Daily Vocabulary – 2 March 2026

Synonyms: Laughable, Ridiculous, Absurd, Comical

Antonyms: Serious, Solemn, Grave, Dignified

Example: His risible excuse for being late made everyone burst into laughter.

Trick: Risible sounds like risk + giggle — jab situation itni silly ho ki you can’t stop laughing, it’s risible.

Synonyms: Winding, Twisting, Devious, Convoluted

Antonyms: Straight, Direct, Simple, Honest

Example: The tortuous mountain road made the journey slow and tiring.

Trick: Tortuous = torture to go through — itna twisty, complicated, ya devious ki samajhna bhi torture lagge.

Synonyms: Calm, Composed, Imperturbable, Steady

Antonyms: Flustered, Nervous, Agitated, Panicky

Example: Even during the crisis, she stayed unflappable and handled everything smoothly.

Trick: Unflappable = not flapping — pressure me bhi haath-pair nahi phadphadate, calm rehna = unflappable.

Synonyms: Miserable, Sorrowful, Dejected, Downcast

Antonyms: Cheerful, Happy, Joyful, Elated

Example: He sat on the bench with a woebegone expression after hearing the bad news.

Trick: WOE + BEGONE — jaise woe (sadness) tumhare face pe chipak gaya ho aur jaa hi nahi raha, that look is woebegone.

Synonyms: Rural, Countrified, Pastoral, Unrefined

Antonyms: Urban, Sophisticated, Refined, Cultured

Example: They stayed in a rustic cottage surrounded by fields and trees.

Trick: Rustic = rural style — gaon wala simple vibe, wooden cottage wali feel = rustic

Synonyms: Abstainer, Nondrinker, Temperance advocate, Dry

Antonyms: Drinker, Alcoholic, Inebriate, Tippler

Example: Being a teetotaler, she chose juice instead of wine at the party.

Trick: Think tea-totaler — someone who is total about drinking tea, not alcohol.

Synonyms: Multilingual, Linguist, Language expert, Interpreter

Antonyms: Monolingual, Unilingual, Illiterate, Inarticulate

Example: As a polyglot, he could easily switch between Spanish, French, and German.

Trick: Poly = many + glot = tongues/languages, so polyglot means many languages in one person.

Synonyms: Postmortem, After-death, Post-mortem, Posthumal

Antonyms: Antemortem, Living, Lifetime, Pre-death

Example: She received a posthumous award for her contribution to science.

Trick: Post = after, so posthumous means after the person is gone (after death).

Synonyms: Unwilled, Testate-less, Without a will, Will-less

Antonyms: Testate, Willed, Bequeathing, Having a will

Example: He died intestate, so the court distributed his property according to law.

Trick: In + testate (will) = intestate, meaning without a will.

Synonyms: Lethargic, Lazy, Slothful, Inactive

Antonyms: Energetic, Active, Brisk, Lively

Example: After lunch, he felt sluggish and found it hard to concentrate.

Trick: Slug moves slowly, so sluggish means moving like a slug—slow and lazy.

Synonyms: Fanatic, Zealot, Intolerant person, Sectarian

Antonyms: Tolerant, Open-minded, Liberal, Broad-minded

Example: A bigot refuses to respect people who think differently from him.

Trick: Bigot = big ego + narrow mind — someone who thinks only their belief is right.

Synonyms: Runaway, Escapee, Absconder, Lawbreaker

Antonyms: Captive, Prisoner, Detainee, Law-abider

Example: The police launched a search operation to catch the fugitive.

Trick: Fugitive sounds like flee-gitive — someone who keeps fleeing to avoid the law.

Synonyms: Traitor, Defector, Renegade, Betrayer

Antonyms: Loyalist, Patriot, Stalwart, Faithful

Example: The party expelled him after he was branded a turncoat for joining the rival camp.

Trick: Turn + coat = he turns his coat to match the winning side, so a turncoat is someone who switches loyalty.

Synonyms: Benefactor, Philanthropist, Helper, Good-doer

Antonyms: Malefactor, Miser, Villain, Selfish person

Example: A kind Samaritan helped the injured man on the roadside.

Trick: Remember Good Samaritan = someone who helps a stranger in trouble without expecting anything back.

Synonyms: Paradise, Ideal world, Heaven, Elysium

Antonyms: Dystopia, Hell, Chaos, Nightmare

Example: Many thinkers have written about a utopia where justice and equality prevail.

Trick: Utopia = you-topia — a place where you think everything would be perfect.