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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 28 August 2020
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. MAGNITUDE (noun) – परिमाण
Pronunciation: mag·nuh·chood
Meaning: the great size or extent of something
Synonyms: immensity, vastness, enormity, expanse, size, extent, greatness
Antonyms: smallness
Usage: Because of the magnitude of the project, I need to hire some additional workers.
2. MISGIVING (noun) – शक
Pronunciation: mis·giv.uhng
Meaning: a feeling of doubt about the consequences of something
Synonyms: qualm, doubt, reservation, scruple, suspicion, distrust, mistrust
Antonyms: confidence
Usage: My only misgiving is that we might not have enough time to do the job properly.
3. SEMINAL (adjective) – लाभदायक, प्रभावशाली
Pronunciation: seh·muh·nuhl
Meaning: strongly influencing later developments
Synonyms: influential, formative, pioneering, original, creative, innovative, imaginative
Antonyms: irrelevant, unimportant
Usage: Newton’s laws are seminal in the field of physics.
4. EFFETE (adjective) – अशक्त
Pronunciation: uh·feet
Meaning: weak or effeminate
Synonyms: effeminate, unmasculine, unmanly, weak, soft, timid, fearful
Antonyms: manly, masculine, strong
Usage: The huge wrestler made fun of the effete man who entered the ring to challenge him.
5. HARROW (verb) – परेशान करना
Pronunciation: ha·row
Meaning: cause distress to
Synonyms: distress, trouble, afflict, grieve, torment, torture, crucify
Antonyms: calm, comfort, heartening
Usage: Todd could take it, whereas I'm harrowed by it.
6. HARDINESS (noun) – साहस, सहन-शक्ति
Pronunciation: haa·dee·nuhs
Meaning: the ability to endure difficult conditions
Synonyms: robustness, strength, toughness, vigour, resilience
Antonyms: frailty
Usage: The people here are known for their hardiness and courage.
7. MAUDLIN (adjective) – भावुक
Pronunciation: mawd·luhn
Meaning: self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental
Synonyms: sentimental, emotional, overemotional, tearful, lachrymose, weepy
Antonyms: austere, undemonstrative
Usage: We saw a maudlin movie about an orphan who lost his parents in the war.
8. ABYSMAL (adjective) – भयानक
Pronunciation: uh·biz·muhl
Meaning: extremely bad; appalling
Synonyms: dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable
Antonyms: superb, magnificent
Usage: Tomorrow’s weather forecast is so abysmal I plan on staying indoors all day.
9. DENOUEMENT (noun) – नतीजा
Pronunciation: dei·noo·mon
Meaning: the outcome of a situation, when something is decided or made clear
Synonyms: outcome, result, consequence, upshot, ending, culmination, climax
Antonyms: origin, beginning
Usage: After being in the jury room for weeks, we were anxious for the denouement of the trial.
10. EXTEMPORE (adverb) – अविचारित
Pronunciation: uhk·stem·puh·ree
Meaning: spoken or done without preparation
Synonyms: impromptu, spontaneous, unscripted, extemporary, improvised, unrehearsed
Antonyms: rehearsed, planned
Usage: Dr. King’s extempore speech to the crowd was not memorized, but from the heart.
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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