CUET General Test

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 21.11.2024


1. DAWDLE (VERB): (समय नष्ट करना): linger 
Synonyms: dally, take one's time
Antonyms: hurry
Example Sentence:She mustn't dawdle—she had to make the call now.


2. WRETCHED (ADJECTIVE): (मनहूस): miserable
Synonyms: unhappy sad
Antonyms: cheerful
Example Sentence:I felt so wretched because I thought I might never see you again.


3. SHORTLY (ADVERB): (एकाएक): sharply
Synonyms: abruptly, bluntly
Antonyms: patiently
Example Sentence:Do you like cricket?’ ‘I do not,’ she said shortly.


4. BLEAK (ADJECTIVE): (निरावरण): bare
Synonyms: exposed, desolate
Antonyms: lush
Example Sentence:It was nothing but a bleak moor.


5. SUCCUMB (VERB): (अधीन होना): yield
Synonyms: give in, give way
Antonyms: resist
Example Sentence:We cannot merely give up and succumb to despair.


6. SORDID (ADJECTIVE): (नीच): sleazy
Synonyms: seedy, seamy
Antonyms: high-minded
Example Sentence:The story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams.


7. STRINGENT (ADJECTIVE): (कठोर): strict
Synonyms: firm, rigid
Antonyms: lenient
Example Sentence:Stringent guidelines are necessary on air pollution.


8. TACIT (ADJECTIVE): (निहित): implicit
Synonyms: understood implied
Antonyms: explicit
Example Sentence:Your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement.


9. LOPSIDED (ADJECTIVE): (असममात्रिक): asymmetrical
Synonyms: unsymmetrical, uneven
Antonyms: even
Example Sentence:He showed a lopsided grin.


10. CONSTRAINT (NOUN): (बाधा): inhibition
Synonyms: uneasiness, embarrassment
Antonyms: openness
Example Sentence:They are able to talk without constraint. 

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 20.11.2024


1. HUDDLE (VERB): (करीब आना): crowd 
Synonyms: gather, throng 
Antonyms: disperse 
Example Sentence: Both of them huddled under the blanket, watching the flames grow. 


2. STARK (ADJECTIVE): (स्पष्टवादी): blunt 
Synonyms: bald, bare 
Antonyms: disguised 
Example Sentence: His position is in stark contrast to that of his brother. 


3. DAUNT (VERB): (भयभीत करना): intimidate 
Synonyms: abash, shake 
Antonyms: encourage 
Example Sentence: Most of the elderly people are daunted by technology. 


4. VIABLE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यवहार्य): workable 
Synonyms: feasible, practicable 
Antonyms: impracticable 
Example Sentence:The proposed investment was of economically viable nature. 


5. DRACONIAN (ADJECTIVE): (कड़ा): harsh 
Synonyms: severe, strict 
Antonyms: mild 
Example Sentence: The Nazis destroyed the independence of the press by a series of draconian laws. 


6. DELECTABLE (ADJECTIVE): (स्वादिष्ट): delicious 
Synonyms: mouth-watering, appetizing 
Antonyms: inedible 
Example Sentence: We love delectable handmade chocolates. 


7. CAUSTIC (ADJECTIVE): (व्यंग्यपूर्ण): sarcastic 
Synonyms: cutting, biting 
Antonyms: kind 
Example Sentence: The players were making caustic comments about the refereeing. 


8. CONTENTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (विवादास्पद): controversial 
Synonyms: disputable, debatable 
Antonyms: uncontroversial 
Example Sentence: We are dealing with a contentious topic. 


9. SPARE (ADJECTIVE): (अतिरिक्त): extra 
Synonyms: supplementary, additional 
Antonyms: principal 
Example Sentence: Few people had spare cash for essentials. 


10. IMPERATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (आज्ञसूचक): peremptory 
Synonyms: commanding, imperious 
Antonyms: submissive 
Example Sentence: The bell pealed again, a final imperative call. 

🔶 Research and their headquarters.

