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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 26 April 2025
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. NEGATE (VERB): इनकार करना
Pronunciation: nuh·gayt
Meaning: to stop something from having any effect.
Synonyms: annihilate, disallow, deny
Antonyms: allow, assist, confirm
Sentence: The criminal will negate all charges if you fail to prove him guilty.
2. QUEER (ADJECTIVE): विचित्र
Pronunciation: kveeuh
Meaning: strange or unusual.
Synonyms: erratic, weird
Antonyms: sensible, sound
Sentence: They are queer in behaviour and extremely uncultured in their lifestyle.
3. STIMULATE (VERB): उकसाना
Pronunciation: sti·myoo·layt
Meaning: to make something active or more active.
Synonyms: elate, arouse, provoke
Antonyms: neglect, dishearten, quell
Sentence: The teacher has to stimulate the students in order to create a hunger in them.
4. CORNUCOPIA (NOUN): प्रचुरता
Pronunciation: kaw.nyoo.koh.pee.uh
Meaning: a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn.
Synonyms: bounty, fullness
Synonyms: bounty, fullness
Antonyms: need, lack
Sentence: I shall come from London Town with a cornucopia of presents.
5. FRET (VERB): झल्लाहट
Pronunciation: fret
Meaning: to be worried and unhappy about something.
Synonyms: be upset, be anxious, stress
Antonyms: please, delight, comfort
Sentence: She was always fretting about something or the other.
6. UNLETTERED (ADJECTIVE): निरक्षर
Pronunciation: uhn·leh·tuhd
Meaning: of a person) poorly educated or illiterate.
Synonyms: ignorant, illiterate, uneducated
Antonyms: educated, literate, lettered
Sentence: Such misconceptions have not been confined to the unlettered masses.
7. SPRIGHTLY (ADJECTIVE): प्रमुदित
Pronunciation: sprite·lee
Meaning: (especially used about older people) full of energy and life.
Synonyms: agile, active, perky
Antonyms: spiritless, lethargic, languid
Sentence: The sprightly old woman walks two miles every day.
8. MYRIAD (ADJECTIVE): असंख्य
Pronunciation: mi.ree.uhd
Meaning: a very large number of something.
Synonyms: countless, infinite, numberless
Antonyms: numerable, identical, individual
Sentence: He gazed at the myriad lights of the city.
Synonyms: countless, infinite, numberless
Antonyms: numerable, identical, individual
Sentence: He gazed at the myriad lights of the city.
9. REVEL (VERB): आनंद लेना
Pronunciation: reh·vl
Meaning: enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing.
Synonyms: make merry, party, bash
Antonyms: mourn, hate
Sentence: They spent the evening revelling with their guests.
10. VESTIGE(NOUN) : निशान
Pronunciation : veh.stuhj
Meaning : a small part of something that is left after the rest of it has gone
Synonyms : relic, trace, rest
Antonyms: information, lot
Sentence : For this flood, ministers have produced not a vestige of proof.
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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