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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 26 April 2022
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. CERTAINTY (noun) : यक़ीन
Pronunciation: suh·tuhn·tee
Meaning: firm conviction that something is the case.
Synonyms: confidence, sureness, positiveness
Antonyms: doubt, incertitude, nonconfidence
Sentence: She knew with absolute certainty that he’d say no.
2. RECIDIVIST (noun) : मुजरिम
Pronunciation: ruh·si·duh·vuhst
Meaning: formal a person who continues to commit crimes even after being caught and punished.
Synonyms: criminal, culprit, lawbreaker
Antonyms: lawman, lawful, gangbuster
Sentence: Six prisoners are still at large along with four dangerous recidivists.
3. VOLUBLE (adj.) : बातूनी
Pronunciation: vaw·lyoo·bl
Meaning: (of a person) talking fluently, readily or incessantly.
Synonyms: talkative, verbose, garrulous
Antonyms: silent, speechless, quiet
Sentence: Clarissa was extremely voluble on the subject of good manners.
4. CONTUMACY (noun) : आज्ञा का उल्लंघन
Pronunciation: kawn·choo·muh·see
Meaning: a stubborn refusal to obey or comply with authority, especially a court order or summons.
Synonyms: contrariness, defiance, disobedience
Antonyms: compliance, obedience, submission
Sentence: Most of the unsuccessful men have the characteristics of contumacy and haughty.
5. ROGUE (adj.) : दुष्ट
Pronunciation: roge
Meaning: a dishonest or unprincipled man.
Synonyms: scoundrel, evil, reprobate
Antonyms: honest, decent, ethical
Sentence: Mr. Ward wasn’t a rogue at all.
6. EMBEZZLE (verb) : हड़प लेना
Pronunciation: uhm·beh·zl
Meaning: steal or misappropriate (money placed in one’s trust or belonging to the organization for which one works).
Synonyms: steal, rob, pilfer
Antonyms: square, balance, clear
Sentence: He embezzled thousands of dollars from the charity.
7. DILETTANTE (noun) : शौक़ीन
Pronunciation: di·luh·tan·tee
Meaning: a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
Synonyms: dabbler, trifler, tinkerer
Antonyms: authority, expert, professional
Sentence: I’m too serious to be a dilettante and too much a dabbler to be a professional.
8. SQUALID (adj.) : मैला
Pronunciation: skvaw·luhd
Meaning: (of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.
Synonyms: dirty, filthy, grubby
Antonyms: cleaned, cleansed, tidy
Sentence: They lived in a squalid hovel for the next five years.
9. BELLICOSE (adj.) : लड़ाकू
Pronunciation: beh·luh·kose
Meaning: demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
Synonyms: belligerent, aggressive, hostile
Antonyms: nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific
Sentence: The general made some bellicose statements about his country’s military strength.
10. VEXATIOUS (adj.) : अफ़सोसनाक
Pronunciation: veks·ay·shuhs
Meaning: causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration or worry.
Synonyms: annoying, vexing, irritating
Antonyms: delightful, pleasing, soothing
Sentence: Those vexatious phone calls from telemarketers during the dinner hour.
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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