✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 15.12.2023
1. OBLITERATE (VERB): (नष्ट करना): destroy
Synonyms: wipe out, annihilate
Antonyms: create
Example Sentence: The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind.
2. ARTICULATE (ADJECTIVE): (स्पष्ट): eloquent
Synonyms: fluent, communicative
Antonyms: inarticulate
Example Sentence: He made an articulate account of his and her experiences.
3. IMPETUS (NOUN): (प्रोत्साहन): motivation
Synonyms: stimulus incitement
Antonyms: discouragement
Example Sentence:The ending of the Cold War gave new impetus to idealism.
4. EGREGIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (चौंका देने वाला): shocking
Synonyms: appalling, horrific
Antonyms: marvellous
Example Sentence: Egregious abuses of copyright take place.
5. SPLENDOUR (NOUN): (भव्यता): magnificence
Synonyms: grandeur, opulence
Antonyms: modesty
Example Sentence:The tiles of these roofs are of deep-blue colour adding an element of splendour.
6. EMBLEMATIC (ADJECTIVE): (प्रतीकात्मक): symbolic
Synonyms: representative, demonstrative
Antonyms: representational
Example Sentence:My case is emblematic of a larger issue.
7. PAROCHIAL (ADJECTIVE): (संकीर्ण): narrow-minded
Synonyms: small-minded, provincial
Antonyms: cosmopolitan
Example Sentence:Parochial attitudes seldom lead to distress.
8. ENTANGLE (VERB): (जाल में फंसना/ फंसाना): involve
Synonyms: implicate, embroil
Antonyms: steer clear of
Example Sentence:They were suspicious of becoming entangled in a civil war.
9. EXQUISITE (ADJECTIVE): (अति सुंदर): beautiful
Synonyms: lovely, elegant
Antonyms: crude
Example Sentence: She makes exquisite, jewel-like portraits.
10. EXTRAVAGANT (ADJECTIVE): (फ़िजूल ख़र्च): spendthrift
Synonyms: profligate, unthrifty
Antonyms: thrifty
Example Sentence: It was rather extravagant to buy both.
1. OBLITERATE (VERB): (नष्ट करना): destroy
Synonyms: wipe out, annihilate
Antonyms: create
Example Sentence: The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind.
2. ARTICULATE (ADJECTIVE): (स्पष्ट): eloquent
Synonyms: fluent, communicative
Antonyms: inarticulate
Example Sentence: He made an articulate account of his and her experiences.
3. IMPETUS (NOUN): (प्रोत्साहन): motivation
Synonyms: stimulus incitement
Antonyms: discouragement
Example Sentence:The ending of the Cold War gave new impetus to idealism.
4. EGREGIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (चौंका देने वाला): shocking
Synonyms: appalling, horrific
Antonyms: marvellous
Example Sentence: Egregious abuses of copyright take place.
5. SPLENDOUR (NOUN): (भव्यता): magnificence
Synonyms: grandeur, opulence
Antonyms: modesty
Example Sentence:The tiles of these roofs are of deep-blue colour adding an element of splendour.
6. EMBLEMATIC (ADJECTIVE): (प्रतीकात्मक): symbolic
Synonyms: representative, demonstrative
Antonyms: representational
Example Sentence:My case is emblematic of a larger issue.
7. PAROCHIAL (ADJECTIVE): (संकीर्ण): narrow-minded
Synonyms: small-minded, provincial
Antonyms: cosmopolitan
Example Sentence:Parochial attitudes seldom lead to distress.
8. ENTANGLE (VERB): (जाल में फंसना/ फंसाना): involve
Synonyms: implicate, embroil
Antonyms: steer clear of
Example Sentence:They were suspicious of becoming entangled in a civil war.
9. EXQUISITE (ADJECTIVE): (अति सुंदर): beautiful
Synonyms: lovely, elegant
Antonyms: crude
Example Sentence: She makes exquisite, jewel-like portraits.
10. EXTRAVAGANT (ADJECTIVE): (फ़िजूल ख़र्च): spendthrift
Synonyms: profligate, unthrifty
Antonyms: thrifty
Example Sentence: It was rather extravagant to buy both.
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To pour oil in troubled water
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22%
To calm a dispute
58%
To raise a controversy
10%
To light a fire
11%
To create tension
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To pull a fast one on someone
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8%
To drive fast
42%
To cheat someone
49%
To win against someone
1%
None of these
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She ate the sweets greedily.
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7%
Eating of the sweets was done by her greedily.
80%
The sweets were eaten by her greedily.
10%
Greedily sweets are eaten by her.
3%
She herself ate the sweets greedily.
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I rarely watch action movies.
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7%
I had rarely watched action movies.
22%
Action movies are rarely watched by myself.
67%
Action movies are rarely watched by me.
4%
Watching of action movies is rarely done by me.
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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27%
Cushion
11%
Scientist
56%
Posthumusly
6%
Laboratory
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I am sure she will like you.
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10%
Liking of you by her is a surety by me.
72%
I am sure you will be liked by her.
13%
I am sure you were liked by her.
5%
She, I am sure shall like you.
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Uncle always welcomes us to his home with a big smile.
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12%
A big smile is used by uncle always when he is welcoming us.
13%
Welcoming by uncle with a big smile to us is always done.
67%
We are always welcomed by uncle to his home with a big smile.
8%
Uncle is always welcoming us to his home with a big smile.
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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12%
conceive
10%
Appropriate
9%
Terminology
69%
Beleive
Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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5%
Difficulty
33%
Thesaurus
10%
Dictionary
51%
Dinoshauraus
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Literature remains the interest of a minority (a) /and the majority has chosen to ignore those aspects of language (b) /which, at school they were told to value highly. (c) /No error. (d)
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18%
Literature remains the interest of a minority
40%
And the majority has chosen to ignore those aspects of language
38%
Which, at school they were told to value highly
4%
No error
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The detective compared the forged signature to the original.
Anonymous Quiz
31%
To the original
34%
The forged signature
23%
The detective compared
12%
No error
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In a nutshell
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60%
Express very briefly
13%
Add nuts into something
20%
Packed very tightly
6%
Put everything in a shell
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To put one out of countenance
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49%
To make one feel ashamed
16%
To go out with friends
13%
To embrace your family
22%
To take up difficult task
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