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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 30 June 2020
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. What’s more, take the test given at the last to check how much you learnt. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. VITIATE (verb) – दूषित करना, नुक़सान पहुंचाना
Pronunciation: vi·shee·eit
Meaning: to destroy or damage something
Synonyms: delete, nullify, annihilate, abrogate, quash, annul
Antonyms: affirm, validate, ratify
Usage: Smoking vitiates the air.
2. USURP (verb) – अन्याय से ले लेना, छीन लेना
Pronunciation: yoo·suhp
Meaning: take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force
Synonyms: seize, take over, expropriate, arrogate, annex, supplant, wrest, arrogate
Antonyms: relinquish, refuse, surrender
Usage: After the king dies, his brother will usurp the throne from the prince.
3. DIVULGE (verb) – भेद खोलना, घोषणा करना
Pronunciation: dai·vuhlj
Meaning: make known (private or sensitive information)
Synonyms: bare, disclose, discover, expose, let on (about), reveal, spill, tell, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil
Antonyms: cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil
Usage: Army never divulge their sources.
4. EXACERBATE (verb) – बिगड़ी हुई को और बिगाड़ना, ख़राब करना
Pronunciation: uhg·za·suh·beit
Meaning: make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse
Synonyms: aggravate, complicate, worsen, vex, enrage, exasperate, embitter, madden
Antonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, help, mitigate, relieve
Usage: I don't want to exacerbate the situation.
5. ALLUDE (verb) – संकेत करना
Pronunciation: uh·lood
Meaning: to make indirect reference
Synonyms: hint, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate, suggest
Antonyms: announce, declare, proclaim, elucidate, explain, spell out, delineate, describe
Usage: In his upcoming speech, the president will allude to his economic stimulus plan.
6. CUSHY (adjective) – आरामदेह
Pronunciation: ku·shee
Meaning: (of a job or situation) undemanding, easy, or secure; (of furniture) comfortable
Synonyms: comfortable, comfy, cozy, easy, snug, soft, undemanding
Antonym: uncomfortable
Usage: It's a cushy life for the rich.
7. ERRAND (noun) – उद्देश्य, काम, लक्ष्य, संदेश
Pronunciation: eh·ruhnd
Meaning: a short journey either to take a message or to take or collect something
Synonyms: expedition, task, job, commission, assignment, mission
Usage: My mother asked me to go on an errand as she wanted me to buy some food.
8. CONSPICUOUS (adjective) – स्पष्ट, ऐसा स्थान या व्यक्ति जिस पर सब की दृष्टि पड़े
Pronunciation: kuhn·spi·kyoo·uhs
Meaning: clearly visible
Synonyms: catchy, commanding, emphatic, eye-catching, flamboyant, grabby, noticeable, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, showy, splashy, striking
Antonyms: inconspicuous, unemphatic, unflamboyant, unnoticeable, unobtrusive, unremarkable, unshowy
Usage: Standing beside the skinny models, the fat boy looked very conspicuous.
9. COVET (verb) – लालच या लोभ करना
Pronunciation: kuh·vuht
Meaning: to want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else
Synonyms: begrudge, craze, desiderate, fancy, desire, want
Antonyms: abjure, generous
Usage: The Bible says a man should not covet another man’s wife.
10. KNOTTY (adjective) – कठिन, उलझा हुआ
Pronunciation: no·tee
Meaning: (of a problem or difficulty) complicated and difficult to solve; full of knots
Synonyms: complex, complicate, complicated, convoluted, daedal, intricate, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tangled
Antonyms: easy, facile, simple, smooth
Usage: She met with a lot of knotty problems.
Now choose any 2 or 3 words, try to use them in your own sentences and share your sentences in the comment section. This way you can retain the learnt words for long time. 
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