🔷 Indian Forest Research Institute → Dehradun

🔷Indian Institute of Wildlife Research → Dehradun

🔷Central Bird Research Institute → Izzatnagar

🔷National Environmental Research Institute → Nagpur

🔷National Institute of Camel Research → Bikaner

🔷National Geophysics Research Institute → Hyderabad

🔷National Environmental Engineering Research Institute → Nagpur

🔷Indian Council of Agricultural Research → New Delhi

🔷Indian Institute of Soil Science → Prayagraj

🔷Central Soil and Salinity Research Institute → Karnal

🔷Indian Institute of Horticultural Research → Bangalore

🔷Forest Survey of India → Dehradun

🔷National Museum of Natural HistoryNew → Delhi

🔷Salim Ali Ornithology and Natural History → Center Coimbatore

Botanical Survey of India → Kolkata

🔷Zoological Survey of India → Kolkata

🔷National Forestry Research Institute → Jhansi

🔷Central Desert Research Institute → Jodhpur

🔷Indian Institute of Meteorology → New Delhi

🔷Indian Meteorological Observatory → Poona

🔷Institute of Bacterial Technology → Chandigarh

🔷National Institute of Botany → Lucknow

🔷Central Mining Research Center → Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

🔷Indian Institute of Chemical Biology → Kolkata

🔷Central Fuel Research Institute → Jadugoda (Jharkhand)

🌍Organization & Headquarters

❇️UNO New York (USA)

❇️UNICEF New York (USA)

❇️UNCTAD Geneva (Switzerland)

❇️WHO Geneva (Switzerland)

❇️ILO Geneva (Switzerland)

❇️ICRC Geneva (Switzerland)

❇️WTO Geneva (Switzerland)

❇️UNESCO Paris (France)

❇️WMO Geneva (Switzerland)

❇️WIPO Geneva (Switzerland)

❇️IOS Geneva (Switzerland)

❇️IAEA Vienna (Austria)

❇️OPEC Vienna (Austria)

❇️IMF Washington DC (USA)

❇️WB Washington DC (USA)

❇️IMO London (UK)

❇️AI London (UK)

❇️ICJ The Hague (Netherlands)

❇️FAO Rome (Italy)

❇️NATO Brussels (Belgium)

❇️IRENA Abu Dhabi (UAE)

❇️SAARC Kathmandu (Nepal)

❇️ASEAN Jakarta (Indonesia)

❇️APEC Singapore

❇️OIC Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)

❇️OPCW The Hague (Netherlands)

❇️WWF Gland, Vaud (Switzerland)

❇️WEF Cologny, (Switzerland)

❇️IHO Monaco

❇️ICC Dubai, (UAE)

❇️IUCN Gland, (Switzerland)

❇️ICOMOS Paris, (France)

❇️UNWTO Madrid, (Spain)

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 17.11.2024


1. COROLLARY (NOUN): (परिणाम): consequence
Synonyms: result, upshot
Antonyms: cause
Example Sentence:The huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts.


2. FRIVOLOUS (ADJECTIVE): (क्षुद्र): flippant
Synonyms: glib, waggish
Antonyms: serious
Example Sentence:At bottom the man was frivolous, selfish and unstable.


3. CONTEMPT (NOUN): (अपमान): disrespect
Synonyms: disregard, slighting
Antonyms: respect
Example Sentence:This action displays an arrogant contempt for the wishes of the majority.


4. DRENCH (VERB): (भिगाना): soak
Synonyms: saturate, wet through
Antonyms: dry
Example Sentence:I fell in the stream and was drenched.


5. PROPRIETY (NOUN): (शिष्टाचार): decorum
Synonyms: respectability decency
Antonyms: impropriety
Example Sentence: She always behaves with the utmost propriety.


6. REFUTE (VERB): (खंडन करना): disprove
Synonyms: rebut, confute
Antonyms: confirm
Example Sentence:These claims have not been refuted at all.


7. COLLOQUIAL (ADJECTIVE): (बोल-चाल की शैली): informal
Synonyms: conversational, everyday
Antonyms: literary
Example Sentence:His colloquial talents were indeed of the highest order.


8. BEWILDER (VERB): (भरमाना): baffle
Synonyms: mystify, bemuse
Antonyms: enlighten
Example Sentence:She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood.


9. HAPLESS (ADJECTIVE): (अभागे): unfortunate
Synonyms: unlucky, luckless
Antonyms: lucky
Example Sentence:I met the hapless victims of the disaster.


10. INHIBIT (VERB): (रोकना): impede
Synonyms: hinder hamper
Antonyms: assist
Example Sentence:Too much cold inhibits plant growth. 

The following question consists of an incomplete sentence or a sentence split into four parts. All four parts are jumbled up and are named P, Q, R, and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and find out which of the four combinations from the given options will correctly complete the sentence.

The recipe _________________heat tolerance.

P: come already seasoned with spices,
Q: and you can decide on hot or sweet
R: uses Italian sausages because they
S: depending on your