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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 26 November 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.STERN (adj.) : कठोर
Pronunciation: stuhn
Meaning: (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline.
Synonyms: serious, unsmiling, frowning
Antonyms: clement, forbearing, gentle
Sentence: He was a stern critic but an extremely kindly man.
2.CAVEAT (noun) : चेतावनी
Pronunciation: ka·vee·at
Meaning: a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations.
Synonyms: warning, caution, admonition
Antonyms: commendation,praise,regard
Sentence: There are a number of caveats which concern the validity of the assessment results.
3.GAMUT (noun) : सीमा
Pronunciation: ga·muht
Meaning: the complete range or scope of something.
Synonyms: range, spectrum, span
Antonyms: extreme,height,insignificance
Sentence: College life opened up a whole gamut of new experiences.
4.MUNIFICENT (adj.) : उदार
Pronunciation: myoo·ni·fuh·snt
Meaning: (of a gift or sum of money) larger or more generous than is usual or necessary.
Synonyms: generous, bountiful, openhanded
Antonyms: mean, cheap, thrifty
Sentence: A former student has donated a munificent sum of money to the college.
5.BRAWL (noun) : विवाद
Pronunciation: brawl
Meaning: a rough or noisy fight or quarrel.
Synonyms: fight, tussle, quarrel
Antonyms: quiet, silence
Sentence: He’d got into a drunken brawl in a bar.
6.GRUELING (adj.) : भीषण
Pronunciation: groo·luhng
Meaning: extremely tiring and demanding.
Synonyms: exhausting, tiring, fatiguing
Antonyms: facile, light, simple
Sentence: The President was working grueling eighteen-hour days trying to save the Great Deal.
7.HASTY (adj.) : तेज़
Pronunciation: hayst·ee
Meaning: done or acting with excessive speed or urgency; hurried.
Synonyms: quick, hurried, fast
Antonyms: deliberate, unhurried, unrushed
Sentence: They shouldn’t have made such a hasty decision.
8.GRUESOME (adj.) : भयंकर
Pronunciation: groo·sm
Meaning: causing repulsion or horror; grisly.
Synonyms: frightful, horrid, fearful
Antonyms: cheering, comforting, soothing
Sentence: There has been a series of gruesome murders in the capital.
9.ABOMINABLE (adj.) : घिनौना
Pronunciation: uh·baw·muh·nuh·bl
Meaning: causing moral revulsion.
Synonyms: loathsome, detestable, hateful
Antonyms: innocuous, inoffensive, healthy
Sentence: The uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty.
10.FLEDGLING (noun): अनुभवहीन मनुष्य
Pronunciation: flej·luhng
Meaning: a person who is just starting out in a field of activity
Synonyms: learner, student, trainee
Antonyms: expert, master, veteran
Sentence: In my junior year a friend, a fledgling pilot, taught me the basics of handling a small plane.
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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