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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 31 August 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.APOCRYPHAL (adj.): शंकायुक्त
Pronunciation: uh·paw·kruh·fl
Meaning: (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
Synonyms: fictitious, made-up, untrue
Antonyms: real, factual, literal
Sentence: Most of the stories about him are apocryphal.
2.CENTRIST (adj.) : मध्यमार्गी
Pronunciation: sen·truhst
Meaning: having moderate political views or policies.
Synonyms: conventional, neutral
Antonyms: extremist, radical, revolutionary
Sentence: Several centrist candidates were elected, apparently in a reaction against the extremists.
3.MISERLINESS (noun) : कंजूसी
Pronunciation: mai·zuh·lee·nuhs
Meaning: excessive desire to save money; extreme meanness.
Synonyms: avarice, acquisitiveness, parsimony
Antonyms: bounty, generosity, largesse
Sentence: The party earned a damaging reputation for miserliness by cutting pensions.
4.ANECDOTE (noun) : उपाख्यान
Pronunciation: a·nuhk·dote
Meaning: a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
Synonyms: story, tale, narrative
Antonyms: direct discourse, indirect discourse, credit.
Sentence: This research is based on anecdotes, not facts.
5.DIGRESSIONS (noun) : विषयांतर
Pronunciation: dai·greh·shnz
Meaning: a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing.
Synonyms: deviation, detour, diversion
Antonyms: accord, agreement, sameness.
Sentence: After several digressions, he finally got to the point.
6.PALLIATE (verb) : कम करना
Pronunciation: pa·lee·ayt
Meaning: to make more bearable or less severe
Synonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage
Antonyms: aggravate, exacerbate
Sentence: This medicine should palliate your cough at least a little.
7.HECTORED (verb) : बदमाशी से बात करना
Pronunciation: hectored
Meaning: talk to (someone) in a bullying way.
Synonyms: bully, intimidate, browbeat
Antonyms: comforted, consoled, soothed
Sentence: Brooks had hectored employees who refused to work overtime.
8.INDELIBLE (adj.) : अमिट
Pronunciation: uhn·deh·luh·bl
Meaning: (of ink or a pen) making marks that cannot be removed.
Synonyms: ineradicable, inerasable, ineffaceable
Antonyms: eradicable, erasable
Sentence: The blood had left an indelible mark on her shirt.
9.MILIEU (noun) : प्रतिवेश
Pronunciation: muh·lyoo
Meaning: a person’s social environment.
Synonyms: environment, ambient, atmosphere
Antonyms: advantage, boon ,calm.
Sentence: Coming from another milieu, she found life as an actor’s wife very strange at first.
10.GLEANED (verb) : से प्राप्त
Pronunciation: gleend
Meaning: extract (information) from various sources.
Synonyms: obtain, get, take
Antonyms: disperse, divide, plant.
Sentence: What do you glean from the news?
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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