✅️ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 05 June 2025.
1.COROLLARY (NOUN): (परिणाम): consequence
Synonyms: result, upshot
Antonyms: cause
Example Sentence:
The huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts.
2.REFUTE (VERB): (खंडन करना): disprove
Synonyms: rebut, confute
Antonyms: confirm
Example Sentence:
These claims have not been refuted at all.
3.INCENDIARY (ADJECTIVE): (उत्तेजक): inflammatory
Synonyms: provocative, agitational
Antonyms: conciliatory
Example Sentence:
The principal's incendiary remarks were not appropriate for the students to hear.
4.STIFLE (VERB): (गला घोंटना): choke
Synonyms: suffocate, asphyxiate
Antonyms: cold
Example Sentence:
Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes.
5.SAGACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (बुद्धिमान): wise
Synonyms: clever, intelligent
Antonyms: stupid
Example Sentence:
Step by step, with sagacious attitude, he advanced to the great discovery.
6.ONEROUS (ADJECTIVE): (कष्टदायक): burdensome
Synonyms: heavy, inconvenient
Antonyms: easy
Example Sentence:
She found his duties increasingly onerous.
7.VENOMOUS (ADJECTIVE): (द्वेषपूर्ण): vicious
Synonyms: spiteful, rancorous
Antonyms: friendly
Example Sentence:
She replied with a venomous glance.
8.LEGITIMATE (ADJECTIVE): (वैध): valid
Synonyms: sound, admissible
Antonyms: invalid
Example Sentence:
His excuse for being late was legitimate.
9.INADVERTENTLY (ADVERB): (अनजाने में): accidentally
Synonyms: by accident, unintentionally
Antonyms: deliberately
Example Sentence:
His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list.
10.SLASH (VERB): (कम करना): reduce
Synonyms: cut drop
Antonyms: raise
1.COROLLARY (NOUN): (परिणाम): consequence
Synonyms: result, upshot
Antonyms: cause
Example Sentence:
The huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts.
2.REFUTE (VERB): (खंडन करना): disprove
Synonyms: rebut, confute
Antonyms: confirm
Example Sentence:
These claims have not been refuted at all.
3.INCENDIARY (ADJECTIVE): (उत्तेजक): inflammatory
Synonyms: provocative, agitational
Antonyms: conciliatory
Example Sentence:
The principal's incendiary remarks were not appropriate for the students to hear.
4.STIFLE (VERB): (गला घोंटना): choke
Synonyms: suffocate, asphyxiate
Antonyms: cold
Example Sentence:
Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes.
5.SAGACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (बुद्धिमान): wise
Synonyms: clever, intelligent
Antonyms: stupid
Example Sentence:
Step by step, with sagacious attitude, he advanced to the great discovery.
6.ONEROUS (ADJECTIVE): (कष्टदायक): burdensome
Synonyms: heavy, inconvenient
Antonyms: easy
Example Sentence:
She found his duties increasingly onerous.
7.VENOMOUS (ADJECTIVE): (द्वेषपूर्ण): vicious
Synonyms: spiteful, rancorous
Antonyms: friendly
Example Sentence:
She replied with a venomous glance.
8.LEGITIMATE (ADJECTIVE): (वैध): valid
Synonyms: sound, admissible
Antonyms: invalid
Example Sentence:
His excuse for being late was legitimate.
9.INADVERTENTLY (ADVERB): (अनजाने में): accidentally
Synonyms: by accident, unintentionally
Antonyms: deliberately
Example Sentence:
His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list.
10.SLASH (VERB): (कम करना): reduce
Synonyms: cut drop
Antonyms: raise
Antonym of Stingy
(SSC CHSL 2024)
(SSC CHSL 2024)
Anonymous Quiz
15%
Deceitful
25%
Lascivious
19%
Humorous
40%
Generous
select the one which best expresses the same sentence in indirect/ direct speech.
"Please don't go away," she said.
"Please don't go away," she said.
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11%
She begged that I not go away.
20%
She told me not to go away.
59%
She begged me not to go away.
11%
She said to please her and not go away.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
She handles all tasks efficiently.
She handles all tasks efficiently.
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63%
All tasks are handled efficiently by her.
18%
All tasks were handled efficiently by her.
11%
All tasks have been handled efficiently by her.
7%
All tasks are being handled efficiently by her.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Jump the gun
1. Start something too soon or act hastily
2. Watch a person carefully
3. There is always a cost to do something
4. Intentionally raise a false alarm
Jump the gun
1. Start something too soon or act hastily
2. Watch a person carefully
3. There is always a cost to do something
4. Intentionally raise a false alarm
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Play for time
1. To do something in the stipulated time
2. To make excuses or do things to gain time
3. To play something for the sake of old times
4. To play music in the time provided
Play for time
1. To do something in the stipulated time
2. To make excuses or do things to gain time
3. To play something for the sake of old times
4. To play music in the time provided
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A big clumsy often slow-witted person.
