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Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and usage. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
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1. SOLICIT (verb) – मांगना, विनती करना
Pronunciation: suli-sit
Meaning: ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone
Synonyms: request, seek, beg
Usage: May I solicit your advice on an important matter?
2. BALLYHOO (noun, verb) – भ्रामक प्रचार, अत्यधिक प्रचार
Pronunciation: bali-hoo
Meaning: extravagant publicity; praise or publicize extravagantly
Synonyms: publicity, advertising, promotion, marketing, propaganda, push
Antonyms: condemn, censure
Usage:
• After all the ballyhoo, the film was a flop. (noun)
• Each company ballyhoos its product as though it were the most outstanding in all creation. (verb)
3. SHILLY-SHALLY (verb, noun) – अस्थिरचित्त, डाँवाडोल स्थिति, अनिश्चय
Pronunciation: shili-shali
Meaning: fail to act resolutely or decisively; indecisive behaviour
Synonyms: dither, vacillate, waver, teeter, hesitate, oscillate
Antonyms: resolute, decisive
Usage:
• The government shilly-shallied about the matter. (verb)
• Interviewers were interviewing her, but she was sitting with shilly-shally. (noun)
4. TALLY (noun, verb) – गणना, गिनती करना; सहमत होना
Pronunciation: tali
Meaning: a current score or amount; agree or correspond; calculate the total number
Synonyms: total, score, sum, result; correspond, agree, accord; count, calculate, total, enumerate, compute
Antonyms: disagree, differ
Usage:
• Keep a tally of how much you spend. (noun)
• Your plans don't tally with mine. (verb)
• The votes were being tallied. (verb)
5. SEGREGATION (noun) – अलगाव, पृथक्करण
Pronunciation: segri-geishun
Meaning: the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others
Synonyms: separation, isolation, quarantine, insulation, exclusion, closeting, protection, shielding
Antonym: integration
Usage: The segregation of pupils with learning difficulties is necessary.
6. BACKSLIDE (noun) – पतित होना, नैतिक पतन
Pronunciation: bak-slaid
Meaning: to go back to doing something bad when you have been doing something good, especially to stop working hard or to fail to do something that you had agreed to do
Synonyms: relapse, lapse, regress, retrogress
Antonyms: persevere, progress
Usage: You've done a good job in the exam, I hope you won't backslide.
7. PINK SLIP (noun, verb) – बर्खास्तगी की सूचना
Pronunciation: pink-slip
Meaning: a notice of dismissal from employment; dismiss (someone) from employment
Synonyms: fire, dismiss, discharge
Antonym: hire, recruit
Usage:
• I got a pink slip in my pay envelope today. (noun)
• Along with thousands of other steelworkers, I got pink-slipped. (verb)
8. EYESORE (noun) – बहुत बदसूरत
Pronunciation: ai-so-r
Meaning: a thing that is very ugly, especially a building
Synonyms: mess, scar, blight, disfigurement, blemish, defacement
Antonym: vision
Usage: That old factory is a real eyesore.
9. PERSONAGE (noun) – उंच दर्जे का श्रेष्ठ व्यक्ति
Pronunciation: puh-sun-ij
Meaning: a person (used to express importance or elevated status)
Synonyms: VIP, luminary, celebrity, celebutante
Usage: I want to be a friend of that kind-hearted personage.
10. OBEISANCE (noun) – सम्मान, आदर
Pronunciation: ub-ei-suns
Meaning: deferential respect
Synonyms: homage, worship, adoration, reverence, veneration
Usage: They paid obeisance to the Prince.
Now, choose any 2 or 3 words and try to use them in your own sentences, this way you can retain the learnt words in your memory for long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section.
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