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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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comparable
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compassion
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compitition
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communication
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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 24.01.2025


1. ABEYANCE (NOUN): (निलम्बन): suspension
Synonyms: suspense, remission
Antonyms: in hand
Example Sentence:Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries.


2. EXPLICATE (VERB): (समझाना): explain
Synonyms: clarify, spell out
Antonyms: obscure
Example Sentence:An attempt was made to explicate the relationship between crime and justice.


3. RESOLUTION (NOUN): (प्रण): determination
Synonyms: purpose, resolve
Antonyms: irresolution
Example Sentence:He handled the last British actions of the war with resolution.


4. TORMENT (NOUN): (यातना): agony
Synonyms: suffering, torture
Antonyms: pleasure
Example Sentence:Their deaths have left both families in torment.


5. SOUR (ADJECTIVE): (चिड़चिड़ा): nasty
Synonyms: resentful, embittered
Antonyms: pleasant
Example Sentence:He gave her a sour look.


6. THWART (VERB): (विफल करना): foil
Synonyms: frustrate, balk
Antonyms: assist
Example Sentence:She did all she could to thwart his plans.


7. TORTUOUS (ADJECTIVE): (टेढ़ा-मेढ़ापन): twisting
Synonyms: winding, curving
Antonyms: straight
Example Sentence:The route is remote and tortuous.


8. OPERATIONAL (ADJECTIVE): (कार्यकारी): working
Synonyms: up and running, running
Antonyms: broken
Example Sentence:The new laboratory is fully operational.


9. OUTGOING (ADJECTIVE): (बहिर्गामी सदस्य): departing
Synonyms: retiring, leaving
Antonyms: incoming
Example Sentence:The outgoing PM was honored by all.


10. DISSUADE (VERB): (रोकना): deter
Synonyms: discourage, prevent
Antonyms: persuade
Example Sentence:My friends try to dissuade me from flying.
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Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

(A) I was brought up by my sister, who was much older than me.

(B) I never knew my father or mother.

(C) They died when I was very young.

(D) She married the village blacksmith, Joe Gargery, and I must say that he was much kinder to me than she was.
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Synonym of Confiscated
(SSC MTS 2022, CGL 2024)
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Acquitted
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Antonym of Deplorable
(SSC CGL 2024)
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Grim
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Acceptable
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Disastrous
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Woeful
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given one word.

The question papers are placed in the lockers of the school in a way that they (can't be reached).
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Are inaccessible
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Are irrepressible
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Are affordable
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given one word.

An order of law requiring people to remain indoors
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Limit
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Check in
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Curfew
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Restriction
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Care a hang
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Hanging clothes to dry
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Putting an outfit on a hanger
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Caring too much
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Showing no interest
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Substitute the underlined word-segment with most appropriate idiom.

The doctors (tried very hard) to save his mother but they were unsuccessful.
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Faced the music
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Drew the line
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Moved heaven and earth
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Ran like clockwork
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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The mother loving looked / at her baby / as the nurse / brought her in.
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The mother loving looked
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Brought her in
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At her baby
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As the nurse
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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

After he had / ate that lobster,/ he began to / feel sick.
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He began to
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Ate that lobster,
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After he had
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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exchange
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exercise
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exite
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exclaim
Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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comparable
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commission
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committee
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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 25.01.2025


1. AUGMENT (VERB): (बढ़ती करना): increase
Synonyms: add to, supplement
Antonyms: decrease
Example Sentence:He augmented his summer income by painting houses.


2. SPIRAL (VERB): (बहुत वृद्धि होना): soar
Synonyms: shoot up rocket
Antonyms: fall
Example Sentence:Inflation continued to spiral.


3. MENDACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (मिथ्या): lying
Synonyms: untruthful, dishonest
Antonyms: truthful
Example Sentence:A product claiming to help you get ripped abs in a few hours is mendacious advertising.


4. ALLY (VERB): (संबद्ध करना): couple
Synonyms: combine, marry
Antonyms: split
Example Sentence:He allied his racing experience with his father's business acumen.


5.OBSOLETE (ADJECTIVE): (पुराना): out of date
Synonyms: outdated outmoded
Antonyms: contemporary
Example Sentence:The disposal of old and obsolete machinery is very essential.


6. CRYPTIC (ADJECTIVE): (रहस्यपूर्ण): enigmatic
Synonyms: mysterious, confusing
Antonyms: straightforwar
Example Sentence:He found his boss's utterances too cryptic.


7. COOPERATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (सहयोगी): collaborative
Synonyms: collective communal
Antonyms: individual
Example Sentence:Every member has clearly defined tasks in a cooperative enterprise.


8. OBSTREPEROUS (ADJECTIVE): (कोलाहलमय): unruly
Synonyms: unmanageable disorderly
Antonyms: calm
Example Sentence:The boy is cocky and obstreperous.


9. IRK (VERB): (खिजाना): irritate
Synonyms: annoy, vex
Antonyms: please
Example Sentence:It irks her to think of the runaround she received.


10. DOUR (ADJECTIVE): (अस्नेही): stern
Synonyms: unsmiling, unfriendly
Antonyms: cheerful
Example Sentence:No wonder he looked so dour.
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