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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 28 September 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. AFFIRM (verb) – अभिपुष्ट करना
Pronunciation: uh·fuhm
Meaning: state emphatically or publicly
Synonyms: declare, state, assert, aver, proclaim, pronounce, attest
Antonyms: deny
Usage: Tonight, the police will affirm the suspect’s identity on national television.
2. PREVENT (verb) – रोकना
Pronunciation: pruh·vent
Meaning: keep something from happening
Synonyms: stop, avert, block, intercept, halt, hinder, hamper
Antonyms: allow, cause, encourage
Usage: The rules are intended to prevent accidents.
3. FLATTERY (noun) – चापलूसी
Pronunciation: fla·tuh·ree
Meaning: giving excessive and often fake compliments to receive a favor
Synonyms: praise, adulation, compliments, blandishments, admiration, fawning
Antonyms: criticism, condemnation
Usage: Salespeople are often accused of using artificial flattery.
4. CONVEX (adjective) – उत्तल
Pronunciation: kon·veks
Meaning: having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere
Synonyms: rounded, bulging, outcurved, swelling, protuberant, curvilinear
Antonyms: concave, incurved, indented
Usage: The telescope contains a large convex mirror to collect the light.
5. EXTANT (adjective) – मौजूद
Pronunciation: ek·stant
Meaning: still in existence
Synonyms: surviving, remaining, abiding, enduring, undestroyed, present, existent
Antonyms: dead, extinct, gone
Usage: This is one of the few extant manuscripts.
6. AUDACIOUS (adjective) – साहसी
Pronunciation: aw·dei·shuhs
Meaning: recklessly bold
Synonyms: bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, brave, unafraid, unflinching
Antonyms: timid
Usage: The millionaire earned his fortune by being an audacious player on the stock market.
7. GRIN (verb) – मुसकुराना
Pronunciation: grin
Meaning: smile broadly
Synonyms: smile, beam, smirk, crack, simper
Antonyms: frown, scowl
Usage: She had a big grin on her face.
8. FLUCTUATION (noun) – अस्थिरता
Pronunciation: fluhk·tyoo·ei·shn
Meaning: an irregular rising and falling in number or amount
Synonyms: variation, shift, change, alteration, swing, movement, oscillation
Antonyms: stability
Usage: The calculations do not take into account any fluctuation in the share price.
9. CENSORIOUS (adjective) – दोषान्वेषी
Pronunciation: sen·saw·ree·uhs
Meaning: severely critical of others
Synonyms: hypercritical, overcritical, disapproving, condemnatory, condemning, deprecatory
Antonyms: complimentary, approving
Usage: Jill is a bully who constantly makes censorious statements about her coworkers.
10. PRUDENCE (noun) – विवेक
Pronunciation: proo·dns
Meaning: the quality of being prudent
Synonyms: wisdom, judgment, sagacity, shrewdness, advisability, sense, caution
Antonyms: folly, recklessness
Usage: A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems.
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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