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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 30 July 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. DELECTABLE (adj.): स्वादिष्ट
Pronunciation: duh·lek·tuh·bl
Meaning: (of food or drink) delicious.
Synonyms: delicious, mouthwatering, appetizing
Antonyms: distasteful, tasteless, flavorless
Sentence: Delectable smells rose from the kitchen.
2.STATURE (noun) : ऊंचाई
Pronunciation: sta·chuh
Meaning: the distance of something or someone from the bottom to top.
Synonyms: altitude, elevation, height
Antonyms: impotence, inability, inadequacy, incompetence.
Sentence: He saw a man of great stature
3.PURLIEU (noun) : क्षेत्र
Pronunciation: pur·lieu
Meaning: the area near or surrounding a place.
Synonyms: vicinity, neighborhood, outskirts
Antonyms: core city, downtown, inner city, midtown
Sentence: We stopped at one of the several pubs in the purlieus of the stadium.
4.INTERMINABLE (adj.) : अनंत
Pronunciation: uhn·tuh·muh·nuh·bl
Meaning: endless (often used hyperbolically).
Synonyms: seemingly endless, endless, never-ending
Antonyms: intermittent, periodic
Sentence: The journey seemed interminable.
5.TROUNCING (verb) : पूरी तरह से हार
Pronunciation: trawns·uhng
Meaning: defeat heavily in a contest.
Synonyms: defeat utterly, beating, defeat
Antonyms: success, triumph, victory
Sentence: She trounced her rivals in the election.
6.SCINTILLATE (verb) : चमकना
Pronunciation: sin·tuhl·ayt
Meaning: emit flashes of light; sparkle.
Synonyms: spark, sparkle, shine
Antonyms: dark, dim
Sentence: The diamond ring is scintillated in the sunlight.
7.BEVY (noun) : झुंड
Pronunciation: beh·vee
Meaning: a large group of people or things of a particular kind.
Synonyms: group, crowd, cluster
Antonyms: piece, portion, section
Sentence: A bevy of bureaucrats is involved.
8.TACTLESS (adj.) : उद्दंड
Pronunciation: takt·luhs
Meaning: having or showing a lack of adroitness and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues.
Synonyms: insensitive, inconsiderate, thoughtless
Antonyms: judicious, prudent, tactful
Sentence: His tactless words had incurred his father’s deep displeasure.
9.PREPONDERANCE (noun) : प्रधानता
Pronunciation: pruh·pawn·duh·ruhns
Meaning: the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.
Synonyms: prevalence, predominance, dominance
Antonyms: insignificance, inferiority, mediocrity
Sentence: The preponderance of evidence suggests that he’s guilty.
10.PROVENANCE (noun) : उत्पत्ति
Pronunciation: praw·vuh·nuhns
Meaning: the place of origin or earliest known history of something.
Synonyms: origin, source, place of origin
Antonyms: conclusion, effect, result
Sentence: The provenance of the paintings is unknown.
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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