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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 30 June 2021
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.STRIVE (verb) – प्रयास करना
Pronunciation: straiv
Meaning: to struggle or try something very hard
Synonyms: try, attempt, aim, aspire, venture, undertake
Antonyms: relax, rest, laze
Usage: We have to strive for what we want.
2.CONCISE (adjective) – संक्षिप्त
Pronunciation: kuhn·sais
Meaning: expressing much in few words
Synonyms: short, brief, compact, pithy, incisive, crisp, compressed
Antonyms: lengthy, wordy
Usage: Since I get bored easily, I only read concise stories under fifty pages.
3.MODERATION (noun) – संयम
Pronunciation: mo·duh·rei·shn
Meaning: the avoidance of excess or extremes
Synonyms: restraint, fairness, patience, temperance, constraint, balance
Antonyms: extremism, intemperance
Usage: Eating fatty foods is acceptable as long as you do it in moderation without overdoing it.
4.TRIFLING (adjective) – तुच्छ
Pronunciation: trai·fuh·luhng
Meaning: unimportant or trivial
Synonyms: trivial, unimportant, insignificant, minor, inconsiderable, nominal, negligible
Antonyms: important, serious, considerable
Usage: My time is too valuable to spend on trifling matters that have little worth.
5.CHOKE (verb) – दम घुटना
Pronunciation: chowk
Meaning: to have issue in breathing
Synonyms: suffocate, asphyxiate, smother, stifle, strangle, throttle
Antonyms: free, loose, release
Usage: Peanuts can choke a small child.
6.UNFATHOMABLE (adjective) – अथाह
Pronunciation: uhn·fa·thuh·muh·bl
Meaning: incapable of being fully explored or understood
Synonyms: inscrutable, incomprehensible, enigmatic, incalculable, indecipherable, obscure, esoteric
Antonyms: comprehensible, intelligible, understandable
Usage: After five hours, we still could not figure out the unfathomable riddle.
7.DETONATE (verb) – विस्फोट करना
Pronunciation: deh·tuh·neit
Meaning: to ignite or blow up
Synonyms: blast, burst, explode, bang, ignite, trigger, spark
Antonym: dismantle
Usage: A remote control device was used to detonate the bomb.
8.MINDSET (noun) – मानसिकता
Pronunciation: maind·set
Meaning: the established set of attitudes held by someone
Synonyms: attitude, psychology, ethos, mentality, psyche
Antonym: physicality
Usage: I am of the mindset that there’s no reason to put off things I can do now to instead do later.
9.TRACTABLE (adjective) – शिक्षणीय
Pronunciation: trak·tuh·bl
Meaning: easy to control or influence
Synonyms: controllable, manageable, malleable, yielding, amenable, complaisant, compliant
Antonyms: obstinate, defiant, recalcitrant
Usage: The dog was more tractable when he wore the vibrating collar.
10.PROSPERITY (noun) – समृद्धि
Pronunciation: pro·speh·ruh·tee
Meaning: the state of being prosperous
Synonyms: wealth, success, profitability, affluence, riches, opulence, growth
Antonyms: hardship, failure, poverty
Usage: The growth of tourism brought prosperity to the island.
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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