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Vocabulary - Exceptional English words with meanings 8 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. ESCAPADE (noun) – साहस भरा काम; शरारत
Pronunciation: eskuh-peid
Meaning: an act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure
Synonyms: stunt, caper, skylarking, mischief, romp
Usage: Frank was nervous about participating in the dangerous escapade.
2. ROOK (verb) – धोखेबाज़ी करना; ठगना
Pronunciation: ruk
Meaning: to cheat someone for money
Synonyms: swindle, defraud, trick, fleece, dupe, deceive
Usage: Police files are overflowing with complaints from people who've been rooked.
3. LAUDATION (noun) – प्रशंसा, स्तुति
Pronunciation: lo-dei-sh(u)n
Meaning: praise
Synonyms: honour, applause, acclaim, acclamation, adulation, commendation, admiration
Antonym: criticism
Usage: This album is really worthy of laudation.
4. HISTRIONIC (adjective, noun) – नाटकीय
Pronunciation: histri-onik
Meaning: excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style; melodramatic behaviour designed to attract attention
Synonyms: melodramatic, theatrical, affected, dramatic, exaggerated, stagy, showy, artificial, overacted, overdone; dramatics, drama, theatrics, theatricality, tantrums, affectation, artificiality
Antonym: unaffected
Usage:
- She put on a histrionic display of grief at her ex-husband's funeral. (adjective)
- Anna was accustomed to her mother's histrionics. (noun)
5. REPREHENSIBLE (adjective) – निंदनीय
Pronunciation: repri-hensi-b(u)l
Meaning: deserving blame; recognized as bad
Synonyms: deplorable, disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable, despicable
Antonyms: creditable, praiseworthy, good
Usage: I find their behaviour morally reprehensible.
6. GIBBERISH (adjective) – अस्पष्ट भाषण या लेखन
Pronunciation: jib(u)rish
Meaning: unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing
Synonyms: nonsense, rubbish, balderdash, blather, blether, drivel
Antonym: sense
Usage: You were talking gibberish in your sleep.
7. NOOK (noun) – नुक्कड़, कोना
Pronunciation: nuk
Meaning: a corner (offering seclusion or security)
Synonyms: recess, alcove, cranny, crevice, niche
Usage: We found a seat in a little nook, and had some lunch.
8. LUMBER (verb) – विचलता
Pronunciation: lum-buh
Meaning: move in a slow, heavy, awkward way
Synonyms: lurch, stumble, shamble, shuffle, reel, waddle, trudge
Antonyms: nimble, agile
Usage: The overloaded truck lumbered forward.
9. HULKING (adjective) – भीमकाय
Pronunciation: hul-king
Meaning: (of a person or object) very large, heavy, or clumsy
Synonyms: large, big, heavy, heavily built, well built
Antonyms: light, small
Usage: Two hulking figures guarded the entrance of the club.
10. INSOUCIANT (adjective) – लापरवाह, अलबेला
Pronunciation: in-soo-si-unt
Meaning: showing a casual lack of concern
Synonyms: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried, unruffled, unconcerned
Antonyms: anxious, concerned
Usage: The insouciant waitress did not seem to care that Matt had to wait over an hour for his food.
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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