Daily Vocabulary – 19 May 2026

Synonyms: Emergency, Urgency, Necessity, Crisis

Antonyms: Ease, Calm, Triviality, Non-necessity

Example: The exigency of the situation required quick decision-making.

Trick: Exigency sounds like exit urgency; when there is urgency to exit, it is an exigency.

Synonyms: Generosity, Largesse, Bounty, Benevolence

Antonyms: Stinginess, Miserliness, Meanness, Parsimony

Example: The king was admired for his munificence toward the poor.

Trick: Munificence sounds like money fence; a person who opens the money fence for others shows munificence.

Synonyms: Extravagance, Wastefulness, Lavishness, Profligacy

Antonyms: Thrift, Frugality, Economy, Moderation

Example: His prodigality soon left him in financial trouble.

Trick: Prodigality sounds like produce gone totally; when resources are totally gone due to waste, it is prodigality.

Synonyms: Austerity, Self-denial, Abstinence, Renunciation

Antonyms: Luxury, Indulgence, Hedonism, Extravagance

Example: The monk practiced asceticism and lived a very simple life.

Trick: Asceticism sounds like austere system; a strict and simple system of life is asceticism.

Synonyms: Fluency, Articulateness, Expressiveness, Oratory

Antonyms: Inarticulateness, Hesitation, Silence, Inelegance

Example: The leader’s eloquence inspired thousands of people.

Trick: Eloquence sounds like elegant sequence; elegant sequence of words creates eloquence.

Synonyms: Springlike, Springtime, Fresh, Youthful

Antonyms: Autumnal, Wintry, Aged, Withered

Example: The vernal breeze filled the garden with freshness.

Trick: Vernal sounds like varnal, so imagine spring adding new colors to nature.

Synonyms: Dizzying, Giddy, Whirling, Reeling

Antonyms: Stable, Steady, Balanced, Level

Example: The vertiginous height of the tower frightened the visitors.

Trick: Vertiginous comes from vertigo, so remember it as something that gives chakkar.

Synonyms: Bloody, Bloodthirsty, Murderous, Brutal

Antonyms: Peaceful, Humane, Merciful, Nonviolent

Example: The sanguinary battle left the entire region devastated.

Trick: Sanguinary sounds like sang and blood; remember it as a scene full of bloodshed.

Synonyms: Playful, Mischievous, Jocular, Facetious

Antonyms: Serious, Solemn, Grave, Humorless

Example: His waggish remarks made everyone laugh during the meeting.

Trick: Waggish sounds like wagging; imagine a child wagging his finger playfully while joking.

Synonyms: Irritating, Annoying, Vexing, Troublesome

Antonyms: Pleasant, Soothing, Agreeable, Calming

Example: The nettlesome delay made the passengers restless.

Trick: Nettle is a plant that irritates the skin, so nettlesome means something irritating.

Synonyms: Abusive, Scornful, Insulting, Contemptuous

Antonyms: Respectful, Complimentary, Honorable, Approving

Example: The leader faced opprobrious comments after the scandal.

Trick: Opprobrious sounds like opposition abuse, so remember it as abusive and insulting words.

Synonyms: Clear, Lucid, Intelligible, Comprehensible

Antonyms: Obscure, Unclear, Ambiguous, Confusing

Example: The teacher gave a perspicuous explanation of the difficult topic.

Trick: Perspicuous sounds like perfectly clear, so remember it as something very clear.

Synonyms: Ominous, Foreboding, Threatening, Momentous

Antonyms: Auspicious, Reassuring, Insignificant, Ordinary

Example: The dark clouds looked portentous before the storm.

Trick: Portentous has portent, which means a sign; remember it as a serious warning sign.

Synonyms: Remorse, Repentance, Regret, Penitence

Antonyms: Impenitence, Remorselessness, Defiance, Shamelessness

Example: He expressed sincere contrition for his rude behavior.

Trick: Contrition sounds like condition of guilt, so remember it as feeling guilty and sorry.

Synonyms: Reformable, Correctable, Amendable, Rectifiable

Antonyms: Incorrigible, Irreformable, Uncorrectable, Hopeless

Example: The teacher believed that the student’s mistakes were corrigible.

Trick: Corrigible sounds like correctible, so remember it as something that can be corrected.