This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 19 October 2025, the same 30 questions the app served that day, on the day's vocabulary and editorial. One mark for a right answer, minus 0.25 for a wrong one; the explanation opens as soon as you tap.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Augment
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Covert
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Delineate
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Mitigate
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Renown
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Cognoscenti
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Contumely
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Imprecation
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Not openly acknowledged or displayed; secret or hidden.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To make something greater by adding to it; increase.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Relating to or befitting a son or daughter.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Bad-tempered, irritable, or spiteful.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
They ____ the dead body before the police arrived.
Explanation: 'Dispose of' means to get rid of; discard. Hence, the correct answer is 'disposed of'.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
____ 'you' a noun or a pronoun?
Explanation: 'Is' is used with singular subject. 'You' is a singular subject. Hence, 'is' is the correct answer.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
Near the London eye, there is a bridge ____ the Thames River.
Explanation: When used as a preposition, the word 'over' means at a higher level, and the word 'above' means 'at a higher position'. As we can clearly see here 'bridge' is at a higher level than the 'Thames river' therefore 'over' is the right usage.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
You have to be a cool customer and be patient if you want to get the best buys.
Explanation: A cool customer: someone who remains calm and is not easily upset.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
There was no opposition to the new policy by the rank and file of the Government.
Explanation: Rank and file: the ordinary members of an organization as opposed to its leaders.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
The clerk wiped the nose of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.
Explanation: wiped the nose: to cheat.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the Correct Spelling.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the Correct Spelling.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the Correct Spelling.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the Correct Spelling.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
The man took his hands out his pockets (a)/ looked hard at his knuckles (b)/ and raised them deliberately to his eyes (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: out of his pockets
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
Some of the world (a)/ largest water bodies are drying up thus (b)/ threatening the livelihoods of millions. (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: world's
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
Amont the many challenges facing the country (a)/ in the next decade (b) is poverty and unemployment. (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: are poverty
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of do's and don'ts. The same old favourites recur year in and year out with monotonous regularity. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. <br><br> If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. <br><br> We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our old bad ways.
The phrase 'formidable lists of do's and don'ts means that
Explanation: Easy choice from among the given options. <br><br> Hence, option B is correct
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of do's and don'ts. The same old favourites recur year in and year out with monotonous regularity. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. <br><br> If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. <br><br> We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our old bad ways.
The same old favourities recur with monotonous regularity implies that
Explanation: Clear from the reading of the passage. <br><br> Hence, option C is correct.
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of do's and don'ts. The same old favourites recur year in and year out with monotonous regularity. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. <br><br> If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. <br><br> We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our old bad ways.
The author seems to imply that many are inveterate smokers because
Explanation: Refer to 'because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure'. <br><br> Hence, option B is correct.
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of do's and don'ts. The same old favourites recur year in and year out with monotonous regularity. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. <br><br> If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. <br><br> We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our old bad ways.
The author says that most of us fail in our attempts at self-improvement because
Explanation: Can be inferred from the passage. <br><br> Hence, option B is correct.
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of do's and don'ts. The same old favourites recur year in and year out with monotonous regularity. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. <br><br> If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. <br><br> We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our old bad ways.
The author seems to think that others
Explanation: Can be inferred from the last sentence of the passage. <br><br> Hence, option C is correct.
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