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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 27 April 2020
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and usage. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
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1. STICKYBEAK (noun, verb) – कुतूहली; पूछताछ करना
Pronunciation: stiki-beek
Meaning: having an interest in learning things; curious about the affairs of others; inquire too closely into a person's private affairs
Synonyms: curious, intrigued, interested, agog, over-curious, nosy parker; scrutinize, probe
Antonym: uninterested
Usage:
- Guests were invited to have a good stickybeak around. (noun)
- I don't want to stickybeak, but when is he going to leave? (verb)
2. NASTINESS (noun) – बहुत बुरा या अप्रिय होना
Pronunciation: naasti-nus
Meaning: the state or quality of being very bad or unpleasant
Synonyms: unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, awful
Antonyms: niceness, pleasantness, kindness, delightful, lovely
Usage: The nastiness of the cheap hotel room was evidenced by the rat droppings, bed bugs, and filthy carpet.
3. VEGETATE (verb) – उदास या क्रीयाशूनय समय बिताना
Pronunciation: veji-teit
Meaning: live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
Synonyms: do nothing, idle, languish
Usage: In these days of lockdown, children sit in front of the television and vegetate.
4. WASPISH (adjective) – तुनकमिजाज, कर्कश-स्वभाव
Pronunciation: was-pish
Meaning: readily expressing anger or irritation
Synonyms: irritable, touchy, irascible, snappish
Antonyms: calm, easy-going
Usage: She has a waspish attitude.
5. NEWBIE (noun) – नौसिखिया
Pronunciation: nyoo-bi
Meaning: an inexperienced newcomer to a particular activity
Synonyms: newcomer, naïve, inexperienced
Antonym: experienced, expert
Usage: Everyone using the Internet or a computer was a newbie once.
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6. GNASH (verb) – गुस्से में दांत पीसना
Pronunciation: nash
Meaning: grind (one's teeth) together as a sign of anger
Synonyms: grind, grate, rasp, grit
Usage: When her husband began to gnash his teeth, she knew that she had to say sorry.
7. UNSETTLE (verb) – अशांत करना
Pronunciation: un-set(u)l
Meaning: cause to feel anxious or uneasy
Synonyms: discompose, unnerve, upset, disturb, disquiet
Antonyms: hearten, calm, console, placate, pacify
Usage: The corona virus crisis has unsettled financial markets.
8. THRALL (noun) – दासता, दासत्व, गुलामी
Pronunciation: thro-l
Meaning: the state of being in someone's power
Synonyms: power, clutches, hands, control, grip, grasp, yoke, enslavement
Usage: The country's economy is largely in thrall to the big companies.
9. BOTCH (verb, noun) – ढिलाई से काम करना
Pronunciation: boch
Meaning: carry out a task badly or carelessly; a task that is carried out badly or carelessly
Synonyms: bungle, make a mess of, mismanage, mishandle, angle, fumble; mess, fiasco, debacle, blunder
Antonym: success
Usage:
- He was accused of botching the job. (verb)
- I've just made an awful botch of my translation. (noun)
10. ULULATE (verb) – चीख़ना, विलाप, आक्रंदन
Pronunciation: yu-lyu-leit
Meaning: cry loud because of pain, fear, anger; make a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger
Synonyms: cry, yowl, howl, weep, wail
Usage: As the soldier’s body was laid out, the grieving widow began to ululate loudly.
Now, choose any 2 or 3 words and try to use them in your own sentences, this way you can retain the learnt words in your memory for long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section
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