Daily Vocabulary – 10 August 2026

Synonyms: Blur, Obscure, Distort, Mosaic

Antonyms: Clarify, Sharpen, Enhance, Refine

Example: The editor chose to pixelate the witness’s face to protect her identity.

Trick: Pixelate means breaking a picture into pixels until the details become unclear.

Synonyms: Psychotic Disorder, Thought Disorder, Mental Disorder, Psychiatric Illness

Antonyms: Mental Stability, Psychological Well-Being, Soundness, Coherence

Example: Schizophrenia requires proper medical diagnosis, treatment and continuous support.

Trick: Remember schizophrenia as a disorder in which thoughts and perceptions may lose coherence.

Synonyms: Sterilize, Disinfect, Sanitize, Heat-Treat

Antonyms: Contaminate, Infect, Pollute, Taint

Example: Dairy companies pasteurize milk before selling it to consumers.

Trick: Pasteurize means heating food safely, named after scientist Louis Pasteur.

Synonyms: Temple Tower, Stepped Temple, Shrine, Monument

Antonyms: Pit, Trench, Hollow, Depression

Example: The ancient ziggurat rose above the surrounding settlement in several stepped terraces.

Trick: Imagine a zigzag staircase rising upward to remember the stepped shape of a ziggurat.

Synonyms: Resuscitate, Revive, Reanimate, Electrically Stimulate

Antonyms: Arrest, Stop, Suppress, Inactivate

Example: The medical team had to defibrillate the patient after detecting a dangerous heart rhythm.

Trick: Defibrillate means using an electric shock to bring the heart rhythm back on track.

Synonyms: Comment, Explain, Label, Clarify

Antonyms: Erase, Conceal, Obscure, Remove

Example: The teacher asked the students to annotate the difficult paragraphs.

Trick: Add a note to the text—that is how you annotate it.

Synonyms: Water, Moisten, Sprinkle, Flood

Antonyms: Drain, Dry, Dehydrate, Desiccate

Example: Farmers irrigate their fields through canals during the dry season.

Trick: Irrigate means irrigation karna, yani crops ko regular water dena.

Synonyms: Marine, Waterborne, Amphibious, Hydrophytic

Antonyms: Terrestrial, Land-based, Aerial, Desert-dwelling

Example: The lake supports many aquatic plants and animals.

Trick: Aqua means water, so aquatic means something connected with water.

Synonyms: New Stone Age, Prehistoric, Stone-Age, Primitive

Antonyms: Modern, Contemporary, Industrial, Futuristic

Example: Neolithic communities gradually developed agriculture and permanent settlements.

Trick: Neo means new and lithic means stone, so Neolithic means New Stone Age.

Synonyms: Cannons, Ordnance, Guns, Weaponry

Antonyms: Armour, Defence, Shielding, Protection

Example: The army positioned its artillery on the hill before the battle.

Trick: Artillery means army ki heavy guns and cannons.

Synonyms: Reserves, Guard, Volunteers, Paramilitary

Antonyms: Civilians, Pacifists, Noncombatants, Regular Army

Example: The local militia was called upon to defend the town.

Trick: Militia mein ordinary citizens military duty ke liye trained hote hain.

Synonyms: Bob, Oscillator, Swing, Timekeeper

Antonyms: Stillness, Stability, Immobility, Rest

Example: The pendulum of the old clock moved steadily from side to side.

Trick: A pendulum keeps swinging—pendulum kabhi left, kabhi right.

Synonyms: Timekeeper, Beat-counter, Rhythm-guide, Ticker

Antonyms: Irregularity, Disorder, Silence, Arrhythmia

Example: The pianist practised with a metronome to maintain a steady tempo.

Trick: A metronome helps a musician maintain the same rhythm and tempo.

Synonyms: Foot Soldiers, Ground Troops, Footmen, Riflemen

Antonyms: Cavalry, Artillery, Navy, Air Force

Example: The infantry advanced carefully through the dense forest.

Trick: Infantry means soldiers who enter the battlefield on foot.

Synonyms: Barricade, Palisade, Enclosure, Fortification

Antonyms: Opening, Entrance, Passage, Gateway

Example: The settlers built a stockade around the village for protection.

Trick: Wooden stocks ko khada karke defensive boundary banao—that is a stockade.