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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 26 March 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.COMPLY (VERB) : अनुपालन करना
Pronunciation:kuhm·plai
Meaning: act in accordance with a wish or command.
Synonyms: consent, defer, accede
Antonyms: disagree, differ, dissent
Sentence: The man was arrested because he refused to comply with the airline’s no smoking policy.
Antonyms: disagree, differ, dissent
Sentence: The man was arrested because he refused to comply with the airline’s no smoking policy.
2. INDICT (VERB) : अभियोग लगाना
Pronunciation:uhn·dite
Meaning: formally accuse of or charge with a crime.
Synonyms: accuse, prosecute, incriminate
Antonyms: acquit, exonerate, vindicate
Sentence:The district attorney decided to indict the suspect for the murder, charging him only after his bloody fingerprints were found at the crime scene.
Synonyms: accuse, prosecute, incriminate
Antonyms: acquit, exonerate, vindicate
Sentence:The district attorney decided to indict the suspect for the murder, charging him only after his bloody fingerprints were found at the crime scene.
3. EMPATHY (NOUN) : सहानुभूति
Pronunciation:em·puh·thee
Meaning: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Synonyms: sympathy, pity, compassion
Antonyms: ruthlessness, mercilessness, apathy
Sentence: Doctors should develop empathy between themselves and patients.
4. RELINQUISH (VERB) : त्यागना
Pronunciation:ruh·ling·kvuhsh
Meaning: voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.
Synonyms: surrender, render, abandon
Antonyms: retain, keep, withhold
Sentence:When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
Sentence:When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
5. VOUCH (VERB) : ज़मानत देना
Pronunciation:vawch
Meaning: assert or confirm as a result of one's own experience that something is true.
Synonyms: certify, attest, ensure
Antonyms: undermine, weaken, enfeeble
Sentence:The bank believed the woman but would double check the woman’s financial background even though the woman did vouch that she earned $40,000 a year.
Synonyms: certify, attest, ensure
Antonyms: undermine, weaken, enfeeble
Sentence:The bank believed the woman but would double check the woman’s financial background even though the woman did vouch that she earned $40,000 a year.
6. DISCRETION (NOUN) : विवेक
Pronunciation:duh·skreh·shn
Meaning: the freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation; speaking to avoid revealing confidential information.
Synonyms: prudence, wisdom, sense
Antonyms: indiscretion, imprudence, idiocy
Sentence: Because my daughter spends money recklessly, I have to give out her allowance at my discretion.
Synonyms: prudence, wisdom, sense
Antonyms: indiscretion, imprudence, idiocy
Sentence: Because my daughter spends money recklessly, I have to give out her allowance at my discretion.
7. DISPARITY (NOUN): असमानता
Pronunciation:duh·spae·ruh·tee
Meaning: a difference in level or treatment, especially one that is seen as unfair.
Synonyms: contrast, distinction, dissimilarity
Synonyms: contrast, distinction, dissimilarity
Antonyms: similarity, likeness, analogy
Sentence: Therefore, separate churches only add to the disparity between the races.
Sentence: Therefore, separate churches only add to the disparity between the races.
8.PERFUNCTORY (ADJECTIVE): असावधान
Pronunciation:puh·fuhngk·tuh·ree
Meaning: (used about an action) done quickly as a duty without any interest or feeling.
Synonyms: desultory, quick, hasty
Antonyms: careful, sensitive, warm
Sentence:He gave a perfunctory nod.
Antonyms: careful, sensitive, warm
Sentence:He gave a perfunctory nod.
9.BICKER (VERB): झगड़ना
Pronunciation:bi·kuh
Meaning: to argue about unimportant things.
Synonyms: argue, quarrel, spar
Antonyms: agree, accept, assent
Sentence:Couples who bicker over who gets what from the divorce.
Synonyms: argue, quarrel, spar
Antonyms: agree, accept, assent
Sentence:Couples who bicker over who gets what from the divorce.
10. ICONOCLAST (NOUN) : मूर्तिपूजा का विरोध करने वाला
Pronunciation: ai.kaw.nuh.klast
Meaning: a person who does not believe in and is opposed to accepted ideas, traditions, etc.
Synonyms: maverick, freak, loner
Antonyms: adherent, supporter, sheep
Sentence: The iconoclasts, led by a local innkeeper, entered the church in mid-sermon.
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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