentence: His utterance was interrupted by frequent coughing.
6.TORT (NOUN): क्षति
Pronunciation:tawt
Meaning: A wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation
Synonyms: Wrongdoing, delict , Misfeasance
Antonyms: Kindness, virtue , goodness , rightness
Sentence: It was a tort on the part of the lawyer to give a verdict.
Sentence: It was a tort on the part of the lawyer to give a verdict.
7. TIGHT-LIPPED (ADJECTIVE): बात करने के लिए अनिच्छुक
Pronunciation:tite-lipt
Meaning: Refusing to comment on something
Synonyms: Reticent, Unresponsive , silent
Antonyms: Outspoken, Talkative , babbling
Synonyms: Reticent, Unresponsive , silent
Antonyms: Outspoken, Talkative , babbling
Sentence: He was sitting at the other end of the table, tight-lipped and angry.
8.PERPETRATORS (NOUN): अपराधी
Pronunciation:puh·puh·trayt·uhz
Meaning: A person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act
Synonyms: Offenders, Criminals, culprit
Antonyms: Victim, Law-abiding citizen, Innocent
Sentence:The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be found and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Synonyms: Offenders, Criminals, culprit
Antonyms: Victim, Law-abiding citizen, Innocent
Sentence:The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be found and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
9.BARGED (VERB): जबरदस्ती घुसना
Pronunciation:baajd
Meaning: Interrupt by entering suddenly and noisily.
Synonyms: Jostle , shoved , Infiltrate
Antonyms: glided, slid, Drifted
Sentence: They barged through the crowds.
Synonyms: Jostle , shoved , Infiltrate
Antonyms: glided, slid, Drifted
Sentence: They barged through the crowds.
10.IMPROVISED (ADJECTIVE): तात्कालिक
Pronunciation:im·pruh·vized
Meaning: To compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation
Synonyms: Extemporaneous, Impromptu , Unprepared
Antonyms: Rehearsed , Planned , arranged
Sentence:He had to improvise his opening speech when he forgot his notes.
Synonyms: Extemporaneous, Impromptu , Unprepared
Antonyms: Rehearsed , Planned , arranged
Sentence:He had to improvise his opening speech when he forgot his notes.
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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