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The women of this country never questioned anything. Why are they so (credulous)?

1. Indifferent to the basic necessities of life

2. Reluctant to face the difficulties of life with courage

3. Suspicious of everything surrounding them

4. Willing to believe promptly without adequate evidence

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Suman felt (ashamed and shy) about admitting his fault before his boss.

1. sad

2. exalted

3. brazen

4. embarrassed

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You've got a whole week to yourself and you can read to your heart's contents.

A. You've got a

B. whole week to

C. yourself and you can

D. read to your heart's contents

E. No error

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We padded the seat of the chair with camel hairs to make it soft.

A. We padded the

B. seat of the chair

C. with camel hairs

D. to make it soft

E. No error

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Ron always (blows his own trumpet) by mentioning his academic achievements.

1. To blow air into an instrument

2. To talk proudly about one's success

3. To ignore someone in the presence of others

4. To save one's money with great effort using different means

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Your guess is as good as mine

1. To have no idea of the answer

2. To predict a disaster

2. To guess an incredible idea

4. To be superstitious

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 18 March 2025

MAJESTIC (ADJECTIVE): (प्रभावशाली): exalted
Synonyms: august, great
Antonyms: pitiful
Example Sentence: A majestic oak, one of the finest trees in the Forest, stands near it.
CURTAILMENT (NOUN): (कटौती): reduction
Synonyms: cut, cutback
Antonyms: increase
Example Sentence: The curtailment of human rights is the worst thing to do.
INCONCLUSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (अनिर्णीत): indecisive
Synonyms: indefinite, indeterminate
Antonyms: conclusive
Example Sentence: They kept on doing inconclusive negotiations for three years.
RESUMPTION (NOUN): (पुनरारंभ): restart
Synonyms: restarting, reopening
Antonyms: suspension
Example Sentence: The rain has stopped, but we're still waiting for the resumption of the game.
DWINDLE (VERB): (क्षीण होना): diminish
Synonyms: decrease, reduce
Antonyms: increase
Example Sentence: Traffic has dwindled to a trickle.
UNWITTING (ADJECTIVE): (अनिच्छित): unintentional
Synonyms: unintended, inadvertent
Antonyms: deliberate
Example Sentence: We are anxious to rectify the unwitting mistakes made in the past.
SHELVE (VERB): (टालना): lay aside
Synonyms: pigeonhole, stay
Antonyms: carry out
Example Sentence: Plans to reopen the school have been shelved.
VIGILANT (ADJECTIVE): (जागरूक): watchful
Synonyms: observant, sharp-eyed
Antonyms: negligent
Example Sentence: The burglar was spotted by vigilant neighbours.
EXALT (VERB): (प्रशंसा करना): glorify
Synonyms: extol, praise
Antonyms: disparage
Example Sentence: The party will continue to exalt their hero.
TRAUMATIC (ADJECTIVE): (दर्दनाक): disturbing
Synonyms: shocking, distressing
Antonyms: soothing
Example Sentence: She was going through a traumatic divorce.

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 19 March 2025

VAUNT (VERB): (प्रशंसा करना): acclaim
Synonyms: esteem, revere
Antonyms: criticize
Example Sentence: He was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country.
UNSEEMLY (ADJECTIVE): (अनुचित): indecorous
Synonyms: improper, inappropriate
Antonyms: seemly
Example Sentence: The discussion led to nothing but an unseemly squabble.
CATHARSIS (NOUN): (शुद्धिकरण): purging
Synonyms: purgation, purification
Antonyms: repression
Example Sentence: Music is a means of catharsis for many of us.
INFANTILE (ADJECTIVE): (बचकाना): childish
Synonyms: babyish, immature
Antonyms: mature
Example Sentence: The point about fairies etc. is so infantile in logic I can barely contain my disbelief.
INGRAINED (ADJECTIVE): (दीर्घस्थायी): entrenched
Synonyms: established, fixed
Antonyms: transient
Example Sentence: She wanted to wake up with his scent ingrained in her skin.
CELLAR (NOUN): (तहखाना): basement
Synonyms: vault, crypt
Antonyms: attic
Example Sentence: The servants led us down into a cellar.
OMINOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अमंगल): threatening
Synonyms: menacing, baleful
Antonyms: promising
Example Sentence: My ominous tone didn’t register with him.
MALAISE (NOUN): (अप्रसन्नता): unhappiness
Synonyms: restlessness, uneasiness
Antonyms: comfort
Example Sentence: An infected person will feel a general malaise.
STRICKEN (ADJECTIVE): (तंग): troubled
Synonyms: affected, afflicted
Antonyms: unaffected
Example Sentence: The pilot landed the stricken aircraft.
OSTENSIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (ख़याली): apparent
Synonyms: seeming, outward
Antonyms: real
Example Sentence: The real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

On the ball

1. To not understand a situation well

2. To be inattentive

3. To be aware of any changes or developments and quick to react to them

4. To be unaware of any changes happening around