10 new English words for 30 August 2026, each with its meaning, Hindi meaning, synonyms, antonyms and an example sentence. Learn them today and revise them with the daily quiz — useful for SSC, Bank, Railway, UPSC and IELTS.
Hindi meaning: विविध वस्तुओं का बेतरतीब मिश्रण
Synonyms: Hodgepodge, Medley, Miscellany, Jumble
Antonyms: Uniformity, Order, Arrangement, Homogeneity
Example: The exhibition was a gallimaufry of paintings, sculptures and antique objects.
Trick: Gallimaufry sounds like gali mein free — gali mein free mein bahut mixed cheezein mil gayi, creating a complete jumble.
Hindi meaning: गहन विचार करके योजना या उपाय बनाना
Synonyms: Devise, Invent, Contrive, Concoct
Antonyms: Copy, Imitate, Reproduce, Borrow
Example: The scientists excogitated a new method to reduce industrial waste.
Trick: Ex + cogitate = extra cogitation; think extra hard to excogitate a new idea.
Hindi meaning: किसी संस्था या संगठन की सीमाओं के भीतर होने वाला
Synonyms: Internal, In-house, Institutional, Domestic
Antonyms: Extramural, External, Intercollegiate, Outside
Example: The university organizes several intramural sports competitions every semester.
Trick: Intra means within — intramural means activities happening within the walls of the same institution.
Hindi meaning: कड़ी आलोचना करना या कठोर दंड देना
Synonyms: Castigate, Berate, Cudgel, Lambaste
Antonyms: Praise, Commend, Applaud, Laud
Example: The editorial fustigated the officials for their careless handling of the crisis.
Trick: Fustigate sounds like first he gets criticism — jo galti karega, first he gets severely criticized.
Hindi meaning: बहुमूल्य माल ले जाने वाला बड़ा व्यापारी जहाज या ऐसे जहाजों का बेड़ा
Synonyms: Merchantman, Vessel, Fleet, Flotilla
Antonyms: Dinghy, Skiff, Canoe, Rowboat
Example: The wealthy merchant watched his argosy sail toward distant trading ports.
Trick: Argosy sounds like a cargo sea — imagine a huge cargo ship sailing across the sea.
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Hindi meaning: ध्यान आकर्षित करने के लिए किया गया अतिशयोक्तिपूर्ण प्रचार
Synonyms: Hype, Hoopla, Publicity, Promotion
Antonyms: Silence, Restraint, Understatement, Obscurity
Example: Despite all the ballyhoo surrounding the new product, its sales remained disappointing.
Trick: Ballyhoo sounds like someone shouting hoo-hoo loudly to create hype and attract everyone's attention.
Hindi meaning: एक ही देश के दो स्थानों के बीच माल या यात्रियों का परिवहन
Synonyms: Coastal Trade, Domestic Transport, Coastal Shipping, Internal Carriage
Antonyms: International Trade, Foreign Transport, Overseas Shipping, Cross-border Carriage
Example: The government relaxed cabotage rules to encourage greater use of domestic ports.
Trick: Cabotage = coast-to-coast carriage inside one country.
Hindi meaning: सत्य खोजने के बजाय विवाद जीतने के उद्देश्य से तर्क करने वाला
Synonyms: Argumentative, Disputatious, Contentious, Polemical
Antonyms: Conciliatory, Agreeable, Cooperative, Peaceable
Example: His eristic style of debate created hostility instead of encouraging meaningful discussion.
Trick: Eristic sounds like argument risk — an eristic person always takes the risk of starting an argument.
Hindi meaning: शब्द या संरचना में ध्वनियों, अक्षरों या तत्वों के स्थान का अदला-बदली होना
Synonyms: Transposition, Inversion, Rearrangement, Permutation
Antonyms: Fixation, Preservation, Stability, Retention
Example: The pronunciation of ask as aks is an example of metathesis.
Trick: Meta + thesis = imagine letters in a thesis changing their positions; that transposition is metathesis.
Hindi meaning: नीरस, अत्यधिक सरल या बौद्धिक रूप से कम चुनौतीपूर्ण सामग्री
Synonyms: Pap, Drivel, Platitude, Banality
Antonyms: Substance, Depth, Insight, Profundity
Example: Serious readers criticized the article as little more than political pabulum.
Trick: Pabulum sounds like public ko bland maal — content so simple and bland that it requires almost no thinking.
