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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 28 October 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. JEOPARDY (noun) – ख़तरा
Pronunciation: jeop·ar·dy
Meaning: danger of loss, harm, or failure.
Synonyms: danger, peril, endangerment
Antonyms: safety, secure, security
Sentence: The city’s firefighters routinely put their lives in jeopardy by executing daring rescues.
2. ASSAIL (verb) – आक्रमण करना
Pronunciation: as·sail
Meaning: make a concerted or violent attack on.
Synonyms: attack, assault, rush
Antonyms: defend, guard, protect
Sentence: The Scots army assailed Edward’s army from the rear.
3. TEMPTING (adj) – मोहक
Pronunciation: tempt·ing
Meaning: appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable.
Synonyms: enticing, alluring, attractive
Antonyms: boring, irksome, tedious
Sentence: And maybe, I don’t want you tempting me to do something I shouldn’t.
4. MONOTONOUS (adj) – नीरस
Pronunciation: mo·not·o·nous
Meaning: dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest.
Synonyms: tedious, boring, dull
Antonyms: engaging, engrossing, gripping
Sentence: The lecturer’s monotonous speech put us to sleep.
5. ELOQUENT (adj) – सुवक्ता
Pronunciation: el·o·quent
Meaning: fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
Synonyms: persuasive, expressive, articulate
Antonyms: inarticulate, ineloquent, unvocal
Sentence: His speeches in the chamber were always eloquent and powerful.
6. EMBELLISH (verb) – संवारना
Pronunciation: em·bel·lish
Meaning: make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.
Synonyms: decorate, adorn, enrich
Antonyms: blemish, deface, disfigure
Sentence: Grandma likes to embellish her knitting by hiding secret messages in the pattern.
7. MUSTER (noun) – एकत्र होना
Pronunciation: mus·ter
Meaning: assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.
Synonyms: assemble, bring together, gather
Antonyms: entity, single, unit
Sentence: 17,000 men had been mustered on Haldon Hill.
8. SOPPING (adj) – तर
Pronunciation: sop·ping
Meaning: saturated with liquid; wet through.
Synonyms: watery, wet, moist
Antonyms: arid, dry, unwatered
Sentence: Get those sopping clothes off,
9. SHOVE (verb) – धकेलना
Pronunciation: shuhv
Meaning: push (someone or something) roughly.
Synonyms: push, thrust, propel
Antonyms: Discourage, dissuade, halt
Sentence: They started pushing and shoving people out of the way.
10. PALATABLE (adj) – स्वादिष्ट
Pronunciation: pal·at·able
Meaning: (of food or drink) pleasant to taste.
Synonyms: tasty, appetizing, eatable
Antonyms: distasteful, flavorless, tasteless
Sentence: The meal was barely palatable.
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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