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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 29 July 2023
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 mucah you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
Happy learning!!!
Happy learning!!!
1. RESPLENDENT (adj.) : उत्कृष्ट
Pronunciation: ruh·splen·dnt
Meaning: attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.
Synonyms: splendid, magnificent, brilliant
Antonyms: unappealing, unappetizing, unpleasant
Sentence: She looked resplendent in her green evening gown.
2. ABORTIVE (adj.) : निष्फल
Pronunciation: uh·bawt·uhv
Meaning: failing to produce the intended result.
Synonyms: failed, unsuccessful, futile
Antonyms: effective, effectual, efficacious
Sentence: He made an abortive attempt to recover the sunken pirate ship.
3. EXTENUATING (verb) : कम करना
Pronunciation: uhk·steh·nyoo·ayt·uhng
Meaning: (of a factor or situation) serving to lessen the seriousness of an offense.
Synonyms: excuse, mitigate, palliate
Antonyms: aggravate, aggravating
Sentence: Even the fact that you once helped to save my life could not extenuate your offense.
4. TESTAMENT (noun) : प्रमाण
Pronunciation: teh·stuh·ment
Meaning: something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim
Synonyms: proof, testimony, evidence
Antonyms: rebuttal, refutation, presumption
Sentence: The monument is a worthy testament to the courage of the men who fought in the war.
5. AFOREMENTIONED (adj.) : पूर्वकथित
Pronunciation: uh·faw·men·shnd
Meaning: denoting a thing or person previously mentioned.
Synonyms: aforesaid, foregoing, forenamed
Antonyms: following, subsequent, succeeding
Sentence: With the aforementioned reservation, I would recommend the movie for hardcore sci-fi fans.
6. CONFLAGRATION (noun) : आग
Pronunciation: kawn·fluh·gray·shn
Meaning: an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property.
Synonyms: fire, blaze, flames
Antonyms: peace, disarmament, demobilization.
Sentence: A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes.
7. MERCENARY (adj.) : लालच
Pronunciation: muh·suh·nuh·ree
Meaning: having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
Synonyms: greedy, avaricious, acquisitive
Antonyms: altruistic, charitable, liberal
Sentence: She’s interested in him for purely mercenary reasons.
8. PLUCK (noun) : साहस
Pronunciation: pluhk
Meaning: spirited and determined courage.
Synonyms: courage, bravery, daring
Antonyms: timidity, cowardice
Sentence: She showed a lot of pluck in dealing with the intruders.
9. NEOTERIC (adj.) : हाल में हुआ
Pronunciation: neoteric
Meaning: new or modern; recent.
Synonyms: latest, modern, recent
Antonyms: old, oldfangled
Sentence: The key problem of neoteric vicissitude in China is the social modernization of China.
10. WITHAL (adv.) : साथ ही साथ
Pronunciation: vuh·dhawl
Meaning: in addition; as a further factor or consideration.
Synonyms: additionally, furthermore, as well
Antonyms: worry, louden, storm
Sentence: She is fair and a wise lady withal.
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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