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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 16.08.2024
1. ACCOUNTABILITY (NOUN): (जवाबदेही): responsibility
Synonyms: liability, answerability
Antonyms: unaccountability
Example Sentence:Lack of accountability damaged public respect for business and political leaders.
2. CONTEMPLATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (विचारशील): thoughtful
Synonyms: pensive, reflective
Antonyms: active
Example Sentence:She regarded me with a contemplative eye.
3. BLISTERING (ADJECTIVE): (बर्बर): savage
Synonyms: vicious, fierce
Antonyms: mild
Example Sentence:There was a blistering attack on the government's transport policy.
4.ASSERTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (आत्म विश्वासी): confident
Synonyms: forceful, self-confident
Antonyms: retiring
Example Sentence:The job of a salesman calls for assertive behaviour.
5. ADUMBRATE (VERB): (पूर्वाभास देना): foreshadow
Synonyms: outline, darken
Antonym: illuminate, light up
Example Sentence:The setting sun adumbrates the bridge to create a scenic view.
6. ASSAULT (VERB): (हमला करना): hit
Synonyms: strike, smack
Antonyms: defend
Example Sentence:He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer.
7. HALT (VERB): (ठहरना): stop
Synonyms: come to rest, pull up
Antonyms: start
Example Sentence:The pressure is growing to halt the bloodshed.
8. INSTITUTE (VERB): (आरंभ करना): install
Synonyms: instate, induct
Antonyms: dismiss
Example Sentence:His sons were instituted to the priesthood.
9. MISLEAD (VERB): (बहकाना): deceive
Synonyms: delude, lie to
Antonyms: be honest
Example Sentence:The government misled the public about the road's environmental impact.
10. IDENTICAL (ADJECTIVE): (समान): one and the same
Synonyms: aforementioned, aforesaid
Antonyms: different
Example Sentence:She stole from the identical station at which she had been arrested before.
1. ACCOUNTABILITY (NOUN): (जवाबदेही): responsibility
Synonyms: liability, answerability
Antonyms: unaccountability
Example Sentence:Lack of accountability damaged public respect for business and political leaders.
2. CONTEMPLATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (विचारशील): thoughtful
Synonyms: pensive, reflective
Antonyms: active
Example Sentence:She regarded me with a contemplative eye.
3. BLISTERING (ADJECTIVE): (बर्बर): savage
Synonyms: vicious, fierce
Antonyms: mild
Example Sentence:There was a blistering attack on the government's transport policy.
4.ASSERTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (आत्म विश्वासी): confident
Synonyms: forceful, self-confident
Antonyms: retiring
Example Sentence:The job of a salesman calls for assertive behaviour.
5. ADUMBRATE (VERB): (पूर्वाभास देना): foreshadow
Synonyms: outline, darken
Antonym: illuminate, light up
Example Sentence:The setting sun adumbrates the bridge to create a scenic view.
6. ASSAULT (VERB): (हमला करना): hit
Synonyms: strike, smack
Antonyms: defend
Example Sentence:He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer.
7. HALT (VERB): (ठहरना): stop
Synonyms: come to rest, pull up
Antonyms: start
Example Sentence:The pressure is growing to halt the bloodshed.
8. INSTITUTE (VERB): (आरंभ करना): install
Synonyms: instate, induct
Antonyms: dismiss
Example Sentence:His sons were instituted to the priesthood.
9. MISLEAD (VERB): (बहकाना): deceive
Synonyms: delude, lie to
Antonyms: be honest
Example Sentence:The government misled the public about the road's environmental impact.
10. IDENTICAL (ADJECTIVE): (समान): one and the same
Synonyms: aforementioned, aforesaid
Antonyms: different
Example Sentence:She stole from the identical station at which she had been arrested before.
