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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 18.09.2024


1. ALOOF (ADJECTIVE): (पृथक): distant
Synonyms: detached unresponsive
Antonyms: familiar
Example Sentence:
They were courteous but faintly aloof.


2. GRATIFICATION (NOUN): (संतुष्टि): satisfaction
Synonyms: fulfilment, indulgence
Antonyms: dissatisfaction
Example Sentence:
My son's success was a great gratification.


3. PRODIGIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (बहुत बड़ा): enormous
Synonyms: huge colossal
Antonyms: small
Example Sentence:
The stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel.


4. STIGMATIZE (VERB): (गाली देना): condemn
Synonyms: denounce, brand
Antonyms: eulogize
Example Sentence:
He was stigmatized in fashion by the people.


5. ABROGATE (VERB): (अभिनिषेध करना): repudiate
Synonyms: revoke, repeal
Antonyms: institute
Example Sentence:
The ministry proposed to abrogate the electoral law of 1850.


6. INSULAR (ADJECTIVE): (संकुचित विचार का): narrow-minded
Synonyms: limited, blinkered
Antonyms: broad-minded
Example Sentence:
They are a group of stubbornly insular farming people.


7. DISPENSATION (NOUN): (छूट): exemption
Synonyms: immunity, exception
Antonyms: restriction
Example Sentence:
Although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to sing.


8. DE FACTO (ADJECTIVE): (वास्तव में): in practice
Synonyms: in effect, in fact
Antonyms: alleged
Example Sentence:
The country was de facto divided between two states.


9. FRAUGHT (ADJECTIVE): (व्यग्र): anxious
Synonyms: worried, upset
Antonyms: calm
Example Sentence:
There was a fraught silence.


10. DISCRETIONARY (ADJECTIVE): (विवेकाधीन): optional
Synonyms: non-compulsory, voluntary
Antonyms: compulsory
Example Sentence:
There has been an increase in year-end discretionary bonuses.
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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word 'naïve' from the given sentence.

After years of working in politics, she had become cynical and jaded, convinced that all politicians were corrupt and that the system was rigged against the people.
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19%
Jaded
30%
Corrupt
35%
Cynical
15%
Convinced
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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Stare
(SSC CGL 2023)
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26%
Arduousness
16%
Vibrancy
16%
Excitement
41%
Glimpse
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select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/ Active.
Never disobey your elders.
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39%
You are ordered not to disobey your elders.
39%
You are asked not to disobey your elders.
16%
You are not to disobey your elders.
6%
do not to disobey your elders.
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select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
You said to me, ‘I warn you of the coming danger.’
Anonymous Quiz
7%
You told me of the coming danger.
15%
You advised me of the coming danger.
66%
You warned me of the coming danger.
12%
You warned him of the coming danger.
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Anonymous Quiz
8%
Miniature
15%
Municipality
75%
Manipuletas
2%
Monopoly
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Anonymous Quiz
59%
Aleviation
5%
Election
13%
Elementary
24%
Olfactory
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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 19.09.2024


1. JEOPARDIZE (VERB): (जोखिम में डालना): threaten
Synonyms: endanger, imperil
Antonyms: safegaurd
Example Sentence:
He jeopardized his as as well as my life by jumping in the lake.


2. COGNIZANT (ADJECTIVE): (जानकार): aware
Synonyms: conscious apprised
Antonyms: unaware
Example Sentence:
Statesmen must be cognizant of the political vicinity within which they work.


3. PERVASIVE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यापक): prevalent
Synonyms: penetrating, pervading
Antonyms: uncommon
Example Sentence:
Racism is pervasive and entrenched in our society.


4. COMPREHENSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यापक): comprehensive
Synonyms: thorough, complete
Antonyms: small
Example Sentence:
My friend has an extensive collection of silver.


5. LUCRATIVE(ADJECTIVE): (लाभप्रद): profitable
Synonyms: profit-making, gainful
Antonyms: unprofitable
Example Sentence:
She has a lucrative career as a stand-up comedian.


6. FIASCO (NOUN): (असफलता):
complete failure
Synonyms: disaster, catastrophe
Antonyms: success
Example Sentence:
Her plans turned into a fiasco.


7. CLAMOUR (NOUN): (कोलाहल): din
Synonyms: racket, uproar
Antonyms: silence
Example Sentence:
The questions rose to a clamour.


8. UNRELENTING (ADJECTIVE): (निरंतर): continual
Synonyms: constant, continuous
Antonyms: intermittent
Example Sentence:
His unrelenting efforts led to his success.


