Daily Vocabulary – 7 August 2026

Synonyms: Deplete, Exhaust, Empty, Sap

Antonyms: Replenish, Restore, Fill, Energize

Example: The long and difficult journey drained all his energy.

Trick: A drain takes water away, and tiring work drains your energy away.

Synonyms: Public, Accessible, Open, Popular

Antonyms: Esoteric, Secret, Private, Obscure

Example: The author wrote an exoteric introduction that ordinary readers could understand.

Trick: EXO means outside, so exoteric knowledge is open to outsiders.

Synonyms: Uncertainty, Suspension, Stalemate, Inaction

Antonyms: Certainty, Resolution, Decision, Progress

Example: The construction project remained in limbo because its funding had not been approved.

Trick: Limbo means life on hold—na idhar, na udhar.

Synonyms: Mind, Soul, Spirit, Consciousness

Antonyms: Body, Flesh, Matter, Physicality

Example: Childhood experiences can have a lasting effect on a person’s psyche.

Trick: Connect psyche with psychology—both are related to the human mind.

Synonyms: Delicious, Juicy, Delectable, Succulent

Antonyms: Bland, Tasteless, Dry, Unappetizing

Example: The guests enjoyed the luscious mangoes served after dinner.

Trick: Luscious sounds like delicious—something rich, juicy, and highly appealing.

Synonyms: Grassland, Plain, Savanna, Steppe

Antonyms: Forest, Woodland, Desert, Mountain

Example: Herds of bison once roamed freely across the vast prairie.

Trick: Prairie sounds like prayer—imagine praying peacefully in a vast green grassland.

Synonyms: Six-sided, Six-angled, Sextangular, Hexagon-shaped

Antonyms: Circular, Triangular, Square, Irregular

Example: Each cell of a honeycomb has a hexagonal shape.

Trick: Hexa means six, so hexagonal means a shape having six sides.

Synonyms: District, Municipality, Township, Precinct

Antonyms: Countryside, Wilderness, Rural Area, Unincorporated Area

Example: She was elected as a representative of the local borough.

Trick: Borough sounds like bureau—imagine a government bureau managing a town district.

Synonyms: Predict, Prophesy, Forecast, Foreshadow

Antonyms: Recount, Recall, Review, Remember

Example: Dark clouds often foretell the arrival of a storm.

Trick: Fore means before and tell means say—foretell means to say something before it happens.

Synonyms: Compress, Cataplasm, Plaster, Dressing

Antonyms: Irritant, Aggravator, Toxin, Poison

Example: The healer applied a warm herbal poultice to the swollen joint.

Trick: Think of poultice as a soothing paste placed on a painful body part.

Synonyms: Condense, Recapitulate, Outline, Abridge

Antonyms: Elaborate, Expand, Detail, Amplify

Example: The teacher asked the students to summarize the chapter in five sentences.

Trick: Summarize means to collect the sum or main points of a long topic.

Synonyms: Mow, Reap, Cut, Slash

Antonyms: Plant, Sow, Grow, Cultivate

Example: The farmer scythed the tall grass early in the morning.

Trick: Scythe sounds like slice—a scythe slices through tall grass.

Synonyms: Teenage, Youthful, Juvenile, Pubescent

Antonyms: Adult, Mature, Elderly, Grown-up

Example: Adolescent children often experience rapid physical and emotional changes.

Trick: Adolescent means a person who is adding age but has not yet become an adult.

Synonyms: Global, Worldwide, Celestial, Astronomical

Antonyms: Local, Regional, Limited, Confined

Example: Climate change is a planetary issue that requires global cooperation.

Trick: Planetary contains planet, so it refers to planets or the entire planet.

Synonyms: Prohibit, Forbid, Reject, Prevent

Antonyms: Allow, Permit, Approve, Authorize

Example: The rules disallow candidates from using electronic devices during the examination.

Trick: Dis + allow means not allow, so disallow means to refuse permission.