Daily Vocabulary – 2 September 2026

Synonyms: Eight-sided, Eight-angled, Octangular, Octagon-shaped

Antonyms: Circular, Round, Curved, Non-octagonal

Example: The building has a distinctive octagonal tower.

Trick: Octa means eight, so Octagonal = eight-sided shape.

Synonyms: Nonsense, Balderdash, Twaddle, Drivel

Antonyms: Sense, Wisdom, Truth, Substance

Example: The audience soon realised that his speech was nothing more than claptrap.

Trick: Claptrap = aisi bakwaas baat jiske liye bas fake claps milen.

Synonyms: Third, Partition, Segment, Tripartition

Antonyms: Unite, Combine, Join, Integrate

Example: The students were asked to trisect the angle accurately.

Trick: Tri means three and sect means cut, so Trisect = cut into three equal parts.

Synonyms: Flip, Tumble, Roll, Handspring

Antonyms: Stillness, Stability, Uprightness, Immobility

Example: The gymnast performed a perfect somersault in the air.

Trick: Somersault = body ka complete flip, jaise gymnast hawa mein ulat jaye.

Synonyms: Irrationalist, Anti-intellectual, Obscurantist, Reason-hater

Antonyms: Rationalist, Logician, Intellectual, Thinker

Example: A misologist often rejects logical arguments without properly considering them.

Trick: Miso + logic = jo logic ko dislike kare, woh Misologist.

Synonyms: Structure, Form, Configuration, Anatomy

Antonyms: Amorphousness, Formlessness, Disorder, Disorganization

Example: The scientist studied the morphology of the newly discovered plant species.

Trick: Morphology = morph means form, so morphology is the study of form and structure.

Synonyms: Star, Symbol, Mark, Sign

Antonyms: Blank, Omission, Absence, Unmarkedness

Example: An asterisk beside the sentence indicated that more information was given below.

Trick: Asterisk looks like a tiny star, so remember it as a star-shaped mark.

Synonyms: Factor, Denominator, Divider, Measure

Antonyms: Dividend, Multiple, Product, Numerator

Example: In the expression 20 ÷ 5, the number 5 is the divisor.

Trick: Divisor is the number that divides another number.

Synonyms: Backpack, Rucksack, Haversack, Packsack

Antonyms: Suitcase, Briefcase, Handbag, Trunk

Example: The hiker carried food, water and a map in his knapsack.

Trick: Knapsack = a sack that you carry on your back while travelling.

Synonyms: Leatherworks, Leather Factory, Hideworks, Tanning Factory

Antonyms: Farm, Textile Mill, Paper Mill, Sawmill

Example: The hides were sent to the tannery to be converted into leather.

Trick: Tanner works in a tannery to turn animal skin into leather.

Synonyms: Fruit-eating, Fruit-feeding, Fructivorous, Carpophagous

Antonyms: Carnivorous, Insectivorous, Piscivorous, Hematophagous

Example: Many bats are frugivorous and survive mainly on fruits.

Trick: Frugi sounds like fruity, so frugivorous means fruit-eating.

Synonyms: Two-footer, Two-legged Creature, Bipod, Bipedal Animal

Antonyms: Quadruped, Tetrapod, Four-footer, Four-legged Animal

Example: A human being is a biped because a person normally walks on two legs.

Trick: Bi means two + ped means feet, so biped = two-footed creature.

Synonyms: Adorn, Decorate, Embellish, Ornament

Antonyms: Strip, Disfigure, Deface, Undecorate

Example: They bedecked the hall with flowers and colourful lights for the celebration.

Trick: Bedeck sounds like decorate the deck, so bedeck means to decorate beautifully.

Synonyms: General, Common, Universal, Nonspecific

Antonyms: Specific, Particular, Individual, Distinctive

Example: The doctor prescribed a generic version of the medicine instead of a branded one.

Trick: Generic means general, not specific to one particular person, thing or brand.

Synonyms: Minute, Tiny, Minuscule, Infinitesimal

Antonyms: Gigantic, Enormous, Colossal, Macroscopic

Example: Bacteria are microscopic organisms that cannot usually be seen with the naked eye.

Trick: Microscopic = so small that you need a microscope to see it.