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Likhngi 8Exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The


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Exceptional words of English vocabulary from the newspaper ‘The Hindu’ are listed here.
Go through these words and read the usages to learn how to use them in sentences. After
this, take the quiz based on the vocabulary to check how much you learnt. This will really
help you boost up your learning.
Happy learning!!!

1.SULKING (verb): नाराज


Pronunciation: suhlk·uhng
Meaning: be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment.
Synonyms: grumping, moping, pouting
Antonyms: speaking, talking, communicative
Sentence: He’s been sulking for days about being left out of the team.

2.MULTIHUED (adj.): बहुरंगी


Pronunciation: multi-hued
Meaning: marked by a variety of usually vivid colors
Synonyms: chromatic, colored, colorful
Antonyms: colorless, monochromatic, monochromic
Sentence: This magnificent view shows the multihued beauty of the Adirondacks, a
mountain range located in the northeastern part of New York.

3.MAVERICK (noun): अपरं परागत व्यक्तत


Pronunciation: ma·vuh·ruhk
Meaning: an unorthodox or independent-minded person.
Synonyms: individualist, nonconformist, unorthodox person
Antonyms: conformer, conformist
Sentence: Politically, she’s a bit of a maverick.

4.VENEER (noun): दिखावा


Pronunciation: vuh·neer
Meaning: a deceptively attractive external appearance
Synonyms: facade, gloss
Antonyms: reveal,strip,uncover
Sentence: The veneer of civility that the neighbors had maintained over the years
disappeared after filing the first lawsuit.

5.ATROPHY (verb): पतन


Pronunciation: a·truh·fee
Meaning: gradually decline in effectiveness or vigor due to underuse or neglect.

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Synonyms: decay, decline, degenerate
Antonyms: ameliorate, improve, meliorate
Sentence: His artistic skills atrophied from lack of use.

6.DOMINEERING (adj.): अत्याचारी


Pronunciation: daw·muh·neeuh·ruhng
Meaning: asserting one’s will over another in an arrogant way.
Synonyms: browbeat, bully, intimidate
Antonyms: humble, meek, modest
Sentence: Many of her women friends also had domineering husbands.

7.DEVIOUS (adj.): चाऱाक


Pronunciation: dee·vee·uhs
Meaning: showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals.
Synonyms: underhand, crooked, deceptive
Antonyms: guileless, ingenuous, innocent
Sentence: You have to be a bit devious if you’re going to succeed in business.

8.DESICCATE (verb) :सख ू ना


Pronunciation: deh·suh·kayt
Meaning: remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.
Synonyms: dried, dried up, dehydrated
Antonyms: hydrate, wash, water
Sentence: The bricks were desiccated by the sun.

9.HARSHEST (adj.): सख्त से सख्त


Pronunciation: haash·uhst
Meaning: cruel or severe.
Synonyms: cruel, severe, tyrannous
Antonyms: bearable, endurable, tolerable
Sentence: He served for five years in some of the harshest conditions on earth.

10.PANACEA (noun): रामबाण


Pronunciation: pa·nuh·see·uh
Meaning: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
Synonyms: universal cure, cure-all, universal remedy
Antonyms: disease, injury, pain
Sentence: Technology is not a panacea for all our problems.

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