Daily Vocabulary – 25 May 2026

Synonyms: Uneducated, Unlettered, Unschooled, Ignorant

Antonyms: Literate, Educated, Learned, Scholarly

Example: The government started a campaign to help illiterate adults.

Trick: Illiterate sounds like ill in letters; someone who is weak in letters is illiterate.

Synonyms: Care Home, Shelter, Infirmary, Refuge

Antonyms: Neglect, Abandonment, Exposure, Indifference

Example: The old man received peaceful care in a hospice.

Trick: Hospice sounds like hospital space; a special space for caring for very sick people.

Synonyms: Divinity, Religious Studies, Doctrine, Sacred Studies

Antonyms: Atheism, Irreligion, Secularism, Agnosticism

Example: He studied theology to understand different religious traditions.

Trick: Theo means God, logy means study; theology means study of God and religion.

Synonyms: Child Doctor, Children’s Specialist, Child Specialist, Pediatric Specialist

Antonyms: Geriatrician, Adult Physician, General Physician, Non-specialist

Example: The pediatrician examined the newborn baby carefully.

Trick: Pediatrician sounds like baby doctor; a pediatrician treats children.

Synonyms: Untreatable, Irremediable, Hopeless, Terminal

Antonyms: Curable, Treatable, Healable, Remediable

Example: The disease was serious but not completely incurable.

Trick: In + curable means not curable; so incurable means impossible to cure.

Synonyms: Unmanly, Delicate, Soft, Womanish

Antonyms: Masculine, Manly, Tough, Robust

Example: His effeminate manner of speaking made him stand out in the group.

Trick: Effeminate sounds like feminine, so remember it as someone having feminine-like qualities.

Synonyms: Sister-killing, Familial murder, Kin-killing, Sibling murder

Antonyms: Sisterly love, Protection, Preservation, Safeguarding

Example: The ancient story described a tragic case of sororicide within the royal family.

Trick: Soro sounds like sister, and cide means killing; sororicide means killing of a sister.

Synonyms: Flirt, Tease, Charmer, Vamp

Antonyms: Prude, Introvert, Wallflower, Serious woman

Example: She behaved like a coquette at the party, smiling and teasing everyone playfully.

Trick: Coquette sounds like cute; a coquette acts cute and flirty to attract attention.

Synonyms: Shrew, Harridan, Termagant, Scold

Antonyms: Gentlewoman, Peacemaker, Calm woman, Submissive woman

Example: The cruel landlady was feared by everyone as a virago.

Trick: Virago sounds like very angry; a virago is a very angry and dominating woman.

Synonyms: Father-killing, Familial murder, Parricide, Kin-killing

Antonyms: Fatherly respect, Protection, Preservation, Obedience

Example: The king’s death was later revealed to be a case of patricide.

Trick: Patri means father and cide means killing; patricide means killing of father.

Synonyms: Reading disorder, Learning difficulty, Word-blindness, Reading disability

Antonyms: Reading fluency, Literacy, Word recognition, Reading ability

Example: The child had dyslexia, so he needed extra support while reading.

Trick: Dyslexia sounds like difficulty in lexicon; lexicon means words, so dyslexia is difficulty with words and reading.

Synonyms: Settler, Newcomer, Migrant, Expatriate

Antonyms: Emigrant, Native, Citizen, Local

Example: The immigrant moved to Canada in search of better opportunities.

Trick: Immigrant has in sound; an immigrant comes in to a country.

Synonyms: Witchcraft, Sorcery, Black magic, Divination

Antonyms: Science, Reality, Rationality, Logic

Example: The old legend claimed that the wizard practiced necromancy to speak with spirits.

Trick: Necro means dead; necromancy means magic related to the dead.

Synonyms: Jewish temple, Jewish house of worship, Prayer house, Congregation

Antonyms: Church, Mosque, Temple, Secular place

Example: The Jewish family visited the synagogue every Saturday.

Trick: Synagogue sounds like sin-a-gog; remember it as a sacred place where Jewish people gather to pray.

Synonyms: Horse-like, Horsy, Equestrian, Horse-related

Antonyms: Bovine, Canine, Feline, Human

Example: The veterinarian specialized in equine diseases and horse care.

Trick: Equine sounds like equestrian; both are related to horses.