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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 30.01.2025


1. UNDERSCORE (VERB): (जोर देना): underline
Synonyms: emphasize, stress
Antonyms: understate
Example Sentence:The company underscored the progress made with fuel cells.


2. CONCLUSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (निर्णायक): incontrovertible
Synonyms: incontestable, irrefutable
Antonyms: inconclusive
Example Sentence:They produced some fairly conclusive evidence.


3. CONVENE (VERB): (बुलवाना): summon
Synonyms: call, order
Antonyms: disperse
Example Sentence:He had convened a secret meeting of military personnel.


4. EXEMPLARY (ADJECTIVE): (उदाहरणात्मक): perfect
Synonyms: ideal, model
Antonyms: deplorable
Example Sentence:His behavior has always been exemplary.


5. UNDERPIN (VERB): (बढ़ावा देना): promote
Synonyms: nurture, encourage
Antonyms: hinder
Example Sentence:The two books underpinned the theme of honour.


6. STIFLE (VERB): (बाधा डालना): hinder
Synonyms: hamper, constrain
Antonyms: encourage
Example Sentence:High taxes stifled private enterprises.


7. PERFUNCTORY (ADJECTIVE): (सरसरी): cursory
Synonyms: desultory, quick
Antonyms: careful
Example Sentence:He gave a perfunctory nod.


8. IRONIC (ADJECTIVE): (व्यंग्यपूर्ण): sarcastic
Synonyms: sardonic, dry
Antonyms: sincere
Example Sentence:His mouth curved into an ironic smile.


9. RAGING (ADJECTIVE): (तूफ़ानी): stormy
Synonyms: violent, strong
Antonyms: calm
Example Sentence:The stream could become a raging torrent in wet weather.


10. VINDICATE (VERB): (साबित करना): justify
Synonyms: warrant, substantiate
Antonyms: attack
Example Sentence:More sober views were vindicated by events.
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Today's Word

🔍intimate (adj)

Meaning: having, or being likely to cause, a very close relationship

Synonyms: close, familiar

Example: Intimate atmosphere of the restaurant gave them indescribable memory of their first date.
30 January, 2025

🕊 Martyr's Day - शहीद दिवस (77th)
🌷 23 March also observed as Shaheed Diwas

💠MAHATMA GANDHI
Birth - 2 October 1869, Porbandar
Full Name - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Assassinated - 30 January 1948, New Delhi
Spouse - Kasturba Gandhi (1883–1944)

💠 To honour the martyr's of the Nation, several other days at the National level also declared as Sarvodaya or Shaheed Diwas

🔶 January 30, 1948, 'Father of Nation' Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by Nathuram Godse in the Birla House

🔶Since,1948 GOI celebrates as Shaheed diwas

🟢 BOOKS
▪️The Story of My Experiments with Truth
▪️Inspirational Thoughts
▪️Hind Swaraj

🟢 NEWS
🔶President To Inaugurate 12-Foot Mahatma Gandhi Statue ‘Gandhi Vatika’ Near Rajghat

🔷Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Ganga River in Bihar, India.

🔶‘Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle’ Unveiled In Madagascar

🔷Mahatma Gandhi Bust Unveiled By Prime Minister In Hiroshima
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Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

(A) It was the advertisement for a metal detector called Wonder Sweeper 5000.

(B) Jacob believed he could find the buried treasure of the pirates if he had that detector.

(C) Jacob was reading one of his comic books when he came upon something interesting.

(D) So, he decided to save every penny till he had enough money to buy one.
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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The mob / is believing / every word / the leader says.
Anonymous Quiz
61%
Is believing
23%
The leader says
12%
Every word
4%
The mob
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Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

We has travelled / to many states / of India to get / an essence of its diversity.
Anonymous Quiz
14%
An essence of its diversity
70%
We has travelled
12%
To many states
4%
Of India to get
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence.

In my new office, all employees were different, so I felt like (a fish out of water).
Anonymous Quiz
81%
Uncomfortable
12%
Homeless
4%
Frustrated
3%
Disappointed
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
Anand personally believes in the motto, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
Anonymous Quiz
7%
Earn the maximum out of business
4%
Nourish health
36%
Enjoy the most when the season is favourable
53%
Make the best out of difficult situations
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given one word.

Awkward in movement or manner
Anonymous Quiz
3%
Alert
20%
Imbalanced
71%
Clumsy
7%
Clownish
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Anonymous Quiz
13%
negligible
30%
nuisance
48%
noticable
8%
neighbouring
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A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
Anonymous Quiz
2%
Curator
6%
Alchemist
8%
Anthropologist
84%
Astronaut
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Anonymous Quiz
19%
bridle
10%
brisk
63%
bristel
8%
brittle
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Synonym of Fatigue
(SSC CPO 2019, CGL 2024)
Anonymous Quiz
11%
Liveliness
74%
Weariness
11%
Freshness
3%
Brightness
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Antonym of Overstrung
(SSC CGL 2024)
Anonymous Quiz
13%
Excited
62%
Calm
12%
Cheerful
14%
Enthusiastic
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Select the correct direct/indirect form of the given sentence.
He said to me, “Can you give me your book?”
Anonymous Quiz
6%
He asked me if I can given him his book.
22%
He asked me if I could give his book.
70%
He asked me if I could give him my book.
2%
He said if I can give him his book.
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Anonymous Quiz
31%
concious
16%
corigible
24%
complascent
29%
contemptible
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Anonymous Quiz
22%
attendence
59%
abundance
11%
arrogence
8%
apearence