Daily Vocabulary from International Newspapers (3 August 2025): DAILY QUIZ

Each day, we bring you 5 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) based on five carefully selected words from leading Indian newspapers and publications. Today’s words come from our August 3rd, 2025 edition.

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1. Despite weeks of meticulous preparation, Sarah became increasingly _______ as the deadline approached, her usually methodical approach devolving into a chaotic scramble to complete the research proposal.

methodical frantic deliberate composed systematic

2. The term “extinction” in biological contexts most precisely refers to:

The temporary migration of a species to avoid environmental pressures The evolutionary adaptation of organisms to changing habitats The complete and irreversible disappearance of all members of a species The reduction of a population to critically low numbers The seasonal dormancy exhibited by certain animal species

3. In the context of intellectual development, which word is most synonymous with “enriched”?

impoverished augmented diminished simplified standardized

4. A sociologist studying urban demographics would most appropriately use “aggregate” when:

Interviewing individual residents about their personal experiences Focusing exclusively on a single neighborhood's characteristics Combining census data from multiple districts to analyze citywide trends Isolating variables to study their independent effects Reducing complex social phenomena to simple explanations

5. Which word represents the most precise antonym of “isolate” in scientific contexts?

segregate integrate separate quarantine detach