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Synonym of Barbarous
(SSC CHSL 2018, CGL 2024)
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Refined
11%
Polite
72%
Crude
13%
Civilized
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Antonym of Grudge
(SSC CGL 2017)
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Spite
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Averse
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Dislike
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Goodwill
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 Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 19 March 2025

VAUNT (VERB): (प्रशंसा करना): acclaim
Synonyms: esteem, revere
Antonyms: criticize
Example Sentence: He was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country.
UNSEEMLY (ADJECTIVE): (अनुचित): indecorous
Synonyms: improper, inappropriate
Antonyms: seemly
Example Sentence: The discussion led to nothing but an unseemly squabble.
CATHARSIS (NOUN): (शुद्धिकरण): purging
Synonyms: purgation, purification
Antonyms: repression
Example Sentence: Music is a means of catharsis for many of us.
INFANTILE (ADJECTIVE): (बचकाना): childish
Synonyms: babyish, immature
Antonyms: mature
Example Sentence: The point about fairies etc. is so infantile in logic I can barely contain my disbelief.
INGRAINED (ADJECTIVE): (दीर्घस्थायी): entrenched
Synonyms: established, fixed
Antonyms: transient
Example Sentence: She wanted to wake up with his scent ingrained in her skin.
CELLAR (NOUN): (तहखाना): basement
Synonyms: vault, crypt
Antonyms: attic
Example Sentence: The servants led us down into a cellar.
OMINOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अमंगल): threatening
Synonyms: menacing, baleful
Antonyms: promising
Example Sentence: My ominous tone didn’t register with him.
MALAISE (NOUN): (अप्रसन्नता): unhappiness
Synonyms: restlessness, uneasiness
Antonyms: comfort
Example Sentence: An infected person will feel a general malaise.
STRICKEN (ADJECTIVE): (तंग): troubled
Synonyms: affected, afflicted
Antonyms: unaffected
Example Sentence: The pilot landed the stricken aircraft.
OSTENSIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (ख़याली): apparent
Synonyms: seeming, outward
Antonyms: real
Example Sentence: The real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint.
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

On the ball

1. To not understand a situation well

2. To be inattentive

3. To be aware of any changes or developments and quick to react to them

4. To be unaware of any changes happening around
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Options
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12%
B
71%
C
9%
D
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Call it a day

1. To decide to stop doing something

2. To stop worrying over something

3. To reach the destination

4. To avoid meeting someone
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Options
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64%
A
16%
B
16%
C
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D
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Identify the segment that contains error.

The central government has come up with a cash voucher scheme to encourage people to spend
their savings on good.

A. The central government has

B. come up with a cash voucher

C. scheme to encourage people

D. to spend their savings on good

E. No error
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9%
A
29%
B
10%
C
40%
D
12%
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Identify the segment that contains error.

We had taken great pain to check the structural soundness of the coachwork.

A. We had taken

B. great pain to

C. check the structural

D. soundness of the coachwork

E. No error
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Options
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19%
A
30%
B
10%
C
28%
D
14%
E
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Select the option that gives the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted word.

Jack was given the responsibility of driving, as he was the only (teetotaller).

1. Person with imagination and creative potential


2. Person who completely abstains from intoxicating drinks like alcohol

3. Person who habitually drinks to the point of losing control

4. Responsible citizen of the country with high self-esteem
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Options
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4%
A
74%
B
16%
C
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D
Select the option that can be used as a one - word substitute for the highlighted group of words.

Finally, Mr. Yuvraj Narsinghani passed by the (slowly moving line of people or cars at a funeral).

(A) Caravan

(B) Posse

(C) Procession

(D) Cortege
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Options
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11%
B
24%
C
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D
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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resplendent
14%
resistance
25%
resurrect
44%
reseptacle
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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contiguous
9%
confirmed
47%
confarmist
12%
contagious
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Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alterative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).

Talking twenty to the dozen

1. talking hurriedly and rapidly

2. talking too much

3. talking without making sense

4. talking out of turn
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