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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. EDIFY (verb) – शिक्षा/उपदेश देना
Pronunciation: edi-fai
Meaning: instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually
Synonyms: educate, instruct, teach, school, tutor, coach, train
Usage: TV should attempt to edify the people.
2. RENEGE (verb) – मुकरना, इनकार
Pronunciation: ri-neig / ri-neeg
Meaning: go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract
Synonyms: go back on, break, back out of, pull out of
Antonyms: keep, honour
Usage: You will almost surely have to renege on some of your promises.
3. HEGEMONY (noun) – नायकत्व, प्राधान्य
Pronunciation: hi-jem-uni / hi-gem-uni
Meaning: leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others
Synonyms: leadership, dominance, dominion, supremacy, ascendancy, predominance
Antonym: self-government
Usage: The three nations competed for regional hegemony.
4. PREFIGURE (verb) – पूर्वचित्रण करना
Pronunciation: pre-figuh
Meaning: be an early indication or version of (something)
Synonyms: foreshadow, presage, herald, suggest, indicate
Usage: This visit may prefigure an improvement in relations between the two countries.
5. SATURNINE (adjective) – गमगीन, उदास
Pronunciation: satuh-nain
Meaning: (of a person or their manner) feeling or causing depression
Synonyms: gloomy, sombre, melancholy, melancholic, moody, miserable
Antonyms: cheerful, jovial
Usage: The dog’s eyes became saturnine whenever he was left at home alone.
6. BUM (verb) – बिना विशेष उद्देश्य के यात्रा करना
Pronunciation: bum
Meaning: travel with no particular purpose
Synonyms: loaf, lounge, idle, laze, languish
Usage: He bummed around Florida for a few months.
7. INSIDIOUS (adjective) – क्रमिक, सूक्ष्म, लेकिन हानिकारक
Pronunciation: insidi-us
Meaning: proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects
Synonyms: stealthy, subtle, surreptitious, sneaking, cunning, crafty
Antonyms: straightforward
Usage: Alcohol is an insidious beverage.
8. INSIPID (adjective) – फीका, बेस्वाद; ग़ैरदिलचस्प
Pronunciation: in-si-pid
Meaning: lacking flavour; weak or tasteless; lacking vigour or interest
Synonyms: tasteless, flavourless, unflavoured; uninteresting, boring, vapid, dull, spiritless
Antonyms: tasty; interesting, imaginative
Usage: A mixture of milk and water is an insipid drink.
9. INCIPIENT (adjective) – प्रारंभिक
Pronunciation: insipi-unt
Meaning: beginning to happen or develop; (of a person) developing into a specified type or role
Synonyms: developing, impending, growing, emerging, emergent
Antonym: full-blown
Usage: The best way to stop the disease from spreading is by identifying it while it is incipient.
10. DILETTANTE (noun) – शौकिया
Pronunciation: dili-tant-ei / dili-tan-ti
Meaning: a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge
Synonyms: dabbler, potterer, tinkerer, trifler, dallier
Antonym: professional
Usage: I am a dilettante when it comes to dance, so I'm just going to be open about my ignorance.
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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