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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 26 September 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. INCREDULITY (noun) : शक
Pronunciation: in·kreh·dyoo·luh·tee
Meaning: a state of uncertainty or hesitation.
Synonyms: disbelief, incredulity, unbelief
Antonyms: assurance, belief, certainty
Sentence: He stared down the street in incredulity.
Pronunciation: in·kreh·dyoo·luh·tee
Meaning: a state of uncertainty or hesitation.
Synonyms: disbelief, incredulity, unbelief
Antonyms: assurance, belief, certainty
Sentence: He stared down the street in incredulity.
2. FINESSE (noun) : चालाकी
Pronunciation: fuh·nes
Meaning: intricate and refined delicacy.
Synonyms: skill, subtlety, expertise
Antonyms: inadequacy, incompetence, ineptitude
Sentence: He is a true believer, but sadly lacks finesse.
3. GLUM (adj.) : उदास
Pronunciation: gluhm
Meaning: looking or feeling dejected; morose.
Synonyms: bleak, sad, depressed
Antonyms: cheerful, cheery, bright
Sentence: You look glum What’s up?
4. STEALTHY (adj.) : गुप्त
Pronunciation: stelth·ee
Meaning: behaving, done, or made cautiously and surreptitiously, so as not to be seen or heard.
Synonyms: furtive, secretive, secret
Antonyms: public, open
Sentence: Cats are among the stealthiest of stalkers.
5. RECLAMATION (noun) : उद्धार
Pronunciation: reh·kluhm·ay·shn
Meaning: the process of claiming something back or of reasserting a right.
Synonyms: recovery, recapture, retrieval
Antonyms: loss, misplacement
Sentence: Pumped water out of the field as part of the land reclamation program designed to provide farmers with more farmland.
6. PURITANICAL (adj.) : सख़्त
Pronunciation: pyaw·ruh·ta·nuh·kl
Meaning: practicing or affecting strict religious or moral behavior.
Synonyms: moralistic, pietistic, prudish
Antonyms: permissive, prurient
Sentence: His puritanical parents saw any kind of pleasure as the road to damnation.
7. VAUNT (verb) : अपनी बड़ाई करना
Pronunciation: vawnt
Meaning: boast about or praise (something), especially excessively.
Synonyms: boast, brag, pride
Antonyms: belittle, underrate
Sentence: Even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit.
8. CONDONE (verb) : माफ करना
Pronunciation: kuhn·done
Meaning: accept and allow (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue.
Synonyms: deliberately ignore, disregard, take no notice of
Antonyms: heed, mark, mind
Sentence: The state does not condone violence.
9. CURSORY (adj.) : जल्दबाजी
Pronunciation: kuh·suh·ree
Meaning: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
Synonyms: perfunctory, desultory, casual
Antonyms: deliberate, unhurried, unrushed
Sentence: He put aside the papers after a cursory study.
10. DISSIMILITUDE (noun) : विभिन्नता
Pronunciation: dis·suh·mi·luh·chood
Meaning: dissimilarity or diversity.
Synonyms: dissimilarity, difference, variance
Antonyms: alikeness, similarity, likeness
Sentence: There’s a real dissimilitude between literature and film, and a critic shouldn’t evaluate one in terms of the other.
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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