4.5/5
Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 25 June 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. What’s more, take the test given at the last to check how much you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
Happy learning!!!
1. PARTISANSHIP (noun) – पक्षपात, भेदभाव
Pronunciation: paa•tuh•zan•ship
Meaning: prejudice in favour of a particular cause, bias
Synonyms: prejudice, partiality, favouritism, injustice, unfairness
Antonyms: fairness, justice, tolerance
Usage: His politics were based on partisanship.
Pronunciation: paa•tuh•zan•ship
Meaning: prejudice in favour of a particular cause, bias
Synonyms: prejudice, partiality, favouritism, injustice, unfairness
Antonyms: fairness, justice, tolerance
Usage: His politics were based on partisanship.
2. QUINTESSENTIAL (adjective) – सर्वोत्कृष्ट
Pronunciation: kwin•tuh•sen•shl
Meaning: representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
Synonyms: typical, standard, model, ideal, conventional, exemplary, best, ultimate
Antonyms: inferior, average, normal, unsatisfactory
Usage: New York is the quintessential big city.
3. CHASTEN (verb) – दंड देना
Pronunciation: chei•sn
Meaning: to correct by punishment or suffering
Synonyms: curb, check, put down, humiliate, penalize, punish
Antonyms: excuse, pardon, spare
Usage: Age has chastened his violent temper.
Pronunciation: chei•sn
Meaning: to correct by punishment or suffering
Synonyms: curb, check, put down, humiliate, penalize, punish
Antonyms: excuse, pardon, spare
Usage: Age has chastened his violent temper.
4. GENUFLECT (verb) – घुटने के बल बैठना, गोद में जा बैठना
Pronunciation: jeh•nyoo•flekt
Meaning: lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of respect
Synonyms: bow, stoop, curtsy
Antonyms: disrespect, disobey, overlook
Usage: He genuflected in front of temple.
Pronunciation: jeh•nyoo•flekt
Meaning: lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of respect
Synonyms: bow, stoop, curtsy
Antonyms: disrespect, disobey, overlook
Usage: He genuflected in front of temple.
5. HINTERLAND (noun) – समुद्र या नदी तट के पीछे का प्रदेश, भीतरी प्रदेश
Pronunciation: hin•tuh•land
Meaning: the remote areas of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers, an area lying beyond what is visible or known
Synonyms: borderland, woods, wasteland, outback
Antonyms: metropolis ,urban area, heartland
Usage: During night, animals moved away from the coast into the distant hinterland.
Pronunciation: hin•tuh•land
Meaning: the remote areas of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers, an area lying beyond what is visible or known
Synonyms: borderland, woods, wasteland, outback
Antonyms: metropolis ,urban area, heartland
Usage: During night, animals moved away from the coast into the distant hinterland.
6. PERNICIOUS (adjective) – हानिकारक, घातक
Pronunciation: puh•ni•shuhs
Meaning: having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
Synonyms: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious, detrimental, adverse, evil, bad
Antonym: beneficial, benign, favourable
Usage: Idleness is pernicious.
Pronunciation: puh•ni•shuhs
Meaning: having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
Synonyms: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious, detrimental, adverse, evil, bad
Antonym: beneficial, benign, favourable
Usage: Idleness is pernicious.
7. FLOUT (verb) – ताना मारना, निरादर करना
Pronunciation: flawt
Meaning: openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention)
Synonyms: violate, breach, defy, scorn, disdain, ignore, disobey
Antonyms: please, compliment, respect
Usage: Many people regularly flout traffic laws.
Pronunciation: flawt
Meaning: openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention)
Synonyms: violate, breach, defy, scorn, disdain, ignore, disobey
Antonyms: please, compliment, respect
Usage: Many people regularly flout traffic laws.
8. GORY (adjective) – रक्त से भरा हुआ, घमासान
Pronunciation: gaw•ree
Meaning: involving or showing violence and bloodshed
Synonyms: brutal, savage, violent, bloodthirsty, grisly
Antonyms: mild, pleasant
Usage: The descriptions of the killings were unbelievably gory.
Pronunciation: gaw•ree
Meaning: involving or showing violence and bloodshed
Synonyms: brutal, savage, violent, bloodthirsty, grisly
Antonyms: mild, pleasant
Usage: The descriptions of the killings were unbelievably gory.
9. EMBEZZLEMENT (noun) – धोखाघड़ी
Pronunciation: uhm•beh•zuhl•muhnt
Meaning: to secretly take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for
Synonyms: fraud, theft, pilferage, misappropriation
Antonyms: compensation, reimbursement, return
Usage: He is arrested for embezzlement of company funds.
10. LEXICON (noun) – शब्दकोष, शब्द-संग्रह
Pronunciation: lek•suh•kn
Meaning: the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge
Synonyms: wordbook, glossary, wordfinder, dictionary, encyclopedia
Usage: 'COVID leave' is the latest addition to the HR lexicon.
Now take a test!!!
Fill up the Blanks:
1. Some of the scenes were too _______. .
2. Many people have made their homes around the port, but few live in the rocky and desolate _______. .
3. If you’re a person who likes to ______ authority, you could land in jail.
4. The minister is tempted to______ money from the church so he can pay his gambling debts.
5. They want us to work together and cut out the ______.
.
Let others know your answers by sharing them in comment section.
1 like |
0 comment
