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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 28 March 2021
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.PIED (adjective) – बहुरंगा
Pronunciation: paid
Meaning: having two or more different colors
Synonyms: multicolored, variegated, tabby, skewbald, dappled, brindled
Antonym: monochrome
Usage: Although the father’s coat was pure solid brown, the mother’s was pied.
2.EXPEDIENT (adjective) – उचित
Pronunciation: uhk·spee·dee·uhnt
Meaning: suitable to the circumstances
Synonyms: appropriate, advantageous, suitable, desirable, feasible, practical, effective
Antonyms: disadvantageous, impossible, inappropriate
Usage: It is expedient to reduce unnecessary expenditure.
3.SHORTCOMING (noun) – कमी
Pronunciation: shawt·kuh·muhng
Meaning: a deficiency or failing
Synonyms: defect, fault, drawback, flaw, weakness, imperfection, deficiency
Antonyms: advantage, strength, benefit
Usage: This structure can overcome the shortcoming of fake timing loop.
4.ERUDITE (adjective) – विद्वान
Pronunciation: eh·ruh·dait
Meaning: having or showing great knowledge or learning
Synonyms: knowledgeable, literate, scholarly, learned, brainy, cultivated, cultured
Antonyms: uneducated, common, ignorant
Usage: The room was full of erudite scholars who made the discussion on astronomy fun and interesting.
5.IMPOSE (verb) – थोपना
Pronunciation: uhm·powz
Meaning: to apply controls or rules
Synonyms: force, foist, inflict, appoint, charge, demand, enforce, establish
Antonyms: prevent, remove
Usage: The city is going to impose a recreation tax to pay for new parks.
6.PURVEY (verb) – बेचना
Pronunciation: puh·vei
Meaning: provide or supply
Synonyms: sell, retail, supply, provide, furnish, cater, offer
Antonyms: take, buy
Usage: They have two restaurants that purvey dumplings.
7.DOGMA (noun) – मत
Pronunciation: dog·muh
Meaning: something held as an established opinion
Synonyms: belief, conviction, tenet, precept, doctrine
Antonyms: doubt, unbelief, ambiguity
Usage: Since I do not believe my firm’s dogma that work comes before family, I have decided to look for a new job.
8.QUIESCENT (adjective) – मौन, स्थिर
Pronunciation: kwee·eh·snt
Meaning: in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy
Synonyms: inactive, inert, latent, fallow, passive, idle, inoperative
Antonym: active
Usage: While the bees are quiescent early in the morning and in the evening, they are overactive in the middle of the day.
9.HUDDLE (verb) – झुण्ड
Pronunciation: huh·dl
Meaning: crowd together
Synonyms: crowd, gather, throng, flock, herd, pile, bunch
Antonyms: disperse, scatter, spread
Usage: A little huddle of men stood in one corner.
10.RESPLENDENT (adjective) - देदीप्यमान
Pronunciation: ruh·splen·dnt
Meaning: having great beauty and splendor
Synonyms: splendid, magnificent, brilliant, dazzling, glittering
Antonyms: dull, ugly, withering
Usage: The peacock is a very showy bird with resplendent plumage in multiple shades of blues and greens.
Now choose any 2 or 3 words, try to use them in your own sentences and share your sentences in the comment section. This way you can retain the learnt words for long time.
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