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Vocabulary - Exceptional English words with meanings 6 April 2020
Here some exceptional English words from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are given with their synonyms/antonyms and usage. Hopefully, this will help you improve your vocabulary.
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1. EXACTING (adjective) – कठोर, सख्त, कठिन, कड़ा
Pronunciation: ig-zak-ting / eg-zak-ting
Meaning: making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources
Synonyms: demanding, hard, tough, stringent, testing, challenging
Antonym: easy
Usage: It was exacting work and required all his patience.
2. PSEUDO (adjective, noun) – नक़ली, झूठा
Pronunciation: syoo-do
Meaning: not genuine; a pretentious or insincere person
Synonyms: bogus, sham, phoney, imitation, artificial, mock, fake, feigned, pretended, false, faux, spurious
Antonym: genuine
Usage:
Her care for the poor is completely pseudo. (adjective)
Anthony needs the opinion of a real scientist, not a pseudo. (noun)
3. ENNUI (noun) – ग्लानि, विरक्ति, क्लांति
Pronunciation: on-wee
Meaning: a feeling of no interest and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement
Synonyms: boredom, tedium, lethargy, lassitude, languor
Antonyms: animation, contentment
Usage: Since losing his job, he has often experienced a profound sense of ennui.
4. DASTARDLY (adjective) – दुष्ट और क्रूर
Pronunciation: das-tud-li
Meaning: wicked and cruel
Synonyms: evil, iniquitous, heinous, villainous, diabolical, diabolic
Antonyms: noble, praiseworthy
Usage: He described the killing as a dastardly act.
5. MAR (verb) – बिगाड़ना, क्षति पहुँचाना
Pronunciation: maa
Meaning: weaken or damage the quality or appearance of something
Synonyms: spoil, ruin, impair, disfigure, flaw, blemish
Antonyms: improve, enhance
Usage: The report was marred by a large number of errors.
6. ENNOBLE (verb) – पदवृद्धि करना, प्रतिष्ठा बढ़ाना
Pronunciation: in-o-b(u)l / en-o-b(u)l
Meaning: give (someone) a noble rank or title; lend greater dignity or nobility of character to someone
Synonyms: nobilitate, dignify, honour
Antonym: demean
Usage:
I was glad when this gentleman was ennobled.
Sports can also ennoble our minds by bringing us close to nature and close to the essence of life.
7. VINDICTIVE (adjective) – प्रतिशोधी, प्रतिकाराशील, प्रतिहिंसात्मक
Pronunciation: vin-dik-tiv
Meaning: having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge
Synonyms: vengeful, revengeful, avenging, unforgiving, grudge-bearing, resentful
Antonym: forgiving
Usage: After the divorce Joan's ex-husband became increasingly vindictive.
8. LEERY (adjective) – सावधान, चौकन्ना
Pronunciation: li-uri
Meaning: not trusting someone/something and usually avoiding him/her/it (if possible)
Synonyms: wary, cautious, careful, guarded, chary, suspicious, distrustful
Antonyms: heedless, trustful
Usage: Landlords are often leery of renting to large families.
9. FLEECY (adjective) – लोमश
Pronunciation: flee-si
Meaning: made of or lined with a soft, warm fabric; white and fluffy-looking
Synonyms: fluffy, woolly, downy, fuzzy, feathery, furry
Antonym: coarse
Usage:
He liked to wear his fleecy tracksuit next to bare skin.
Fleecy clouds spread over the blue sky.
10. LATITUDE (noun) – ढील
Pronunciation: lati-tyood
Meaning: scope for freedom of action or thought
Synonyms: freedom, scope, leeway, elbow room, breathing space
Antonyms: constraint, restriction
Usage: Journalists have considerable latitude in criticizing public figures.
Now, choose any 2 or 3 words and try to use them in your own sentences, this way you can retain the learnt words in your memory for long time. You can share your sentences in the comment section.
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