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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words with Meanings: 24th March 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. EXUBERANCE (NOUN): जोश-ख़रोश
Pronunciation: uhgz·yoo·buh·ruhns
Meaning: the quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience.
Synonyms: ebullience, joyfulness, cheeriness
Antonyms: inactivity, laziness, tediousness
Sentence: She was laughing from the sheer exuberance of the performance.
2. APHORISTIC (ADJECTIVE): सूत्र-रूपमें
Pronunciation: aph·o·ris·tic
Meaning: marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning.
Synonyms: brief, capsule, compact
Antonyms: long-winded, prolix, redundant
Sentence: The language is austere and aphoristic.
3. RETORTED (VERB): जवाब देना
Pronunciation: ruh·tawt·uhd
Meaning: say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive manner.
Synonyms: answer, reply, respond
Antonyms: asked, inquired, questioned
Sentence: When told she couldn’t have it, she retorted, “Fine, I didn’t want it anyway!”
4. OUTPACE (VERB): आगे बढ़ना
Pronunciation: awt·pays
Meaning: go, rise, or improve faster than.
Synonyms: outrun, outstrip, overtake
Antonyms: decelerate, slow
Sentence: Population growth has continued to outpace job growth for the last several decades.
5. POMPOSITY (ADJECTIVE): व्यक्ति-निष्ठा
Pronunciation: pom·pos·i·ty
Meaning: the quality of being pompous; self-importance.
Synonyms: self-importance, imperiousness, pompousness
Antonyms: humility, modesty, self-distrust
Sentence: An elaborate signature indicates pomposity and self – importance.
6. BROWBEAT (VERB): धमकाना
Pronunciation: brau·beet
Meaning: intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words.
Synonyms: bully, hector, intimidate
Antonyms: cheer, comfort, console
Sentence: They browbeat him into signing the document.
7. COGNATE (ADJECTIVE): सजाति
Pronunciation: kawg·nayt
Meaning: having qualities in common
Synonyms: alike, analogous, comparable
Antonyms: different, dissimilar, unlike
Sentence: German and Dutch are cognate languages.
8. INVETERATE (ADJECTIVE): कट्टर
Pronunciation: uhn·veh·tuh·ruht
Meaning: having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
Synonyms: ingrained, ineradicable, deep-rooted
Antonyms: temporary, transient, short time
Sentence: The man is an inveterate liar who only rarely tells the truth.
9. WHAMMY (NOUN): बुरा प्रभाव
Pronunciation: va·mee
Meaning: an event with a powerful and unpleasant effect; a blow.
Synonyms: curse, augury
Antonyms: amulet, charm
Sentence: The third whammy was the degradation of the financial system.
10. GRANDIOSE (ADJECTIVE): दिखावटी
Pronunciation: gran·dee·ose
Meaning: impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so.
Synonyms: magnificent, impressive, grand
Antonyms: modest, unpretentious
Sentence: He’s always producing grandiose plans that never work.
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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