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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 28 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. FOIL (verb) – विफल करना
Pronunciation: fo-il
Meaning: prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding
Synonyms: thwart, frustrate, counter, oppose, balk
Antonyms: assist, support
Usage: Fortunately, the police were able to foil the kidnapper’s plan.
2. CESSION (noun) – स्वत्व त्याग
Pronunciation: se-shun
Meaning: the formal giving up of rights, property, or territory by a state
Synonyms: surrender, surrendering, ceding, conceding
Antonym: gain
Usage: The cession of the territory could not be avoided because they lost the war.
3. LAY-OFF (noun) – खारिज करना, सेवामुक्ति
Pronunciation: lei-of
Meaning: a temporary or permanent discharge of a worker or workers
Synonyms: redundancy, dismissal, discharge, unemployment, sacking, firing
Antonyms: recruitment, hiring
Usage: It's important to be prepared to change jobs, because a lay-off could happen to any of us, without warning.
4. INDUBITABLE (adjective) – असंदिग्ध, नि:शंक
Pronunciation: in-dyoo-bi-tub(u)l
Meaning: unable to be doubted
Synonyms: unquestionable, undoubtable, indisputable, unarguable, inarguable
Antonym: doubtful
Usage: The indubitable benefit of using coupons is the ability to save money.
5. INHOSPITABLE (adjective) – अनिष्ट
Pronunciation: in-hos-pitub(u)l
Meaning: (of an environment) harsh and difficult to live in; (of a person) unfriendly and unwelcoming towards people
Synonyms: uninviting, unwelcoming, forbidding; unfriendly, unsociable, unsocial, antisocial, unneighbourly, uncongenial
Antonyms: hospitable, welcoming
Usage:
- The prince chose one of the world's most inhospitable and dangerous areas for his trip.
- The people I met in the city were rude and inhospitable.
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6. RAM (verb) – भोंकना; टकराना
Pronunciation: ram
Meaning: roughly force (something) into place; crash violently against something
Synonyms: force, thrust, plunge, stab; hit, strike
Usage:
- He rammed his stick into the ground.
- The stolen car rammed into the front of the house.
7. WELTER (noun) – हडबडी, झमेला
Pronunciation: wel-tuh
Meaning: a large number of items in no order; a state of general disorder
Synonyms: jumble, clutter, mess, hotchpotch, mishmash
Usage: The classroom was in a welter when the teacher did not show up for class.
8. RABID (adjective) – उन्मत्त
Pronunciation: rab-id / reib-id
Meaning: having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something
Synonyms: extreme, fanatical, overzealous, extremist
Antonyms: moderate, liberal, half-hearted
Usage: The show has small but rabid fan base.
9. COWER (verb) – दुबक के बैठना
Pronunciation: kau-uh
Meaning: bend knees and bring upper body forward and down in fear
Synonyms: cringe, shrink, crouch
Usage: My cat cowers in the corner whenever I turn on the vacuum cleaner.
10. BUNG (verb) – लापरवाही से फेंकना
Pronunciation: bung
Meaning: put or throw (something) somewhere in a careless or casual way
Synonym: cork
Antonym: take out
Usage: Would you bung another coin in the machine?
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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