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 Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 13 March 2025

1. REPREHENSIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (खेदजनक)

Meaning: Deplorable
Synonyms: Disgraceful, Discreditable
Antonyms: Creditable
Example Sentence: His complacency and reprehensible laxity.

2. DESCEND (VERB): (उतरना)

Meaning: Drop
Synonyms: Go down, Come down
Antonyms: Ascend
Example Sentence: The aircraft began to descend.

3. CONSIDERABLE (ADJECTIVE): (ध्यान देने लायक़)

Meaning: Distinguished
Synonyms: Noteworthy, Noted
Antonyms: Insignificant
Example Sentence: Snow was a limited, but still considerable, novelist.

4. VEX (VERB): (खीझाना)

Meaning: Annoy
Synonyms: Irritate, Infuriate
Antonyms: Mollify
Example Sentence: The memory of the conversation still vexed him.

5. TANGIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (वास्तविक)

Meaning: Real
Synonyms: Actual, Solid
Antonyms: Abstract
Example Sentence: The emphasis is now on tangible results.

6. CONFER (VERB): (प्रदान करना)

Meaning: Bestow on
Synonyms: Present with/to, Grant to
Antonyms: Withhold
Example Sentence: The Minister may have exceeded the powers conferred on him by Parliament.

7. EFFICACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (प्रभावोत्पादक)

Meaning: Effective
Synonyms: Successful, Effectual
Antonyms: Inefficacious
Example Sentence: The treatment was efficacious in some cases.

8. HUMILIATE (VERB): (अपमानित करना)

Meaning: Embarrass
Synonyms: Mortify, Humble
Antonyms: Aggrandize
Example Sentence: You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

9. UNBRIDLED (ADJECTIVE): (निरंकुश)

Meaning: Unrestrained
Synonyms: Unconstrained, Uncontrolled
Antonyms: Restrained
Example Sentence: He had a moment of unbridled ambition.

10. SHED (VERB): (बरखास्त करना)

Meaning: Dismiss
Synonyms: Let go, Discharge
Antonyms: Hire
Example Sentence: Many firms use relocation as an opportunity to shed jobs.
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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical/spelling error.

The sons of the old farmer / fell off after their father / breathed his last / in the village.

(A) in the village.

(B) breathed his last

(C) The sons of the old farmer

(D) fell off after their father
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I am sure / that he will praying / for a good crop / this year.

(A) I am sure

(B) this year

(C) for a good crop

(D) that he will praying
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Extreme inflation in the country has led to a hike in the price of day-to-day commodity. It has made it difficult to __________.

1. a blessing in disguise

2. costs an arm and a leg

3. keep body and soul together

4. break a leg
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Get your act together

1. Behave in a rude way

2. Write a letter

3. Get organised and work efficiently

4. Speak properly
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The patient (absconded) from the hospital at dawn.

1. Learned to communicate with others

2. Faced lack of cooperation from the nurse

3. Collected acknowledgement of the payment

4. Fled away hurriedly and secretly
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Even amidst the all-pervasive silence, the noise inside her head seemed (incessant).

1. To follow an unknown course

2. To continue without any interruption

3. To impact in a strikingly negative way

4. ⁠To occur at irregular intervals or occasionally
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