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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 29 May 2024
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.DESTITUTE (adj.): निराश्रित
Pronunciation: deh·stuh·tyoot
Meaning: lacking money or material possessions
Synonyms: penniless, penurious, pauperized
Antonyms: affluent, prosperous, opulent
Sentence: The floods left thousands of people destitute.
Pronunciation: deh·stuh·tyoot
Meaning: lacking money or material possessions
Synonyms: penniless, penurious, pauperized
Antonyms: affluent, prosperous, opulent
Sentence: The floods left thousands of people destitute.
2.PANEGYRIC (noun): प्रशंसात्मक
Pronunciation: pa·nuh·ji·ruhk
Meaning: a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
Synonyms: accolade, citation, commendation
Antonyms: admonition, harangue
Sentence: She delivered a panegyric on the President-elect.
Pronunciation: pa·nuh·ji·ruhk
Meaning: a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
Synonyms: accolade, citation, commendation
Antonyms: admonition, harangue
Sentence: She delivered a panegyric on the President-elect.
3.RETRIBUTION (noun): प्रतिदण्ड
Pronunciation: reh·truh·byoo·shn
Meaning: punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.
Synonyms: punishment, penalty, nemesis
Antonyms: forgiveness, pardon, remission
Sentence: People are seeking retribution for the latest terrorist outrages.
Pronunciation: reh·truh·byoo·shn
Meaning: punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.
Synonyms: punishment, penalty, nemesis
Antonyms: forgiveness, pardon, remission
Sentence: People are seeking retribution for the latest terrorist outrages.
4.DULCET (adj.): आनंदकर
Pronunciation: duhl·suht
Meaning: giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses.
Synonyms: delightful, enjoyable, felicitous
Antonyms: unpalatable, unpleasant, disturbing
Sentence: She recorded the dulcet tones of her family and friends.
Meaning: giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses.
Synonyms: delightful, enjoyable, felicitous
Antonyms: unpalatable, unpleasant, disturbing
Sentence: She recorded the dulcet tones of her family and friends.
5.AUGMENT (verb): बढ़ाना
Pronunciation: aug·ment
Meaning: make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.
Synonyms: increase, make larger, make bigger
Antonyms: decrease
Sentence: He augmented his summer income by painting houses.
Pronunciation: aug·ment
Meaning: make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.
Synonyms: increase, make larger, make bigger
Antonyms: decrease
Sentence: He augmented his summer income by painting houses.
6.CONSCIENCE (noun): अंतरात्मा की आवाज
Pronunciation: kawn·shns
Meaning: an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior.
Synonyms: sense of right, moral sense, inner voice
Antonyms: unconscious, unaware, oblivious
Sentence: Her conscience told her to find the lost wallet’s owner.
Pronunciation: kawn·shns
Meaning: an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior.
Synonyms: sense of right, moral sense, inner voice
Antonyms: unconscious, unaware, oblivious
Sentence: Her conscience told her to find the lost wallet’s owner.
7.SEETHING (adj.): क्रोध में
Pronunciation: seedh·uhng
Meaning: filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger.
Synonyms: blazing, raging, rankling
Antonyms: cool, calmness
Sentence: He marched off, seething with frustration.
Pronunciation: seedh·uhng
Meaning: filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger.
Synonyms: blazing, raging, rankling
Antonyms: cool, calmness
Sentence: He marched off, seething with frustration.
8.EFFETE (adj.): अशक्त
Pronunciation: uh·feet
Meaning: (of a person) affected, overrefined, and ineffectual.
Synonyms: affected, over-refined, ineffectual
Antonyms: unpretentious
Sentence: People said the aristocracy was effete.
Pronunciation: uh·feet
Meaning: (of a person) affected, overrefined, and ineffectual.
Synonyms: affected, over-refined, ineffectual
Antonyms: unpretentious
Sentence: People said the aristocracy was effete.
9.ALLEGIANCE (noun): निष्ठा
Pronunciation: uh·lee·jns
Meaning: loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group orcause.
Synonyms: loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity
Antonyms: disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness
Sentence: FBI demands its employees’ absolute allegiance to this bureau.
Pronunciation: uh·lee·jns
Meaning: loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group orcause.
Synonyms: loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity
Antonyms: disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness
Sentence: FBI demands its employees’ absolute allegiance to this bureau.
10.INVETERATE (adj.): जिद्दी
Pronunciation: uhn·veh·tuh·ruht
Meaning: having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
Synonyms: ingrained, stubborn
Antonyms: unaccustomed, unused
Sentence: The man is an inveterate liar who only rarely tells the truth.
Pronunciation: uhn·veh·tuh·ruht
Meaning: having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
Synonyms: ingrained, stubborn
Antonyms: unaccustomed, unused
Sentence: The man is an inveterate liar who only rarely tells the truth.
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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