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 Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 14 Feb 2025


1. ALLIED (ADJECTIVE): (संबंधी): associated
Synonyms: related, connected
Antonyms: unrelated
Example Sentence:Members of the medical and allied professions were gathered.


2. PROTRACT (VERB): (लंबा करना): prolong
Synonyms: extend, draw out
Antonyms: curtail, shorten
Example Sentence:He had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process.


3. ENTANGLE (VERB): (शामिल करना): involve
Synonyms: implicate, embroil
Antonyms: steer clear of
Example Sentence:They were suspicious of becoming entangled in a civil war.


4. DISASSEMBLE (VERB): (विघटित करना): dismantle
Synonyms: take apart, pull apart
Antonyms: assemble, put together
Example Sentence:The piston can be disassembled for transport.


5.EVASIVE (ADJECTIVE): (टालने वाला): prevaricating
Synonyms: elusive, ambiguous
Antonyms: frank
Example Sentence:She was evasive about her phone number.


6. VIGOUR (NOUN): (शक्ति): robustness
Synonyms: hardiness, strength
Antonyms: weakness
Example Sentence:They set about the new task with vigour.


7. PATHOS (NOUN): (त्रासदी): poignancy
Synonyms: tragedy, sadness
Antonyms: fortune, joy
Example Sentence:The actor injects his customary humour and pathos into the role.


8. NOTEWORTHY (ADJECTIVE): (स्मरणीय): notable
Synonyms: interesting, significant
Antonyms: unexceptional, boring
Example Sentence:The policy has some noteworthy features.


9. ENFORCE (VERB): (लागू करना): compulsory
Synonyms: obligatory, mandatory
Antonyms: voluntary
Example Sentence:There is no outside agency to enforce cooperation between the players.


10. PERIL (NOUN): (खतरा): danger
Synonyms: jeopardy risk
Antonyms: safety
Example Sentence:You could well place us both in peril.
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🔍Conspiracy (noun)

📌Meaning: a secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal

📌Example: In the past, lightbulb manufacturers made a conspiracy to limit the lifespan of lightbulbs.🤦‍♂️💡
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Antonym of Creative
(REET 2011, CGL 2024)
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72%
Destructive
6%
Positive
12%
Artistic
10%
Pessimistic
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Synonym of Morbid
(SSC MTS 2019, CGL 2024)
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52%
Nasty
24%
Lively
11%
Pretty
14%
Prompt
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select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice. (SSC CGL 2024)
Q : Who has composed this song?
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8%
Composing of this song has been done by who?
82%
This song has been composed by whom?
5%
This song will be composed by whom?
5%
Who composes this song?
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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56%
Sieze
21%
Fierce
18%
Piece
5%
Grief
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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82%
Delegait
9%
Edible
5%
Rebel
3%
Monarch
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The given sentence is divided into four parts: A, B, C, and D. Choose the part that contains an error as your answer. If the sentence is error-free, mark E, i.e., No error as your answer.

The teacher, along with (A) her students, were waiting (B) for the class to (C) begin with enthusiasm. (D) No error (E)

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
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Options
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10%
A
75%
B
7%
C
6%
D
3%
E
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The given sentence is divided into four parts: A, B, C, and D. Choose the part that contains an error as your answer. If the sentence is error-free, mark E, i.e., No error as your answer.

Scarcely had they entered (A) the building when (B) the fire alarm (C) started ringing. (D) No error (E)

1. А
2. В
3. С
4. D
5. E
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Options
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30%
A
26%
B
7%
C
8%
D
30%
E
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given one word.

A person who is kept captive for fulfilment of demands of money or conditions.

1. Introvert

2. Heretic

3. Hostage

4. Hermit
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Options
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7%
A
18%
B
61%
C
14%
D
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given one word.

One who tends to look at the dark side of things

1. Polemist

2. Dynamist

3. Pessimist

4. Optimist
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Options
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3%
A
9%
B
78%
C
9%
D
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.

Fall back on

(A) retreat

(B) overtaken

(C) suffer an accident

(D) resort to something
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Options
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40%
A
15%
B
16%
C
29%
D
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Select the meaning of the given idiom.

Elbow room

(A) Opportunity for reconsideration

(B) Special room for the guest

(C) To give enough space to move or work in

(D) To add a new room to the house
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Options
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20%
A
11%
B
65%
C
5%
D
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