This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 19 June 2026, the same 26 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.
CHORTLE
Explanation: Chortle means to laugh in a breathy and joyful way, so chuckle is the closest synonym. Sob and mourn express sadness and are opposite in sense, while pale refers to lack of colour and is unrelated to laughing.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
RUDDY
Explanation: Ruddy means having a healthy red colour, so rosy correctly expresses its meaning. Wan, ashen, and colourless suggest paleness or absence of colour, which are opposite to the sense of ruddy.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
HOUND
Explanation: Hound means to chase, trouble, or harass someone repeatedly. Comfort and release are opposite in meaning, while organize is unrelated to the idea of repeatedly troubling someone.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
CHISEL
Explanation: Chisel means to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal with a sharp tool, and engrave is close in meaning. Mend and smooth suggest repairing or making even, while ignore has no connection with cutting or shaping.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
THROTTLE
Explanation: Throttle means to choke, strangle, or control the flow of power or speed, so accelerate is the opposite because it means to increase speed. Choke, suppress, restrict, and strangle are close to the meaning of throttle.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
POACH
Explanation: Poach means to hunt or catch animals illegally, so protect is the correct antonym. Hunt, trespass, steal, and plunder are related to illegal or harmful action and therefore do not express the opposite meaning.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
SHODDY
Explanation: Shoddy means badly made or of poor quality, so premium is the opposite as it suggests high quality. Inferior, cheap, substandard, and poor are all similar in meaning to shoddy.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
DROUGHT
Explanation: Drought means a long period with little or no rain, while deluge means a large amount of water or heavy rainfall, making it the correct opposite. Dryness, aridity, scarcity, and dehydration are close to the meaning of drought.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A furnace or oven used for baking bricks, pottery, or drying materials.
Explanation: A kiln is a furnace or oven used for baking bricks, pottery, or drying materials. Chisel is a tool or action of shaping, drought refers to lack of rain, and rummage means to search by moving things around.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To search through things by moving them around.
Explanation: Rummage means to search through things by moving them around, often in a messy or hurried way. Poach means to hunt illegally, throttle means to choke or control speed, and chortle means to laugh joyfully.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To hunt or catch animals illegally.
Explanation: Poach means to hunt or catch animals illegally, especially for profit or personal gain. Hound means to harass repeatedly, chisel means to cut or shape with a tool, and rummage means to search through things.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Badly made or of poor quality.
Explanation: Shoddy means badly made or of poor quality. Ruddy means reddish or healthy red in colour, kiln is a furnace, and drought is a long dry period with little or no rain.
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.
After months of no rainfall, the village suffered from a severe ________.
Explanation: The sentence refers to a long period with little or no rain, so drought is the correct word. Kiln is an oven, chortle means to laugh, chisel means to shape with a tool, and ruddy means reddish.
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.
The sculptor used a sharp tool to ________ the stone into a graceful figure.
Explanation: The action of cutting or shaping stone with a sharp tool is expressed by chisel. Rummage means to search, throttle means to choke or control speed, poach means to hunt illegally, and hound means to harass repeatedly.
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.
The chair broke within a week because it was made of ________ material.
Explanation: Shoddy means badly made or of poor quality, which correctly explains why the chair broke quickly. Ruddy refers to red colour, drought means lack of rain, kiln is a furnace, and chortle means to laugh.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To rummage through a bag
Explanation: To rummage through a bag means to search inside it by moving things around, usually in a hurried or messy manner. It does not mean arranging, baking, or changing the colour of something.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To hound someone for an answer
Explanation: To hound someone for an answer means to trouble, chase, or harass that person repeatedly until an answer is received. Comfort, release, and ignore do not express this repeated pressure.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To throttle the speed of a vehicle
Explanation: To throttle the speed means to control or restrict the flow of power or speed. The phrase is not related to decorating, searching, or judging the quality of a vehicle.
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.
Reporters hound the actor since morning for a statement.
Explanation: The phrase since morning shows an action continuing from the past to the present, so the present perfect continuous form have been hounding is correct. The other options are grammatically weak or use the wrong verb form.
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 potter placed the clay pots inside the kiln for bake them properly.
Explanation: The correct expression is for baking them because for should be followed by a gerund form in this structure. To baked is grammatically incorrect, and and bake them does not fit smoothly in the sentence.