1. Slouch
2. Chump
3. Oaf
4. Ape
A big clumsy often slow-witted person.
1. Slouch
2. Chump
3. Oaf
4. Ape
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given one word substitution.
1. Prudent
2. Tremulous
3. Corpulent
4. Hysterical
1. Prudent
2. Tremulous
3. Corpulent
4. Hysterical
Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
By lowering rooftop surface (1)/ temperatures, green roofs (2)/ can be kept cooler (3)/. No error (4)
A. 3
B. 1
C. 4
D. 2
By lowering rooftop surface (1)/ temperatures, green roofs (2)/ can be kept cooler (3)/. No error (4)
A. 3
B. 1
C. 4
D. 2
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
There is some monkeys / on the roof of the / carriage but Madhav / does not see them.
1. on the roof of the
2. There is some monkeys
3. carriage but Madhav
4. does not see them.
There is some monkeys / on the roof of the / carriage but Madhav / does not see them.
1. on the roof of the
2. There is some monkeys
3. carriage but Madhav
4. does not see them.
Select the mis spelt word.
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12%
temptation
55%
tempastuous
22%
temperament
11%
temperature
✅️ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 06 June 2025.
1. INEVITABLY (ADVERB): (अनिवार्य रूप से): unavoidably
Synonyms: automatically, necessarily
Antonyms: avoidably
Example Sentence:
Inevitably some details are already out of date.
2.FRIVOLOUS (ADJECTIVE): (क्षुद्र): flippant
Synonyms: glib, waggish
Antonyms: serious
Example Sentence:
At bottom the man was frivolous, selfish and unstable.
3.CONTEMPT (NOUN): (अपमान): disrespect
Synonyms: disregard, slighting
Antonyms: respect
Example Sentence:
This action displays an arrogant contempt for the wishes of the majority.
4.DRENCH (VERB): (भिगाना): soak
Synonyms: saturate, wet through
Antonyms: dry
Example Sentence:
I fell in the stream and was drenched.
5.PROPRIETY (NOUN): (शिष्टाचार): decorum
Synonyms: respectability decency
Antonyms: impropriety
Example Sentence:
She always behaves with the utmost propriety.
6. FRAUGHT (ADJECTIVE): (बेचैन): anxious
Synonyms: worried, upset
Antonyms: calm
Example Sentence:
There was a fraught silence in the cabin.
7.COLLOQUIAL (ADJECTIVE): (बोल-चाल की शैली): informal
Synonyms: conversational, everyday
Antonyms: literary
Example Sentence:
His colloquial talents were indeed of the highest order.
8.BEWILDER (VERB): (भरमाना): baffle
Synonyms: mystify, bemuse
Antonyms: enlighten
Example Sentence:
She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood.
9.HAPLESS (ADJECTIVE): (अभागे): unfortunate
Synonyms: unlucky, luckless
Antonyms: lucky
Example Sentence:
I met the hapless victims of the disaster.
10.INHIBIT (VERB): (रोकना): impede
Synonyms: hinder hamper
Antonyms: assist
Example Sentence:
Too much cold inhibits plant growth.
1. INEVITABLY (ADVERB): (अनिवार्य रूप से): unavoidably
Synonyms: automatically, necessarily
Antonyms: avoidably
Example Sentence:
Inevitably some details are already out of date.
2.FRIVOLOUS (ADJECTIVE): (क्षुद्र): flippant
Synonyms: glib, waggish
Antonyms: serious
Example Sentence:
At bottom the man was frivolous, selfish and unstable.
3.CONTEMPT (NOUN): (अपमान): disrespect
Synonyms: disregard, slighting
Antonyms: respect
Example Sentence:
This action displays an arrogant contempt for the wishes of the majority.
4.DRENCH (VERB): (भिगाना): soak
Synonyms: saturate, wet through
Antonyms: dry
Example Sentence:
I fell in the stream and was drenched.
5.PROPRIETY (NOUN): (शिष्टाचार): decorum
Synonyms: respectability decency
Antonyms: impropriety
Example Sentence:
She always behaves with the utmost propriety.
6. FRAUGHT (ADJECTIVE): (बेचैन): anxious
Synonyms: worried, upset
Antonyms: calm
Example Sentence:
There was a fraught silence in the cabin.
7.COLLOQUIAL (ADJECTIVE): (बोल-चाल की शैली): informal
Synonyms: conversational, everyday
Antonyms: literary
Example Sentence:
His colloquial talents were indeed of the highest order.
8.BEWILDER (VERB): (भरमाना): baffle
Synonyms: mystify, bemuse
Antonyms: enlighten
Example Sentence:
She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood.
9.HAPLESS (ADJECTIVE): (अभागे): unfortunate
Synonyms: unlucky, luckless
Antonyms: lucky
Example Sentence:
I met the hapless victims of the disaster.
10.INHIBIT (VERB): (रोकना): impede
Synonyms: hinder hamper
Antonyms: assist
Example Sentence:
Too much cold inhibits plant growth.