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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings : 31 May 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.Subsume (verb) - किसी नियम के अंतर्गत करना
Pronunciation: suhb·syoom
Meaning: include or absorb something in something else
Synonyms: encompass, contain, comprise, embrace, involve, number
Antonyms: exclude, miss out, preclude, prevent, prohibit
Usage: Most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two board categories.
2.Venerate (verb) - सम्मानित करना
Pronunciation: veh·nuh·reit
Meaning: regard with great respect
Synonyms: respect, revere, honour, adore, deify, glorify
Antonyms: dishonour, scorn, disparage, insult, offend, outrage
Usage: It is in your nature to be worshipped and venerated by those around you.
3.Replicate (verb) - दोहराने
Pronunciation: rep-li-kayt
Meaning: to copy something exactly
Synonyms: copy, duplicate, imitate, reproduce, fake, forge
Antonyms: originate, create, invent, initiate, imagine
Usage: Subsequent experiments failed to replicate these findings.
4.Resentment (noun) - नाराज़गी
Pronunciation: ruh·zent·muhnt
Meaning: bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly
Synonyms: bitterness, discontent, irritation, hostility, despite, hatefulness, malevolence
Antonyms: pleasure, contentment, sympathy, benevolence, goodwill, kindness
Usage: There is much poverty and anguish in the world and it breeds resentment and envy.
5.Articulate (verb) - स्पष्ट, गाँठदार
Pronunciation: ar-tic-yuh-late
Meaning: to express or explain your thoughts or feelings clearly in words.
Synonyms: express, assert, proclaim, mention, announce, eloquent
Antonyms: faltering, halting, hesitant, maundering, mumbling
Usage: It is the school`s duty to articulate its practices to parents.
6.Loathe (verb) - घृणा करना
Pronunciation: loudh
Meaning: feel intense dislike or disgust for
Synonyms: hate, detest, abhor, abominate, despise, execrate
Antonyms: like, admire, adore, enjoy, relish
Usage: Truly, they are now loathed and despised in newspapers across the world.
7.Overarching (adj) - व्यापक
Pronunciation: oh·vuh·aa·chuhng
Meaning: comprehensive or all embracing
Synonyms: inclusive, overall, through- out, complete, pervasive, sweeping
Antonyms: component, constituent, cross-sectional, divisional, fragmentary
Usage: The overarching principle at work is that everyone contributes to the common need.
8.Predicaments (noun) - मुश्किलों
Pronunciation: pruh·di·kuh·muhnts
Meaning: a difficult, unpleasant or embarrassing situation
Synonyms: mires, pickles, quagmires, deadlocks, halts, logjams
Antonyms: advantage, agreement, benefit, breakthrough, solution
Usage: Career development is faced with many predicaments, such as stagnate, discontinue and tiredness of career.
9.Siege (noun) - घेराबंदी
Pronunciation: seej
Meaning: invading and taking control by force
Synonyms: recurrence, relapse, brainstorm, convulsion, collapse, prostration
Antonyms: arrest, relief, remission
Usage: The city succumbed after only a short siege.
10.Depraved (adj) - भ्रष्ट
Pronunciation: duh·preivd
Meaning: morally bad or evil
Synonyms: perverted, lascivious, dissolute, degenerate, corrupt, demoralized
Antonyms: virtuous, moral, ethical, honest, principled
Usage: These films are likely to deprave the children.
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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