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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 8 June 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.
1. CANON (noun) – कानून, नियम, सिद्धांत या कसौटी
Pronunciation: kan-un
Meaning: a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged
Synonyms: principle, rule, law, tenet, precept, formula, standard, convention, norm
Usage: The appointment violated the canons of fair play and equal opportunity.
2. RIDDLE (verb) – छेद करना
Pronunciation: rid(u)l
Meaning: make many holes in (someone or something), especially with gunshot
Synonyms: perforate, hole, pierce, penetrate, puncture, honeycomb
Usage: His car was riddled by sniper fire.
3. LURID (adjective) – चटकीला; सुस्पष्ट प्रस्तुतीकरण
Pronunciation: lu-urid / lyu-urid
Meaning: unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect; presented something in shocking and sensational terms or in a way that produces powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind
Synonyms: over-bright, glaring; sensational, melodramatic, exaggerated
Antonyms: dull; superficial, uninteresting
Usage:
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She was wearing a lurid orange and green skirt.
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The lurid details of the war were too frightening for the children.
4. INFURIATE (verb) – क्रोधित करना
Pronunciation: infyu-uri-eit
Meaning: make someone extremely angry
Synonyms: enrage, incense, anger, madden, inflame
Antonyms: please, soothe
Usage: Her actions infuriated her mother.
5. INVECTIVE (noun) – भर्त्सना, कटूक्ति
Pronunciation: in-vek-tiv
Meaning: insulting, abusive, or highly critical language
Synonyms: abuse, insults, vituperation, expletives, swear words, swearing, curses, bad language, foul language
Antonym: praise
Usage: Because your invective hurt my feelings, I am going to stay away from you for a while.
6. VINDICTIVE (adjective) – प्रतिशोधी, प्रतिकाराशील
Pronunciation: vin-diktiv
Meaning: having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge
Synonyms: vengeful, revengeful, avenging, unforgiving, grudge-bearing, resentful, ill-disposed, unrelenting
Antonym: forgiving
Usage: I have no vindictive feelings about it.
7. REPRESSION (noun) – दबाव, रोक
Pronunciation: ri-preshun
Meaning: the action of bringing someone or something under control by force
Synonyms: suppression, quelling, quashing, subduing, crushing, squashing
Antonyms: freedom, liberty
Usage: The strict rules of the boarding school served as a repression for students.
8. DEFIANT (adjective) – उपेक्षापूर्ण
Pronunciation: di-fai-unt
Meaning: showing open resistance or bold disobedience
Synonyms: intransigent, resistant, obstinate, uncooperative, non-compliant, recalcitrant, confrontational
Antonyms: apologetic, cooperative
Usage: Because Gina is a defiant teenager, she is often called to the principal’s office.
9. KITSCH (adjective) – वाह्यशोभन
Pronunciation: kich
Meaning: considered to be in poor taste but appreciated in an ironic or knowing way
Synonyms: tawdry, showy, gimcrack, gaudy, tacky
Usage: The kitsch necklace looked cheap on the woman’s neck.
10. MALODOROUS (adjective) – बदबूदार, दुर्गन्धपूर्ण
Pronunciation: mal-od(u)rus
Meaning: smelling very unpleasant
Synonyms: foul-smelling, evil-smelling, fetid, smelly, stinking
Antonym: fragrant
Usage: Because the scent was so malodorous, I started to vomit.
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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