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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 31 March 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. WAGER (noun) : दांव
Pronunciation: vayj·uh
Meaning: an act of betting a sum of money on the outcome of an unpredictable event.
Synonyms: bet, gamble, stake
Antonyms: certainty, proof, protection
Sentence: Lost her wager when the horse dropped out of the race.
2. JOLLITY (noun) : चहलपहल
Pronunciation: jaw·luh·tee
Meaning: lively and cheerful activity or celebration.
Synonyms: conviviality, festivity, gaiety
Antonyms: dolefulness, melancholy, depression
Sentence: It was a memorable night of riotous jollity.
3. DESOLATION (noun) : वीरानी
Pronunciation: duh·zuh·lay·shn
Meaning: a state of complete emptiness or destruction.
Synonyms: barrenness, bleakness, starkness
Antonyms: blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness
Sentence: His desolation after his twin brother died was incurable.
4. DECRYING (verb) : निंदा
Pronunciation: duh·krai·uhng
Meaning: publicly denounce.
Synonyms: denounce, condemn, criticize
Antonyms: acclaiming, applauding, praising
Sentence: The prophets weren’t decrying the ritual of the temple.
5. PANDER (verb) : बढ़ावा देना
Pronunciation: pan·daa
Meaning: gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.).
Synonyms: indulge, gratify, satisfy
Antonyms: disappoint, hurt, ignore
Sentence: Don’t pander to such people.
6. EBULLIENT (adj.) : जोशीला
Pronunciation: uh·buh·lee·uhnt
Meaning: cheerful and full of energy.
Synonyms: exuberant, buoyant, cheerful
Antonyms: indolent, lazy, stolid
Sentence: My father is a naturally ebullient personality.
7. PHALANX (noun) : झुंड
Pronunciation: fa·langks
Meaning: formal a large collection of people, animals, or things often placed close together.
Synonyms: brigade, crew, platoon
Antonyms: individual, single
Sentence: A solid phalanx of armed guards stood in front of the castle.
8. CONTUMACIOUS (adj.) : अवज्ञाकारी
Pronunciation: kawn·choo·may·shuhs
Meaning: (especially of a defendant’s behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
Synonyms: balky, contrary, defiant
Antonyms: amenable, biddable, compliant
Sentence: The judge threatened to charge the contumacious witness with contempt of court.
9.SHREWDNESS (noun) : चतुराई
Pronunciation: shrood·nuhs
Meaning: the quality of having or showing good powers of judgment.
Synonyms: sharpness, acuteness, acuity
Antonyms: guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence
Sentence: The coach showed considerable tactical shrewdness.
10. KNACK (noun) : आदत
Pronunciation: nak
Meaning: an acquired or natural skill at performing a task.
Synonyms: aptitude, aptness, skill
Antonyms: inability, incapacity
Sentence: He has a knack for saying the wrong thing.
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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