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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 25 October 2024
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.GOSPEL (noun) : विचारधारा
Pronunciation: gaw·spl
Meaning: the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group
Synonyms: credo, dogma, ideology
Antonyms: doubt, unbelief, hypothesis
Sentence: They continue to preach their gospel of self-reliance.
2.PANEGYRIC (noun) : एक सार्वजनिक भाषण
Pronunciation: pa·nuh·ji·ruhk
Meaning: a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
Synonyms: accolade, citation, commendation,
Antonyms: admonition, harangue
Sentence: She delivered a panegyric on the President-elect.
3.RETRIBUTION (noun) : प्रतिदण्ड
Pronunciation: reh·truh·byoo·shn
Meaning: punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.
Synonyms: punishment, penalty, nemesis
Antonyms: forgiveness, pardon, remission
Sentence: People are seeking retribution for the latest terrorist outrages.
4.DULCET (adj.) : आनंदकर
Pronunciation: duhl·suht
Meaning: giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses
Synonyms: delightful, enjoyable, felicitous
Antonyms: unpalatable, unpleasant, disturbing
Sentence: She recorded the dulcet tones of her family and friends.
5.ABODE (noun) : निवास
Pronunciation: uh·bode
Meaning: a place of residence; a house or home.
Synonyms: home, house, residence
Antonyms: looseness, unfasten, dislodge.
Sentence: They established their permanent abode here.
6.SEETHING (adj.) : क्रोध में
Pronunciation: seedh·uhng
Meaning: filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger.
Synonyms: blazing, raging, rankling
Antonyms: cool, calmness
Sentence: He marched off, seething with frustration.
7.ALLEGIANCE (noun) : निष्ठा
Pronunciation: uh·lee·jns
Meaning: loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause.
Synonyms: loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity
Antonyms: disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness
Sentence: FBI demands its employees’ absolute allegiance to this bureau.
8.INDECIPHERABLE (adj.) : अस्पष्ट
Pronunciation: in·duh·sai·fuh·ruh·bl
Meaning: not able to be read or understood.
Synonyms: hard to read, unreadable, indiscernible
Antonyms: decipherable, readable
Sentence: There was an indecipherable message on the answering machine.
9.TOOTH AND NAIL (adv.) : पूरी ताकत के साथ
Pronunciation: Tooth and Nail
Meaning: with all power or resources being used
Synonyms: full blast, totally
Antonyms: partly, partially, Somewhat
Sentence: I’ll fight tooth and nail to win the finals
10.MORTGAGING (verb): गिरवी
Pronunciation: maw·guhj·uhng
Meaning: convey (a property) to a creditor as security on a loan.
Synonyms: engaging, pledging, trotting
Antonyms: reneging, cash, upfront payment, advance payment
Sentence: The report explains how governments are mortgaging their nations’ futures.
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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