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11 Vocabulary by Jaideep Singh

This document is from an English teaching YouTube channel and discusses vocabulary words. It provides definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms for words like "emaciated", "cadaverous", "gaunt", "disparage" and discusses related words like "scraggy", "wasted", "underfed", "belittle", "denigrate", and "applaud". The document is presented over multiple pages in a textbook-like format for students to learn new English words.

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11 Vocabulary by Jaideep Singh

This document is from an English teaching YouTube channel and discusses vocabulary words. It provides definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms for words like "emaciated", "cadaverous", "gaunt", "disparage" and discusses related words like "scraggy", "wasted", "underfed", "belittle", "denigrate", and "applaud". The document is presented over multiple pages in a textbook-like format for students to learn new English words.

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ENGLISH BY JAIDEEP SINGH

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Emaciate (verb)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: Very thin and weak because of illness or
extreme hunger
Usage: There were pictures of emaciated children on the cover of
the magazine.

Synonyms: Cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted,


scraggy, underfed, starving

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Cadaverous (adj.)
looking pale, thin, and ill
A visitor described their appearance as cadaverous and said that
they all looked in poor health.
Gaunt (adj.)
very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger:
Her face was gaunt.
Haggard (adj.)
looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes:
He'd been drinking the night before and was looking a bit haggard.

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Skeletal (adj.)
1. of or like a skeleton (= frame of bones)
Her body was skeletal (= very thin).
2. used to describe something that exists in its most basic form:
The newspaper report gave only a skeletal account of the debate.
Wasted (adj.)
1. Wasted time, money, etc. is time, money, etc. that is not
used effectively
He wasn't in when I got there, so it was a completely wasted journey.
2. very thin and weak as a result of being ill or having no food:
Underneath the hospital blankets I could see the outline of
her poor wasted body.

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Scraggy (adj.)
very thin and not looking healthy:
He was wearing a scarf to hide his scraggy neck.
Underfed (adj.)
not having had enough food to eat:
A lot of the elephants are underfed and overworked,
and become very thin.
Antonyms: Healthy, chubby, obese, rotund, flabby, gained
Chubby (adj.)
fat in a pleasant and attractive way:
chubby legs

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obese (adj.)
extremely fat in a way that is dangerous for health:
She was not just overweight; she was clinically obese.
Rotund (adj.)
rounded or fat:
a rotund man
flabby (adj.)
soft and fat:
I was starting to get a bit flabby around my waist.

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Disparage (verb)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: To criticize someone or something, represent as
being of little worth

Usage: He never missed an opportunity to disparage his


competitors.

Synonyms: Belittle, decry, denigrate, vilipend, censure, defame,


malign, disgrace

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Belittle (verb)
to make a person or an action seem as if he, she or it is
not important:
Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled
her efforts.
Decry (verb)
to criticize something as bad, without value, or unnecessary:
Lawyers decried the imprisonment of several journalists.
Denigrate (verb)
to say that someone or something is not good or important:
You shouldn't denigrate people just because they have
different beliefs from you.
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Vilipend (verb)
to hold or treat as of little worth or account
He is one of those who regularly vilipends popular culture.
Censure (verb/noun)
to express strong criticism or disapproval or
strong criticism or disapproval
Ministers were censured during the crisis.
His dishonest behaviour came under severe censure.
Defame (verb)
to damage the reputation of a person or group by saying or
writing bad things about them that are not true:
He claimed the editorial had defamed him.
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Malign (adj.)
causing or intending to cause harm or evil:
Foreign domination had a malign influence on local politics.
Disgrace (noun)
embarrassment and the loss of other people's respect,
or behaviour that causes this:
They were sent home in disgrace.

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Antonyms: Acclaim, applaud, exalt, extol, glorify, laud, magnify


Acclaim (noun)
public approval and praise:
Despite the critical acclaim, the novel did not sell well.
Applaud (verb)
to show enjoyment or approval of something such as
a performance or speech by clapping the hands repeatedly to make
a noise:
He was applauded for a full five minutes after his speech.

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Exalt (verb)
to praise someone a lot
He felt an exalted (adjective) sense of power now that he was
in line to run the company.
Glorify (verb)
to praise and honour God or a person
A statue was erected to glorify the country's national heroes.
Laud (verb)
to praise:
They lauded his initiative.

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