UPSI & UPSSSC

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 27.06.2024 1. SUBDUED (ADJECTIVE): (विषादपूर्ण): sombre Synonyms: low-spirited, downcast Antonyms: lively Example Sentence:I felt strangely subdued as I drove home. 2. COMPETITIVE (ADJECTIVE): (वाजिब): reasonable Synonyms: moderate, economical Antonyms: exorbitant Example Sentence:We offer prompt service at competitive rates. 3. CONCILIATION (NOUN): (शांति): appeasement Synonyms: peacemaking, peacebuilding Antonyms: provocation Example Sentence:He held his hands up in a gesture of conciliation. 4. ALARMING (ADJECTIVE): (डरावना): worrying Synonyms: disturbing, frightening Antonyms: reassuring Example Sentence:Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate. 5. DEFIANCE (NOUN): (प्रतिरोध): resistance Synonyms: opposition, confrontation Antonyms: submission Example Sentence:There was challenge and defiance in her gaze. 6. MISLAY (VERB): (गंवाना): lose Synonyms: misplace, lose track of Antonyms: find Example Sentence:I seem to have mislaid my car keys. 7. WHIP (VERB): (भागना): dash Synonyms: rush, race Antonyms: dawdle Example Sentence:He whipped round to face them. 8. STALL (VERB): (बाधा डालना): obstruct Synonyms: impede, hinder Antonyms: facilitate Example Sentence:His career had stalled, hers taken off. 9. SHUN (VERB): (बचना): avoid Synonyms: evade, eschew Antonyms: accept Example Sentence:He shunned fashionable society. 10. (DEFER (VERB): (झुक जाना): yield Synonyms: submit, give way Antonyms: stand up to, disobey Example Sentence:He deferred to Tim's superior knowledge.

Direction: In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 26.06.2024 1. BAR (VERB): (निषेध करना): prohibit Synonyms: debar, preclude Antonyms: admit Example Sentence:She is barred from leaving the country. 2. EXHILARATION (NOUN): (आनंद): elation Synonyms: euphoria, exultation Antonyms: dejection Example Sentence:They felt the exhilaration of victory. 3. GREGARIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (सुसामाजिक): sociable Synonyms: social, companionable Antonyms: unsociable Example Sentence:He was a popular and gregarious man. 4. SWEEPING (ADJECTIVE): (व्यापक): extensive Synonyms: wide-ranging, global Antonyms: narrow Example Sentence:We cannot recommend any sweeping alterations. 5. PRUDENCE (NOUN): (बुद्धिमानी): wisdom Synonyms: judgement, sagacity Antonyms: folly Example Sentence:We need to exercise prudence in such important matters. 6. SHRUG (VERB): (उपेक्षा): disregard Synonyms: dismiss, take no notice of Antonyms: heed Example Sentence:The managing director shrugged off the criticism. 7. MEAGRE (ADJECTIVE): (अल्प): meagre Synonyms: scanty, sparse Antonyms: abundant Example Sentence:His parents were poor and he received a meagre education. 8. RIVETED (VERB): (मोहित करना): fascinate Synonyms: engross, grip Antonyms: bore Example Sentence:He was riveted by the newsreels shown on television. 9. INTERIM (ADJECTIVE): (अन्तरिम): provisional Synonyms: temporary, pro tem Antonyms: permanent Example Sentence:An interim arrangement was made. 10. AMBIGUITY (NOUN): (अस्पष्टता): ambivalence Synonyms: equivocation, obscurity Antonyms: unambiguousness transparency Example Sentence:We can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act.

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 25.06.2024 1. STEM (VERB): (से उत्पन्न होना): arise from Synonyms: originate from, spring from Antonyms: cause Example Sentence:Many of the universities' problems stem from rapid expansion. 2. TACTICAL (ADJECTIVE): (गणित): calculated Synonyms: planned, plotted Antonyms: unwise Example Sentence:In a tactical retreat, she moved into a hotel with her daughters. 3. DISENGAGEMENT (NOUN): (मुक्ति): disconnection Synonyms: detachment, separation Antonyms: attachment Example Sentence:Differences lie in the way in which individuals choose moral disengagement. 4. COMMERCIAL (ADJECTIVE): (लाभप्रद): lucrative Synonyms: moneymaking, profitable Antonyms: loss-making Example Sentence:Their work is too commercial. 5. RETREAT (VERB): (वापस लेना): withdraw Synonyms: retire, draw back Antonyms: advance Example Sentence:The army must retreat and the order to do so must be given. 6. CHASTISE (VERB): (सज़ा देना): scold Synonyms: upbraid, berate Antonyms: praise Example Sentence:He chastised his colleague for his laziness. 7 DEDICATED (ADJECTIVE): (समर्पित): committed Synonyms: devoted, staunch Antonyms: indifferent Example Sentence:He leads a team of dedicated doctors. 8 GALVANIZE (VERB) (झटका देना): jolt Synonyms: shock, startle Antonyms: demotivate Example Sentence:The urgency of his voice galvanized them into action. 9. ILLICIT (ADJECTIVE): (अवैध): illegal Synonyms: unlawful, illegitimate Antonyms: licit Example Sentence:She slipped outside for an illicit cigarette. 10. EFFICACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (प्रभावोत्पादक): effective Synonyms: successful, effectual Antonyms: inefficacious Example Sentence:This treatment was efficacious in some cases.