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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 30 & 31 May 2020
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and usage. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
1. DISQUIETUDE (noun) – घबराहट, बेचैनी
Pronunciation: dis-kwai-utyood
Meaning: a state of uneasiness or anxiety
Synonyms: worry, concern, apprehension, consternation, uneasiness, unease
Antonyms: calmness, serenity
Usage: The little boy listened in disquietude as his parents argued in the kitchen.
2. DIVINATION (noun) – भविष्य-कथन, अगम ज्ञान
Pronunciation: divi-nei-sh(u)n
Meaning: the practice of seeking knowledge of the future by supernatural means
Synonyms: divining, prophecy, prediction, soothsaying, augury
Usage: He cheats people in the name of practicing divination.
3. ESOTERIC (adjective) – गूढ़; अस्पष्ट
Pronunciation: esuh-terik / eesuh-terik
Meaning: intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest
Synonyms: abstruse, obscure, arcane
Antonyms: simple, familiar
Usage: Eric made an esoteric joke that only he and his brother understood.
4. TOME (noun) – किताब, पुस्तक
Pronunciation: tohm
Meaning: a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one
Synonyms: volume, book, work, opus
Usage: He presented a signed copy of his tome.
5. EBB (noun, verb) – भाटा आना; कमज़ोर पड़ना, क्षीण हो जाना
Pronunciation: eb
Meaning: the movement of the tide out to sea; (of tidewater) move away from the land; (of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease
Synonyms: receding, retreat, retreating, abating, subsiding, retrocession; diminish, dwindle, wane
Antonyms: increase, intensify, intensification
Usage:
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It was difficult sailing upstream against a strong ebb. (noun)
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The tide began to ebb. (verb)
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His confidence was ebbing away. (verb)
6. PROFUNDITY (noun) – गहरी समझ
Pronunciation: pruh-fun-duhti
Meaning: great depth of knowledge; great depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion; a statement or idea that shows great knowledge
Synonyms: wisdom, intelligence, sagacity, acuity; intensity, depth, extremity, severity, keenness
Usage:
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The comic is known for his humor not for his profundity on life.
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The profundity of her misery made me feel bad for her.
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The profundity in his speech was so impressive that audience gave him a standing ovation.
7. MERETRICIOUS (adjective) – दिखावटी, बनावटी शोभा का
Pronunciation: meri-tri-shus
Meaning: attractive but having no real value
Synonyms: flashy, pretentious, gaudy, tawdry, trashy, garish, chintzy
Usage: A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious.
8. SPECIOUS (adjective) – सत्याभास, धोखे का
Pronunciation: spee-shus
Meaning: seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false; misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive
Synonyms: misleading, deceptive, false, fallacious, unsound
Antonyms: genuine, true, right
Usage: His talks were actually specious and groundless.
9. IMPROVISE (verb) – कामचलाऊ व्यवस्था करना
Pronunciation: impruh-vaiz
Meaning: create and perform (music, drama, or verse) spontaneously or without preparation; produce or make (something) from whatever is available
Synonyms: extemporize, ad lib, impromptu, improvisational, improvisatory; contrive, devise, concoct, rig
Antonyms: prepared, rehearsed
Usage:
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He invited actors on the stage to improvise dialogues.
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I improvised a costume for myself out of an old blue dress.
10. BEATITUDE (noun) – परम सुख
Pronunciation: bi-ati-tyood
Meaning: supreme blessedness
Synonyms: blessedness, benediction, grace, bliss, ecstasy, exaltation
Usage: I was jealous of her beatitude after she received every birthday gift for which she asked.
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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