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Vocabulary - Exceptional English Words With Meanings 9 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. FINERY (noun) – ठाटबाट; आडंबर
Pronunciation: fain(u)ri
Meaning: expensive or showy clothes or decoration
Synonyms: regalia, garb, best, Sunday best, splendour
Antonym: rags
Usage: The mayor was dressed in all his finery.
Pronunciation: fain(u)ri
Meaning: expensive or showy clothes or decoration
Synonyms: regalia, garb, best, Sunday best, splendour
Antonym: rags
Usage: The mayor was dressed in all his finery.
2. MINATORY (noun) – धमकानेवाला
Pronunciation: mi-nut(u)ri
Meaning: expressing or conveying a threat
Synonyms: menacing, threatening, baleful, intimidating, ominous, admonitory, warning
Usage: Although the message seemed minatory, the student swore that it was joke and not a threat.
Pronunciation: mi-nut(u)ri
Meaning: expressing or conveying a threat
Synonyms: menacing, threatening, baleful, intimidating, ominous, admonitory, warning
Usage: Although the message seemed minatory, the student swore that it was joke and not a threat.
3. IMPERTURBABLE (adjective) – अविचलित, स्थिर, शांत
Pronunciation: impuh-tuh-bub(u)l
Meaning: unable to be upset or excited
Synonyms: self-possessed, composed, collected, calm, cool, and collected, cool-headed, self-controlled, poised, tranquil
Antonyms: edgy, excitablesage: Tom responded to the crisis in a imperturbable manner.
Pronunciation: impuh-tuh-bub(u)l
Meaning: unable to be upset or excited
Synonyms: self-possessed, composed, collected, calm, cool, and collected, cool-headed, self-controlled, poised, tranquil
Antonyms: edgy, excitablesage: Tom responded to the crisis in a imperturbable manner.
4. GRAZE (verb) – खरोंच
Pronunciation: greiz
Meaning: rub against a rough or hard surface and break the surface of the skin of (a part of the body)
Synonyms: scrape, abrade, scratch, chafe
Usage: She fell down and grazed her knees.
Pronunciation: greiz
Meaning: rub against a rough or hard surface and break the surface of the skin of (a part of the body)
Synonyms: scrape, abrade, scratch, chafe
Usage: She fell down and grazed her knees.
5. TACKY (adjective) – चिपचिपा, लसदार; भड़कीला पर दिखावटी
Pronunciation: tak-ee
Meaning: (of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel; showing poor taste and quality
Synonyms: sticky, wet, gluey, gummy, glutinous, adhesive, viscous; tawdry, tasteless, kitsch, vulgar, crude, garish, gaudy
Antonyms: tasteful, refined
Usage:
• The paint on the door is still tacky.
• Even in her tacky costumes, she won our hearts.
Pronunciation: tak-ee
Meaning: (of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel; showing poor taste and quality
Synonyms: sticky, wet, gluey, gummy, glutinous, adhesive, viscous; tawdry, tasteless, kitsch, vulgar, crude, garish, gaudy
Antonyms: tasteful, refined
Usage:
• The paint on the door is still tacky.
• Even in her tacky costumes, she won our hearts.
6. WHIMPER (verb, noun) – दबी आवाज में रोना
Pronunciation: wim-puh
Meaning: make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or unhappiness; say something in a low, feeble voice that expresses fear, pain, or unhappiness
Synonyms: whine, cry, sniffle, snivel, sob, moan, bleat, mewl
Antonyms: smile, laugh, grin
Usage:
• A child in a bed nearby began to whimper. (verb)
• “He's not dead, is he?” she whimpered. (verb)
• The little girl gave a whimper as she knew that she was lost in the crowd. (noun)
Pronunciation: wim-puh
Meaning: make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or unhappiness; say something in a low, feeble voice that expresses fear, pain, or unhappiness
Synonyms: whine, cry, sniffle, snivel, sob, moan, bleat, mewl
Antonyms: smile, laugh, grin
Usage:
• A child in a bed nearby began to whimper. (verb)
• “He's not dead, is he?” she whimpered. (verb)
• The little girl gave a whimper as she knew that she was lost in the crowd. (noun)
7. CONCUR (verb) – सहमत होना
Pronunciation: kun-kuh
Meaning: be of the same opinion
Synonyms: agree, accord
Antonym: disagree
Usage: I strongly concur with her brilliant idea.
Pronunciation: kun-kuh
Meaning: be of the same opinion
Synonyms: agree, accord
Antonym: disagree
Usage: I strongly concur with her brilliant idea.
8. ENSCONCE (verb) – बसाना, छिपाना, बैठना
Pronunciation: in-skons / en-skons
Meaning: establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe place
Synonyms: settle, install, establish, park, lodge
Usage: He ensconced himself in the armchair.
Pronunciation: in-skons / en-skons
Meaning: establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe place
Synonyms: settle, install, establish, park, lodge
Usage: He ensconced himself in the armchair.
9. FORTIFICATION (noun) – गढ़बन्दी, किलाबन्दी, दुर्गकरण
Pronunciation: fo-ti-fik-eish(u)n
Meaning: a defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack; the action/process of providing (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack
Synonyms: rampart, defensive wall, defences, bulwark, palisade, stockade; strengthening, reinforcement, consolidation
Antonym: adulteration
Usage: The soldiers worked on fortification of the walls with bricks to make the barriers around the castle sturdier.
Pronunciation: fo-ti-fik-eish(u)n
Meaning: a defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack; the action/process of providing (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack
Synonyms: rampart, defensive wall, defences, bulwark, palisade, stockade; strengthening, reinforcement, consolidation
Antonym: adulteration
Usage: The soldiers worked on fortification of the walls with bricks to make the barriers around the castle sturdier.
10. RAMIFICATION (noun) – परिणाम, नतीजा
Pronunciation: ramifi-keish(u)n
Meaning: a complex or unwelcome consequence of an action or event
Synonyms: consequence, result, aftermath, outcome, effect, upshot
Usage: Jason was shocked when he learned the ramification of his cheating was immediate expulsion from the university.
Pronunciation: ramifi-keish(u)n
Meaning: a complex or unwelcome consequence of an action or event
Synonyms: consequence, result, aftermath, outcome, effect, upshot
Usage: Jason was shocked when he learned the ramification of his cheating was immediate expulsion from the university.
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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