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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 26 June 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 mucah you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
Happy learning!!!
Happy learning!!!
1. SNOOP (verb) : जासूसी करना
Pronunciation: snoop
Meaning: investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone’s private affairs.
Synonyms: pry, inquire, be curious
Antonyms: avoid, eschew, shun
Sentence: Your sister might find the ring if she goes snooping around.
2. MITIGATE (verb) : कम करना
Pronunciation: mi•tuh•gayt
Meaning: make less severe, serious, or painful.
Synonyms: alleviate, reduce, diminish
Antonyms: increase, intensify, aggravate
Sentence: He wanted to mitigate misery in the world.
3. ARRANT (adj.) : कुख्यात
Pronunciation: a•ruhnt
Meaning: complete, utter.
Synonyms: utter, downright, thoroughgoing
Antonyms: dubious, equivocal, qualified
Sentence: what arrant nonsense!
4. IMPOUND (verb) : ज़ब्त करना
Pronunciation: uhm•pawnd
Meaning: seize and take legal custody of (something, especially a vehicle, goods, or documents) because of an infringement of a law or regulation.
Synonyms: confiscate, seize, commandeer
Antonyms: discharge, free, liberate
Sentence: Vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be impounded.
5. PERPETRATE (verb) : पाप करना
Pronunciation: puh•puh•trayt
Meaning: carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action).
Synonyms: commit, carry out, perform
Antonyms: fail, slur, skimp
Sentence: A crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state.
6. CONTRIVANCE (noun) : युक्ति
Pronunciation: kuhn•trive•uhns
Meaning: the use of skill to bring something about or create something.
Synonyms: scheme, stratagem, tactic
Antonyms: ignorance, disorganisation
Sentence: The requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym.
7. BIVOUAC (noun) : पड़ाव
Pronunciation: bi•voo•ak
Meaning: a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers.
Synonyms: barracks, cantonment, tentage
Antonyms: eject, evict
Sentence: Soldiers were setting up a bivouac by the stream.
8. SUCCOR (noun) : परेशानी में सहायता
Pronunciation: suc•cor
Meaning: assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.
Synonyms: aid, help, assistance
Antonyms: harm, hurt, injure
Sentence: The wounded had little chance of succor.
9. PARSIMONY (noun) : बचत
Pronunciation: paa•suh•muh•nee
Meaning: extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.
Synonyms: meanness, miserliness, parsimoniousness
Antonyms: diseconomy, wastefulness, lavishness
Sentence: Due to official parsimony, only one machine was built.
10. ESPOUSE (verb) : सहायता देना
Pronunciation: uh•spawz
Meaning: adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).
Synonyms: adopt, embrace, take-up
Antonyms: abandon, forsake, give up
Sentence: He turned his back on the modernism he had espoused in his youth.
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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