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Some exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here. Go through these words and read their usages to learn how to use them in sentences. This will really help you boost up your learning.
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1. exude (verb) – पसीजना, चूना, रसकर बहना
Pronunciation: id-zyood / eg-zyood
Meaning: (with reference to moisture or a smell) discharge or be discharged slowly and steadily; (of a person) display (an emotion or quality) strongly and openly
Synonyms: discharge, release, emit, issue, emanate, ooze, emanate, radiate
Antonyms: absorb, take up
Usage:
- The hot sun made him exude sweat.
- The guerrillas exude confidence.
2. deportation (noun) – देशनिकाला
Pronunciation: dee-po-tei-sh(u)n
Meaning: the action of deporting a foreigner from a country
Synonyms: expulsion, expelling, banishment, banishing
Antonym: admission
Usage: The government issued a deportation order against the four men.
3. precarious (adjective) – अनिश्चित
Pronunciation: pri-keri-us
Meaning: not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse
Synonyms: uncertain, insecure, unreliable, unsure, unpredictable, undependable, risky
Antonyms: safe, secure
Usage: She knew that my employment status was precarious.
4. riff-raff (noun) – बदचलन
Pronunciation: rɪf-raf
Meaning: disreputable or undesirable people
Synonyms: rabble, scum, refuse, garbage, rubbish, trash
Antonyms: elite, high-class
Usage: We don't want any riff-raff to move into the area.
5. exultation (noun) – उमंग
Pronunciation: egzul-tei-sh(u)n
Meaning: a feeling of great happiness or triumph
Synonyms: jubilation, rejoicing, happiness, pleasure, joy, gladness
Antonyms: gloom, depression
Usage: They took many photos of the exultation of the winner.
6. conceit (noun) – गुमान
Pronunciation: kun-seet
Meaning: excessive pride in oneself
Synonyms: vanity, narcissism, egotism, egoism
Antonyms: modesty, humility
Usage: There was so much conceit in his voice.
7. surfeit (noun) – आधिक्य
Pronunciation: sir-fit
Meaning: an excessive amount of something
Synonyms: excess, surplus, abundance, oversupply
Antonyms: lack, dearth
Usage: A surfeit of food makes one sick.
8. penurious (adjective) – गरीब; कंजूस
Pronunciation: pin-yu-ur-ius
Meaning: extremely poor; poverty-stricken; unwilling to spend money
Synonyms: poor, destitute, necessitous; mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious
Antonyms: wealthy, generous
Usage: The penurious little boy could not afford to buy school lunch.
9. deprecate (verb) – विरोध करना
Pronunciation: depri-keit
Meaning: express disapproval
Synonyms: deplore, abhor, detest, despise, execrate, criticize
Antonym: praise
Usage: The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts.
10. imprecise (adjective) – अनिश्चित, अस्पष्ट
Pronunciation: im-pri-sais
Meaning: lacking exactness and accuracy of expression or detail
Synonyms: vague, loose, indefinite, inexplicit, indistinct
Antonyms: precise, narrow, exact
Usage: The witness could give only vague and imprecise descriptions.
LET’S CHECK HOW MUCH YOU LEARNT:
1. Try to make sentences using given words:
- exultation
- deportation
- riff-raff
- conceit
- penurious
2. Match the columns:
| WORDS | SYNONYMS | ||
| (1) | exude | (a) | uncertain |
| (2) | precarious | (b) | abhor |
| (3) | surfeit | (c) | indefinite |
| (4) | imprecise | (d) | surplus |
| (5) | deprecate | (e) | discharge |
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