Daily Vocabulary – 23 July 2025

Synonyms: Assassination, Bloodbath, Bloodshed, Carnage

Antonyms: Victory, Switch On, Add, Begin

Example: Memories of the <strong>massacre</strong> made bile rise and her chest clench.

Trick: This acre is full of massacres.

Synonyms: Help, Aid, Support, Cooperation

Antonyms: Hindrance, Obstruction, Interference, Impediment

Example: The project was completed on time with the <strong>assistance</strong> of the entire team.

Trick: His assistance is an instance.

Synonyms: Grief, Hardship, Injustice, Objection

Antonyms: Delight, Happiness, Joy, Advantage

Example: He has a deep sense of <strong>grievance</strong> against his former employer.

Trick: Grievance ke box ka maintenance karo.

Synonyms: Tripping, Faltering, Hesitating, Staggering

Antonyms: Steadying, Balancing, Gliding, Stabilizing

Example: She was <strong>stumbling</strong> over her words during the presentation because she was nervous.

Trick: If you stumble, you might fumble and fall.

Synonyms: Circumstances, Conditions, Surroundings, Factors

Antonyms: Ignorance, Nothing, Insignificance, Meaninglessness

Example: The book puts these events in their proper historical and social <strong>contexts</strong>.

Trick: The context is to an extent

Synonyms: Ordered, Recommended, Directed, Mandated

Antonyms: Prohibited, Optional, Unspecified, Discouraged

Example: The doctor <strong>prescribed</strong> antibiotics to treat the infection.

Trick: He describes the prescribed work.

Synonyms: Agree, Consent, Acquiesce, Accede

Antonyms: Dissent, Refuse, Reject, Deny

Example: He <strong>assents</strong> to my interpretation of his argument.

Trick: The doctor assents the patients.

Synonyms: Compose, Constitute, Contain, Cover

Antonyms: Abandon, Destroy, Exclude, Neglect

Example: Each army division <strong>comprised</strong> 4,500 troops.

Trick: They all are comprised in the suppressed behaviour against students.

Synonyms: Afterwards, Finally, Later, Latterly

Antonyms: Earlier, Former, Prior, Previous

Example: I heard <strong>subsequently</strong> that she had left.

Trick: He potentially does his work subsequently.

Synonyms: Alleged, Assumed, Putative, Regarded

Antonyms: Real, Actual, True

Example: The story was <strong>deemed</strong> too controversial and so they spiked it.

Trick: The man deemed and redeemed his money.

Synonyms: Appeal To, Conjure, Adjure, Beg

Antonyms: Answer, Give, Reply

Example: He <strong>invoked</strong> his Fifth Amendment privileges.

Trick: First, they invoked them and now they provoked them.

Synonyms: Pursued, Hunted, Chased

Antonyms: Lost, Ignored, Neglected

Example: He <strong>sought</strong> help from the police.

Trick: He sought the reason why they fought.

Synonyms: Adverse, Antithetical, Conflicting, Contradictory

Antonyms: Agreeable, Agreeing, Consistent, Friendly

Example: The test will not be easy; on the <strong>contrary</strong> it will be very difficult.

Trick: All the disciplinary rules are not contrary.

Synonyms: Credibility, Soundness, Strength, Impact

Antonyms: Invalidity, Unsoundness, Ineffectuality, Shakiness

Example: It is difficult to test the <strong>validity</strong> of these claims.

Trick: The validity increases activity.

Synonyms: Restricted, Confined, Bounded, Controlled

Antonyms: Unlimited, Unrestricted, Free, Boundless

Example: His freedom of movement was <strong>circumscribed</strong> by the new regulations.

Trick: He described his circumscribed situation.