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.
His face became ruddy after running in the sun.
Explanation: The sentence is already grammatically correct because became is the proper past tense form and after running correctly uses the gerund form after the preposition after. The other options disturb the tense or verb form.
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> During a harsh drought, a small village began to face serious difficulty. Water became scarce, and many people started buying cheap pots that broke within days because they were made of shoddy material. Arun, a careful potter, refused to lower his standards. Every morning, he would rummage through old baskets to find good clay pieces, chisel neat patterns on the pots, and bake them slowly in his kiln. His ruddy face showed the effect of long hours in the sun, but he remained cheerful. Children often chortled when they watched him work, because he turned even hard days into moments of learning. When a few men tried to poach animals near the dry forest, the villagers decided not to ignore them and continued to hound the guards until proper action was taken.
In the passage, the word shoddy means:
Explanation: In the passage, the pots broke within days because they were made of shoddy material, which means poor in quality or badly made. Healthy red in colour refers to ruddy, full of rainfall is opposite to drought, and joyfully laughing relates to chortle.
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> During a harsh drought, a small village began to face serious difficulty. Water became scarce, and many people started buying cheap pots that broke within days because they were made of shoddy material. Arun, a careful potter, refused to lower his standards. Every morning, he would rummage through old baskets to find good clay pieces, chisel neat patterns on the pots, and bake them slowly in his kiln. His ruddy face showed the effect of long hours in the sun, but he remained cheerful. Children often chortled when they watched him work, because he turned even hard days into moments of learning. When a few men tried to poach animals near the dry forest, the villagers decided not to ignore them and continued to hound the guards until proper action was taken.
Why did Arun refuse to lower his standards?
Explanation: Arun refused to use shoddy material and continued to make strong pots carefully, which shows that he valued quality even during drought. The passage does not say that he sold illegal products, disliked children, or lacked knowledge of using a kiln.
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> During a harsh drought, a small village began to face serious difficulty. Water became scarce, and many people started buying cheap pots that broke within days because they were made of shoddy material. Arun, a careful potter, refused to lower his standards. Every morning, he would rummage through old baskets to find good clay pieces, chisel neat patterns on the pots, and bake them slowly in his kiln. His ruddy face showed the effect of long hours in the sun, but he remained cheerful. Children often chortled when they watched him work, because he turned even hard days into moments of learning. When a few men tried to poach animals near the dry forest, the villagers decided not to ignore them and continued to hound the guards until proper action was taken.
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
Explanation: The passage says that the villagers continued to hound the guards until proper action was taken against the men who tried to poach animals. The other options are incorrect because the villagers did not support poachers, Arun did not make shoddy pots, and the children chortled rather than became sad.
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> During a harsh drought, a small village began to face serious difficulty. Water became scarce, and many people started buying cheap pots that broke within days because they were made of shoddy material. Arun, a careful potter, refused to lower his standards. Every morning, he would rummage through old baskets to find good clay pieces, chisel neat patterns on the pots, and bake them slowly in his kiln. His ruddy face showed the effect of long hours in the sun, but he remained cheerful. Children often chortled when they watched him work, because he turned even hard days into moments of learning. When a few men tried to poach animals near the dry forest, the villagers decided not to ignore them and continued to hound the guards until proper action was taken.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to rummage as used in the passage?
Explanation: In the passage, Arun would rummage through old baskets to find good clay pieces, so search is the closest meaning. Release, preserve, and accelerate do not fit the context of looking through baskets.
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> During a harsh drought, a small village began to face serious difficulty. Water became scarce, and many people started buying cheap pots that broke within days because they were made of shoddy material. Arun, a careful potter, refused to lower his standards. Every morning, he would rummage through old baskets to find good clay pieces, chisel neat patterns on the pots, and bake them slowly in his kiln. His ruddy face showed the effect of long hours in the sun, but he remained cheerful. Children often chortled when they watched him work, because he turned even hard days into moments of learning. When a few men tried to poach animals near the dry forest, the villagers decided not to ignore them and continued to hound the guards until proper action was taken.
Which of the following is opposite in meaning to drought in the passage?
Explanation: Drought refers to a long period with little or no rain, so rainfall is the opposite in meaning. Scarcity, aridity, and dryness are close to the meaning of drought and therefore cannot be its antonym.
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