Daily Vocabulary – 15 August 2026

Synonyms: Honour, Praise, Glory, Distinction

Antonyms: Disgrace, Shame, Dishonour, Ignominy

Example: The scientist won international laurels for her groundbreaking research.

Trick: Laurel = award and honour — think of a winner wearing a laurel crown.

Synonyms: Dross, Waste, Residue, Scoria

Antonyms: Metal, Ore, Product, Purity

Example: The workers removed the slag from the molten metal.

Trick: Slag is the useless stuff left after extracting useful metal.

Synonyms: Serf, Slave, Bondman, Thrall

Antonyms: Freeman, Master, Citizen, Liberated-Person

Example: The conquered people were reduced to the status of helots.

Trick: Helot sounds like held a lot — a helot is held under the control of a master.

Synonyms: Lucre, Wealth, Riches, Mammon

Antonyms: Poverty, Destitution, Penury, Indigence

Example: The corrupt official cared more about pelf than public service.

Trick: Pelf sounds like selfish wealth — money gained because of greed.

Synonyms: Enclose, Confine, Pen, Herd

Antonyms: Release, Free, Scatter, Disperse

Example: The cowboys corralled the cattle before sunset.

Trick: Corral sounds like corner all — corner all the animals into one enclosed place.

Synonyms: Bulging, Curved, Protuberant, Rounded

Antonyms: Concave, Hollow, Depressed, Inward-curving

Example: A convex lens is thicker at the centre than at the edges.

Trick: Convex = curve comes out, while concave curves in.

Synonyms: Hot Spring, Thermal Spring, Spouting Spring, Fountain

Antonyms: Cold Spring, Ice Field, Glacier, Frozen Pool

Example: The tourists gathered to watch the geyser erupt.

Trick: Geyser = ground se garam water ka zor se upar aana.

Synonyms: Hawk, Sell, Vend, Market

Antonyms: Buy, Purchase, Acquire, Withhold

Example: The merchant travelled from village to village to peddle his goods.

Trick: Peddle sounds like pedal—a peddler may pedal around to sell things.

Synonyms: Grasp, Grip, Clasp, Seize

Antonyms: Release, Loosen, Drop, Relinquish

Example: She clutched the railing tightly when the boat began to rock.

Trick: Clutch matlab kisi cheez ko chhodna nahi, tight pakad lena.

Synonyms: Mouselike, Ratlike, Rodent, Rodentlike

Antonyms: Feline, Canine, Avian, Bovine

Example: Scientists used a murine model to study the disease.

Trick: Murine = mouse-related; think of a tiny mouse in a medical research lab.

Synonyms: Council, Assembly, Convocation, Conference

Antonyms: Dispersal, Separation, Dissolution, Disbandment

Example: The church leaders gathered for the annual synod.

Trick: Synod = sab religious leaders ek saath council mein.

Synonyms: Conceal, Disguise, Mask, Veil

Antonyms: Reveal, Expose, Uncover, Disclose

Example: He tried to cloak his disappointment with a smile.

Trick: A cloak covers your body, so to cloak something means to hide or cover it.

Synonyms: Split, Tear, Rend, Cleave

Antonyms: Join, Unite, Mend, Repair

Example: The violent storm threatened to rive the old tree apart.

Trick: Rive sounds like rip—both mean to tear or split apart.

Synonyms: Tissue Examination, Tissue Sampling, Diagnostic Sampling, Histological Examination

Antonyms: Observation, Noninvasive Examination, Visual Inspection, External Examination

Example: The doctor recommended a biopsy to determine whether the lump was cancerous.

Trick: Biopsy = body ka tiny tissue sample lekar disease ki checking.

Synonyms: Main Artery, Great Artery, Principal Artery, Systemic Artery

Antonyms: Vena Cava, Vein, Venule, Capillary

Example: The aorta carries blood from the left ventricle to the body.

Trick: Aorta = artery ka main highway jo heart se blood ko body tak le jata hai.