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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 30 April 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 much you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1.SNUGLY (adv.) : आराम से
Pronunciation: snuhg•lee
Meaning: in a comfortable, warm, and cozy or well-protected manner.
Synonyms: comfortable, comfy, cozy
Antonyms: uncomfortable, troubled
Sentence: I left the children tucked up snugly in bed.
Pronunciation: snuhg•lee
Meaning: in a comfortable, warm, and cozy or well-protected manner.
Synonyms: comfortable, comfy, cozy
Antonyms: uncomfortable, troubled
Sentence: I left the children tucked up snugly in bed.
2. DELINQUENCY (noun) : अपराध
Pronunciation: duh•ling•kvuhn•see
Meaning: minor crime, especially that committed by young people.
Synonyms: crime, wrongdoing, criminality
Antonyms: compliance, goodness, morality
Sentence: There is a high rate of juvenile delinquency in this area.
3. FRITTER (verb) : व्यर्थ नष्ट करना
Pronunciation: fri•tuh
Meaning: waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters.
Synonyms: squander, waste, misuse
Antonyms: conserve, save
Sentence: I wish we hadn’t frittered the money away so easily.
4. GALLED (verb) : परेशान होना
Pronunciation: gawld
Meaning: make (someone) feel annoyed.
Synonyms: irritate, annoy, bother
Antonyms: delighted, gladdened, gratified
Sentence: He knew he was losing, and it galled him.
Pronunciation: gawld
Meaning: make (someone) feel annoyed.
Synonyms: irritate, annoy, bother
Antonyms: delighted, gladdened, gratified
Sentence: He knew he was losing, and it galled him.
5. SEAMLESS (adj.) : निरपराध
Pronunciation: seem•luhs
Meaning: being entirely without fault or flaw
Synonyms: absolute, faultless, flawless
Antonyms: censurable, defective, faulty
Sentence: The conductor’s seamless interpretation of Mozart’s Jupiter symphony was greeted with a standing ovation.
6. ENTREATY (noun) : विनती
Pronunciation: uhn•treet•ee
Meaning: an earnest or humble request.
Synonyms: appeal, request, petition
Antonyms: disagree, uglify, forfeit.
Sentence: The king turned a deaf ear to his entreaties.
7. FELICITATE (verb) : अभिनंदन करना
Pronunciation: fuh•li•suh•tayt
Meaning: to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune
Synonyms: compliment, congratulate, applaud
Antonyms: cry down, decry, deprecate
Sentence: The whole family felicitated John on his new appointment.
8. STATUTE (noun) : क़ानून
Pronunciation: sta•choot
Meaning: a written law passed by a legislative body.
Synonyms: law, regulation, enactment
Antonyms: refrain, activity, inactivity
Sentence: Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.
9. UNFETTERED (adj.) : निरंकुश
Pronunciation: uhn•feh•tuhd
Meaning: unrestrained or uninhibited.
Synonyms: unrestrained, unrestricted, unconstrained
Antonyms: bound, confined, restrained
Sentence: Unfettered by the bounds of reality, my imagination flourished.
10. DEBUNKING (verb) : असली रूप दिखाने
Pronunciation: dee•buhngk•uhng
Meaning: expose the falseness or hollowness of (a myth, idea, or belief).
Synonyms: explode, deflate, puncture
Antonyms: camouflaging, cloaking, disguising
Sentence: The investigative reporter quickly debunked the charlatan’s claims of prophecy.
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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