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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 26 February 2023
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. DISSEMINATE (verb) : प्रसार
Pronunciation: duh•seh•muh•nayt
Meaning: spread (something, especially information) widely.
Synonyms: spread, circulate, distribute
Antonyms: conceal, enshroud, hide
Sentence: Health authorities should foster good practice by disseminating information.
2. OBTRUDE (verb) : हस्तक्षेप करना
Pronunciation: uhb•trood
Meaning: become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way.
Synonyms: intrude, meddle, interfere
Antonyms: disregard, ignore, neglect
Sentence: I don’t want to obtrude upon her privacy.
3. QUANTIFIABLE (adj.) : मात्रात्मक
Pronunciation: kvawn•tuh•fai•uh•bl
Meaning: able to be expressed or measured as a quantity.
Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute
Antonyms: imperceptible, insignificant, undeterminable.
Sentence: The number of websites on the Internet is not quantifiable.
4. PROGNOSTICATING (verb) : भविष्यसूचक
Pronunciation: prawg•naw•stuhk•ayt•uhng
Meaning: foretell or prophesy (an event in the future).
Synonyms: forecast, predict, prophesy
Antonyms: describe, narrate, recite
Sentence: Using current trends to prognosticate what the workplace of the future will be like.
5. TOPPLE (verb) : गिर पड़ना
Pronunciation: taw•pl
Meaning: overbalance or become unsteady and fall slowly.
Synonyms: fall, tumble, overturn
Antonyms: get up, rise, stand
Sentence: A stack of plates swayed and began to topple over.
6. SUFFICED (verb) : पर्याप्त
Pronunciation: suh•fiset
Meaning: be enough or adequate.
Synonyms: be enough, be sufficient, be adequate
Antonyms: inadequately, insufficiently
Sentence: One warning sufficed to stop her from doing it.
7. CONTRITE (adj.) : पछताया हुआ
Pronunciation: kuhn•trite
Meaning: feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.
Synonyms: remorseful, repentant, penitent
Antonyms: impenitent, remorseless, unapologetic
Sentence: She was contrite the morning after her angry outburst.
8. CONCOCTED (verb) : मनगढ़ंत
Pronunciation: kuhng•kawkt•uhd
Meaning: existing only in the imagination.
Synonyms: artificial, fabricated, imaginary
Antonyms: genuine, natural, real
Sentence: John concocted an elaborate excuse for being late.
9. ACCREDITATION (noun) : प्राधिकार
Pronunciation: uh•kreh•duht•ay•shn
Meaning: the granting of power to perform various acts or duties
Synonyms: authorization, delegation, empowerment
Antonyms: prohibition, refusal, veto
Sentence: The only body empowered with the accreditation of medical schools in the state.
10. FORLORN (adj.) : अनाथ
Pronunciation: fuh•lawn
Meaning: pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
Synonyms: unhappy, sad, miserable
Antonyms: cheerful, accompanied, hopeful
Sentence: She was forlorn when she found out the trip had been canceled.
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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