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70th National Film Awards For 2022
• Best Feature Film - AATTAM
• Best Non-Feature Film - AYENA
• Best Popular Film - KANTARA
• Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects Gaming & Comic) - BRAHMASTRA PART 1: SHIVA
• Best Actor in a Leading Role - Rishab Shetty (KANTARA)
• Best Actress in a Leading Role - Nithya Menen (THIRUCHITRAMBALAM) & Manasi Parekh (KUTCH EXPRESS)
• Best Supporting Actor - Pavan Raj Malhotra
• Best Supporting Actress - Neena Gupta
• Best Male Playback Singer - Arijit Singh (Kesariya)
• Best Book on Cinema - Kishore Kumar : The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Parthiv Dhar
• Award for Best Film Critic - Deepak Dua
• Best Feature Film - AATTAM
• Best Non-Feature Film - AYENA
• Best Popular Film - KANTARA
• Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects Gaming & Comic) - BRAHMASTRA PART 1: SHIVA
• Best Actor in a Leading Role - Rishab Shetty (KANTARA)
• Best Actress in a Leading Role - Nithya Menen (THIRUCHITRAMBALAM) & Manasi Parekh (KUTCH EXPRESS)
• Best Supporting Actor - Pavan Raj Malhotra
• Best Supporting Actress - Neena Gupta
• Best Male Playback Singer - Arijit Singh (Kesariya)
• Best Book on Cinema - Kishore Kumar : The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Parthiv Dhar
• Award for Best Film Critic - Deepak Dua
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To look at someone in an angry or
threatening way
threatening way
Anonymous Quiz
20%
Glower
32%
Gnaw
33%
Gnash
15%
Grind
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The reduced air pressure on airline flights can lessen the amount of oxygen in passenger's blood for twenty-five percent.
Anonymous Quiz
25%
The reduced air pressure on airline flights
9%
No error
42%
In passenger’s blood for twenty-five percent
24%
Can lessen the amount of oxygen
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The manager / did not / gone to / Bombay yesterday.
Anonymous Quiz
82%
Gone to
10%
Did not
7%
Bombay yesterday
1%
The manager
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🔥Today's Word🔥
in tandem (phrase)
Meaning:
it's used when you're working with others as a team.
Example:
Team working skills aren't enhanced by anything but working more in tandem.
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To be in two minds
Anonymous Quiz
8%
To be dominated by someone else
19%
To work on somebody else’s advice
21%
To be in a critical state
52%
To be uncertain
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
Has he lost his mind? He is (falling foul) of everybody.
Has he lost his mind? He is (falling foul) of everybody.
Anonymous Quiz
21%
Quite puzzled with
17%
Maintaining a sort of coldness
17%
Having an amicable talk with
45%
Quarrelling with
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Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Where were they playing the cricket match?
Where were they playing the cricket match?
Anonymous Quiz
11%
Where was the cricket match played?
11%
Where has the cricket match been played?
6%
Where will the cricket match be played?
72%
Where was the cricket match being played?
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select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.
John said, “I shall be 21 tomorrow".
John said, “I shall be 21 tomorrow".
Anonymous Quiz
38%
John said that he should be 2I the following day.
8%
John said that I shall be 2I tomorrow.
49%
John said that he would be 2I the following day.
6%
John said that he would be 2I tomorrow.
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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
The apple tasted incredibly s͟w͟e͟e͟t͟. (SSC CGL 2023)
The apple tasted incredibly s͟w͟e͟e͟t͟. (SSC CGL 2023)
Anonymous Quiz
13%
Delicious
7%
Pleasant
78%
Bitter
1%
Special
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Select the most appropriate synonym of the following word.
Mitigate
Mitigate
Anonymous Quiz
11%
Rise
14%
Cure
15%
Balance
59%
Reduction
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Anonymous Quiz
64%
Frantick
22%
Comparison
11%
Animate
3%
Estimate
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Showing or having skill, especially with the hands.
Anonymous Quiz
8%
Insomniac
15%
Meticulous
8%
Pertinent
70%
Dexterous
A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals, travelling together
Anonymous Quiz
4%
Alibi
14%
Anachronism
20%
Troupe
62%
Carvan
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The dignitaries / had left before / the Minister / had arrived at the venue.
Anonymous Quiz
22%
Had left before
8%
The dignitaries
69%
Had arrived at the venue
2%
The Minister