9. TRANQUILLITY (NOUN): (शांति): peace
Synonyms: repose, calm
Antonyms: commotion
Example Sentence:
The tweeting of birds gives tranquility.


10. INEVITABLE (ADJECTIVE): (अपरिहार्य): unavoidable
Synonyms: inescapable, inexorable
Antonyms: avoidable
Example Sentence:
War was inevitable.
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Today's Word

Stray /streɪ/ (verb)

Meaning: To wander or move away from the correct path or designated place.

Examples:
1. The lost puppy began to stray from its owner and wandered into the nearby woods.
2. During the hike, make sure not to stray from the marked trail to avoid getting lost in the wilderness.
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*✍️भारत के प्रमुख प्रक्षेपास्त्र /India's Major Missiles*

*• पृथ्वी (Prithvi): सतह-से-सतह कम दूरी का बैलिस्टिक प्रक्षेपास्त्र* _Surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile_

*• त्रिशूल (Trishul): सतह से हवा में मार करने वाला प्रक्षेपास्त्र* _Surface-to-air missile_

*• आकाश (Akash): सतह से हवा में मार करने वाला बहुक्षेपीय प्रक्षेपास्त्र*
_surface-to-air multiple ballistic missile_

*• नाग (Nag): टैंकरोधी निर्देशित प्रक्षेपास्त्र, हेलिना रेंज का उन्नत संस्करण*
_Anti-tank guided missile, an advanced version of Helina_

*• अग्नि (Agni): सतह-से-सतह मध्यम दूरी का बैलिस्टिक प्रक्षेपास्त्र* _Surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile_

*• धनुष (Dhanush): जमीन से जमीन पर मार करने वाला प्रक्षेपास्त्र*
_ground to ground missile_

*• अस्त्र (Astra): हवा से हवा में मार करने वाला मध्यम दूरी का प्रक्षेपास्त्र*
_medium range air to air missile_

*• ब्रह्मोस (BrahMos): जमीन से जमीन पर मार करने वाला ध्वनि से तेज सुपरसोनिक क्रूज प्रक्षेपास्त्र* _Supersonic cruise missile, faster than sound, surface-to-surface_

*• सागरिका (Sagarika): सागर की गहराइयों से भी उपयोग किया जा सकने वाला प्रक्षेपास्त्र*
*A missile that can be used even from the depths of the sea*

*• शौर्य (Shaurya): सतह से सतह पर मार करने वाला मध्यम दूरी का हाइपरसोनिक बैलिस्टिक प्रक्षेपास्त्र*
_Surface-to-surface medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile_

*• प्रहार (Prahaar): सतह से सतह पर मार करने वाला कम दूरी का बैलिस्टिक प्रक्षेपास्त्र*
_surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile_

*• तारस (TARAS): वाटर जेट फास्ट अटैक क्राफ्ट श्रृंखला का पोत*
_A vessel from the water jet fast attack craft series_

*• पिनाका (Pinaka): स्वदेश निर्मित बहुनालक रॉकेट प्रणाली, जो 44 सेकंड में 12 रॉकेट एक साथ दाग सकती है*
_Indigenous multi-barrel rocket launcher system capable of firing 12 rockets in 44 seconds_
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Synonym of Deficient
(SSC MTS 2022)
Anonymous Quiz
14%
Sleek
11%
Whole
70%
Incomplete
6%
Integral
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Synonym of defer
(SSC CGL 2019)
Anonymous Quiz
28%
Despair
51%
Delay
15%
Dictate
6%
Dread
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select the one that best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
He said to him, ‘Do not go there.’
Anonymous Quiz
13%
He told him to not go there.
56%
He told him not to go there.
29%
He forbade him not to go there.
1%
He told him to go there.
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Animals especially on a farm, regarded as an asset.
Anonymous Quiz
7%
Livid
23%
Liverystable
26%
Livelihood
44%
Livestock
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The theory or philosophy of law
Anonymous Quiz
67%
Jurisprudence
10%
Pacifism
16%
Cosmology
7%
Philia
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Find error in the following sentence.

I used to eat into / in the evening / when my parents / were on night shifts.
Anonymous Quiz
73%
I used to eat into
20%
Were on night shifts
5%
In the evening
2%
When my parents
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Find error in the following sentence.

In order to connect / these themes to a wider / historical context, Rahul go / beyond aesthetic analysis.
Anonymous Quiz
9%
Beyond aesthetic analysis
33%
These themes to a wider
53%
Historical context, Rahul go
6%
In order to connect
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