Daily Vocabulary – 8 April 2026

Synonyms: Abscond, Flee, Escape, Make off

Antonyms: Stay, Remain, Arrive, Settle

Example: The thieves decided to decamp before the police reached the area.

Trick: De + camp = camp se nikal jana, so decamp means suddenly pack up and leave.

Synonyms: Ochlocracy, Mob rule, Rabble rule, Crowd rule

Antonyms: Democracy, Constitutional government, Rule of law, Order

Example: During the violent unrest, the city seemed to fall into mobocracy.

Trick: Mob + cracy = mob ka rule, so mobocracy means a system where the crowd starts ruling instead of law.

Synonyms: Patricide, Matricide, Kin-slaying, Familial murder

Antonyms: Protection, Care, Nurture, Filial devotion

Example: The ancient story was centered around a shocking act of parricide within the royal family.

Trick: Parricide sounds like parent + decide, so imagine someone making a deadly decision against a parent.

Synonyms: Yearbook, Annual, Calendar, Handbook

Antonyms: Novel, Storybook, Fiction, Tale

Example: He checked the almanac to find the dates of the full moon and important festivals.

Trick: Almanac sounds like all-man-ack, so think of a book that gives all kinds of useful yearly facts together in one place.

Synonyms: Sound science, Sonics, Audio science, Sound properties

Antonyms: Silence, Soundlessness, Quietness, Muteness

Example: The acoustics of the auditorium were so good that even a soft voice could be heard clearly.

Trick: Acoustics sounds like acoustic, so think of guitar sound or hall sound quality to remember that acoustics is all about sound behavior.

Synonyms: Funeral home, Crematory, Burning ground, Incineratory

Antonyms: Cemetery, Graveyard, Burial ground, Mausoleum

Example: The family gathered quietly at the crematorium for the final rites.

Trick: Crematorium sounds like cremate room — a room or place where a body is cremated.

Synonyms: Aircraft shed, Airplane shelter, Aviation warehouse, Plane depot

Antonyms: Runway, Tarmac, Open airfield, Apron

Example: The helicopter was kept safely inside the hangar during the storm.

Trick: Hangar sounds like hang-air — a place where aircraft hang or stay in air-related storage.

Synonyms: Sickroom, Clinic, Dispensary, Hospital ward

Antonyms: Gymnasium, Fitness center, Wellness center, Recreation room

Example: The injured student was taken to the school infirmary for first aid.

Trick: Infirmary yaad rakho as infirm logon ki jagah — jahan weak ya sick people ko treatment diya jata hai.

Synonyms: Children's home, Shelter home, Foundling home, Care home

Antonyms: Family home, Parental home, Foster home, Household

Example: The orphanage provided food, education, and shelter to many children.

Trick: Orphanage = orphan + age, so think of a place made specially for orphan children to live and grow.

Synonyms: Tank, Basin, Storage lake, Cistern

Antonyms: Drain, Outlet, Depletion, Exhaustion

Example: The city gets most of its drinking water from the nearby reservoir.

Trick: Reservoir sounds like reserve-water — a place where water is kept in reserve for future use.

Synonyms: Eighty-year-old, Senior citizen, Elder, Aged person

Antonyms: Child, Youth, Adolescent, Youngster

Example: The octogenarian still walks every morning and lives an active life.

Trick: Octo sounds like eighty here — so an octogenarian is someone in their eighties.

Synonyms: Weather science, Atmospheric science, Weather study, Climate science

Antonyms: Weather ignorance, Forecast neglect, Atmospheric unawareness, Meteorological illiteracy

Example: She studied meteorology to understand how storms and rainfall are predicted.

Trick: Meteorology = meteor + logy — think of it as the subject that studies weather, clouds, rain, and atmosphere.

Synonyms: Spider phobia, Fear of spiders, Arachnid fear, Irrational fear of spiders

Antonyms: Fearlessness, Courage, Calmness, Composure

Example: Her arachnophobia was so strong that she screamed on seeing a tiny spider in the room.

Trick: Arachnophobia = arachno + phobia, so think: Arachna dekhte hi phobia ho gaya = fear of spiders.

Synonyms: Baby-killing, Child murder, Neonaticide, Filicide

Antonyms: Child protection, Childcare, Nurturing, Safeguarding

Example: The law treats infanticide as a very serious criminal offense.

Trick: Infanticide = infant + cide, so think cide means killing, therefore infanticide means killing of an infant.

Synonyms: Kingship, Royal rule, Sovereignty, Crown rule

Antonyms: Democracy, Republic, Anarchy, Oligarchy

Example: For centuries, the country was governed under a monarchy led by a powerful king.

Trick: Monarchy = monarch ki sarkar, yani aisi government jahan king ya queen rule karte hain.