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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 28 November 2021
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and Sentence. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
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1. FIENDISH (adj) – पैशाचिक
Pronunciation: feend•uhsh
Meaning: extremely cruel or unpleasant; devilish.
Synonyms: wicked, cruel, vicious
Antonyms: good-hearted, benign, kind
Sentence: This was a fiendish act of wickedness.
2. INSOUCIANCE (noun) – लापरवाही
Pronunciation: uhn•soo•see•uhns
Meaning: casual lack of concern; indifference.
Synonyms: nonchalance, unconcern, lack of concern
Antonyms: concern, interest, regard
Sentence: For all her apparent insouciance, she was desperately unhappy.
3. LACUNA (noun) – कमी
Pronunciation: luh•kyoo•nuh
Meaning: an unfilled space or interval.
Synonyms: want, scarcity, shortage
Antonyms: enough, plenty, sufficiency
Sentence: The journal has filled a lacuna in Middle Eastern studies.
4. EQUANIMITY (noun) – समभाव
Pronunciation: eh•kvuh•ni•muh•tee
Meaning: mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.
Synonyms: composure, calmness, placidity
Antonyms: agitation, discomposure, perturbation
Sentence: She accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity.
5. SMOTHER (verb) – गला घोंटना
Pronunciation: smuh•dhuh
Meaning: kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate.
Synonyms: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
Antonyms: resuscitate, breathe, exhale
Sentence: They threatened to smother the animals with plastic bags.
6. ASSIDUOUS (adj) – परिश्रमी
Pronunciation: uh•si•joo•uhs
Meaning: showing great care and perseverance.
Synonyms: diligent, careful, meticulous
Antonyms: inactive, dull
Sentence: The fascinating sight of assiduous ants carrying food into the anthill.
7. SYCOPHANTIC (adj) – चापलूस
Pronunciation: si•kuh•fant•uhk
Meaning: behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.
Synonyms: obsequious, servile, subservient
Antonyms: insurgent, mutinous
Sentence: There was sycophantic laughter from the audience at every one of his terrible jokes.
8. DELIRIOUS (adj) – भ्रांतचित्त
Pronunciation: duh•leeuh•ree•uhs
Meaning: in an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication and characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech.
Synonyms: incoherent, raving, babbling
Antonyms: tranquil, undisturbed
Sentence: He became delirious and couldn’t recognize people.
9. AVIDITY (noun) – उत्कट इच्छा
Pronunciation: uh•vid•uh•tee
Meaning: extreme eagerness or enthusiasm.
Synonyms: enthusiasm, keenness, eagerness
Antonyms: apathy, indifference
Sentence: He read detective stories with avidity.
10. COMMOTION (noun) – हल्ला गुल्ला
Pronunciation: kuh•moh•shn
Meaning: a state of confused and noisy disturbance.
Synonyms: disturbance, ruckus, uproar
Antonyms: calm, hush, peace
Sentence: She was distracted by a commotion across the street.
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 a long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section.
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