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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 29 May 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.Acutely (adv) - तीव्रता से
Pronunciation: uh·kyoot·lee
Meaning: with reference to something unpleasant or unwelcome; intensely.
Synonyms: extremely, severely, sharply, harshly, keenly, piercingly
Antonyms: slightly, chronically, blissfully, gladly, happily
Usage: The whole situation was acutely embarrassing.
2.Underlying (adj) - आधारभूत
Pronunciation: uhn·duh·laing
Meaning: important in a situation but not easily noticed or stated clearly
Synonyms: fundamental, basic, prime, primary, basal, beginning, elemental
Antonyms: secondary, refined, complex, sophisticated, high,
Usage: The underlying assumption is that the amount of money available is limited.
3.Unearth (verb) - पता लगाना
Pronunciation: uhn·uhth
Meaning: discover( something hidden, lost or kept secret) by investigation or searching
Synonyms: uncover, find, come across, disinter, exhume
Antonyms: hide, conceal, cover, bury, entomb, inhume
Usage: They have done all they can to unearth the truth.
4.Feasible (adj) - संभव
Pronunciation: fee·zu·bl
Meaning: possible to do easily or conveniently
Synonyms: practicable, attainable, workable, doable, possible
Antonyms: impossible, unattainable, impractical, doubtful, dubious
Usage: It's just not feasible to manage the business on a part-time basis.
5.Debilitating (adj) - दुर्बल
Pronunciation: duh·bi·luh·teit·uhng
Meaning: (of a disease or condition) making someone very weak and infirm
Synonyms: Enervating, draining, weakening, exhausting, fatiguing, wearing
Antonyms: invigorating, refreshing, exhausting, fatiguing, wearing
Usage: Many people spend a substantial part of old age in debilitating condition.
6.Protrusion (noun) - फलाव
Pronunciation: pruh·troo·zhn
Meaning: a thing that sticks out from a place or surface
Synonyms: jutting, obtrusion, projection, bulge, bunch, convexity
Antonyms: furrow, groove, trench, trough,dimple, gouge, impression, notch
Usage: He grabbed at a protrusion of rock with his right hand.
7.Rapacious (adj) - लालची
Pronunciation: ruh·pei·shuhs
Meaning: aggressively greedy or grasping
Synonyms: grasping, avaricious, acquisitive, devouring, gobbling, gorging
Antonyms: liberal, lavish, ,agnanimous, content, full, glutted
Usage: He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
8.Unnerving (adj) - हतोत्साहित
Pronunciation: uhn·nuhv·uhng
Meaning: inspiring fear
Synonyms: agitating, anxious, creepy, disquieting, distressful
Antonyms: calming, comfortable, easy, peaceful, quiet
Usage: It is very unnerving to find out that someone you see every day is carrying a potentially deadly virus.
9.Hobbled (verb) - शौक़ीन
Pronunciation: haw·bld
Meaning: hamper the action or progress of
Synonyms: absence, lack, need, want, deprivation, dispossession
Antonyms: acquisition, gain, control, hands, having, keeping, possession
Usage:The old man hobbled along with the help of his grandson.
10.Bereave (verb) - वंचित करना
Pronunciation: buh·reev
Meaning: be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.
Synonyms: deprive, dispossess, rob, divest, abate, denude
Antonyms: acquisition, gain, control, hands, having
Usage: The accident bereaved Jack of his wife.
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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