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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 27 June 2022
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. FUDGING (verb) : हेरफेर
Pronunciation: fuhj·uhng
Meaning: present or deal with (something) in a vague, noncommittal, or inadequate way, especially so as to conceal the truth or mislead.
Synonyms: evade, dodge, shuffle
Antonyms: clarifying, explaining, illustrating
Sentence: Fudging the numbers on an expense report might be considered fraud in some circles.
2. FRITTERING (verb) : व्यर्थ नष्ट करना
Pronunciation: fri·tuh·ruhng
Meaning: waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters.
Synonyms: squander, waste, misspend
Antonyms: penurious, acquisitive
Sentence: I seem to fritter my time away in coffee mornings.
3. PROMULGATE (verb) : घोषणा करना
Pronunciation: praw·muhl·gayt
Meaning: promote or make widely known
Synonyms: make known, make public, publicize
Antonyms: silence, suppress, criticize
Sentence: The actor makes use of social media to promulgate the release of his film projects.
4. AVARICE (noun) : लोभ
Pronunciation: a·vuh·ruhs
Meaning: extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Synonyms: greed, acquisitiveness, cupidity
Antonyms: fulfillment, satisfaction, selflessness
Sentence: Avarice blinds our eyes.
5. CHAGRIN (verb) : चिढ़ाना
Pronunciation: sha·gruhn
Meaning: feel distressed or humiliated.
Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, irked
Antonyms: felicity, gladness
Sentence: He was chagrined when his friend poured scorn on him.
6. FERVOR (adj.) : जोश
Pronunciation: fuh·vuh
Meaning: intense and passionate feeling.
Synonyms: passion, ardor, zeal
Antonyms: impassiveness, impassivity, aloofness
Sentence: The speech aroused nationalist fervor.
7. CONSONANCE (noun) : समझौता
Pronunciation: kawn·suh·nuhns
Meaning: agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.
Synonyms: agreement, concord, accord
Antonyms: discordance, conflict, disagreement
Sentence: This type of democracy is in consonance with our own African heritage.
8. THAW (verb) : पिघलना
Pronunciation: thaw
Meaning: (of ice, snow, or another frozen substance, such as food) become liquid or soft as a result of warming.
Synonyms: liquefy, melt, fuse
Antonyms: harden, set, solidify
Sentence: The snow started to thaw as the temperature kept up.
9. EXPLICABLE (adj.) : समझाने के योग्य
Pronunciation: uhk·spli·kuh·bl
Meaning: able to be accounted for or understood.
Synonyms: explainable, interpretable, definable
Antonyms: inexplicable, insoluble, insolvable
Sentence: The sudden increase in sales is easily explicable.
10. FANATICAL (adj.) : कट्टर
Pronunciation: fuh·na·tuhk·uhl
Meaning: filled with excessive and single-minded zeal.
Synonyms: zealous, extremist, rabid
Antonyms: nonmilitant, nonrevolutionary, liberal
Sentence: As a boy, he was a fanatical patriot.
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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