Daily Vocabulary – 16 May 2026

Synonyms: Free, Complimentary, Costless, Unpaid

Antonyms: Paid, Costly, Expensive, Charged

Example: The guide gave us the tickets gratis.

Trick: Gratis sounds like great discount; jab price zero ho, it is gratis.

Synonyms: Farming, Agriculture, Cultivation, Management

Antonyms: Waste, Neglect, Misuse, Squandering

Example: Good husbandry improves soil fertility.

Trick: Husbandry means handling resources like a responsible household manager.

Synonyms: Naive Girl, Innocent, Young Woman, Debutante

Antonyms: Sophisticate, Cynic, Veteran, Femme Fatale

Example: She played the role of an ingenue in the film.

Trick: Ingenue sounds like in-new; someone new to the world is innocent and inexperienced.

Synonyms: Souvenir, Keepsake, Reminder, Token

Antonyms: Forgetfulness, Oblivion, Amnesia, Erasure

Example: He kept the medal as a memento of his victory.

Trick: Memento sounds like memory token; jo memory ko remind kare, woh memento hai.

Synonyms: Fate, Destiny, Determinism, Foreordination

Antonyms: Free Will, Choice, Chance, Self-determination

Example: He believed in predestination rather than personal choice.

Trick: Pre + destination means destination pehle se decided.

Synonyms: Jargon, Slang, Cant, Lingo

Antonyms: Standard language, Plain speech, Formal language, Common speech

Example: The thieves used argot so that outsiders could not understand their plans.

Trick: Argot sounds like our got code — every group has its own code language.

Synonyms: Domain, Field, Sphere, Province

Antonyms: Non-specialty, Outside domain, Unfamiliar field, Irrelevance

Example: Environmental law is not really my bailiwick.

Trick: Bailiwick ko baali ka wick yaad karo — jis candle ka wick jis area me jalta hai, wahi uska bailiwick hai.

Synonyms: Custom-made, Tailor-made, Personalized, Customized

Antonyms: Ready-made, Mass-produced, Standard, Off-the-rack

Example: He wore a bespoke suit for the wedding.

Trick: Bespoke sounds like be spoke — jo customer spoke kare, uske hisaab se bana hua.

Synonyms: Tactile, Touch-related, Tangible, Sensory

Antonyms: Non-tactile, Visual, Auditory, Intangible

Example: The phone gives haptic feedback when you type.

Trick: Haptic sounds like hand touch pick — jo hand se touch feel ho, that is haptic.

Synonyms: Organizer, Promoter, Producer, Manager

Antonyms: Spectator, Attendee, Follower, Performer

Example: The impresario arranged a grand musical concert in the city.

Trick: Impresario impress karne wale shows organize karta hai.

Synonyms: Fate, Destiny, Fortune, Providence

Antonyms: Free will, Choice, Volition, Autonomy

Example: She believed it was kismet that they met again after ten years.

Trick: Kismet sounds like kismat — exactly fate or destiny.

Synonyms: Technophobe, Traditionalist, Reactionary, Antimodernist

Antonyms: Technophile, Innovator, Modernist, Early adopter

Example: My grandfather is not a Luddite, but he avoids using smartphones.

Trick: Luddite sounds like load tight — technology load lagti hai, isliye avoid karta hai.

Synonyms: Single-buyer market, Buyer monopoly, Purchasing monopoly, Monopsonistic market

Antonyms: Competitive market, Multiple-buyer market, Free market, Polyopsony

Example: In a small town, one large factory may create a monopsony for local labour.

Trick: Monopoly me one seller, monopsony me one buyer — sony ko buyer samjho.

Synonyms: Nearest point, Closest approach, Orbital low point, Earth-nearest point

Antonyms: Apogee, Farthest point, Highest orbital point, Distant point

Example: The moon appears larger when it is near perigee.

Trick: Perigee me gee sounds like geo — earth ke paas wala point.

Synonyms: Semiology, Symbolism, Sign study, Sign theory

Antonyms: Literalism, Non-symbolism, Direct expression, Plain meaning

Example: Semiotics helps us understand how symbols create meaning in advertisements.

Trick: Semiotics means signs ko decode karna — jaise traffic signs, logos, symbols ka meaning samajhna.