Daily Vocabulary from Indian Newspapers (8 September 2025): DAILY QUIZ

In this quiz, you’ll face 5 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) based on the five words covered in the article. The goal is simple:

This daily practice will sharpen your word power, boost your confidence, and make sure you retain and apply new vocabulary effectively. 🚀

1. After years of bitter disputes over the family business, the once-close siblings had become completely _______, refusing to speak to one another even at their mother’s funeral.

Reconciled Estranged Vindicated Ameliorated Consolidated

2. To be “apprenticed” most precisely means to be:

Temporarily employed in a menial position without formal training Bound by legal contract to work for and learn from a master craftsman Enrolled in an academic program specializing in theoretical knowledge Assigned to observe workplace procedures without hands-on participation Hired as an entry-level employee with standard promotional opportunities

3. Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to “vigorously”?

Tentatively Sporadically Methodically Languidly Inadvertently

4. In which scenario is “predatory” used most appropriately in its figurative sense?

The hawk's predatory instincts were evident as it circled above the field mice Marine biologists studied the predatory behavior of great white sharks The company's predatory pricing strategy aimed to eliminate smaller competitors Lions exhibit predatory characteristics when hunting in coordinated groups Predatory insects help control agricultural pest populations naturally

5. Which word is most similar in meaning to “extremism”?

Fanaticism Pragmatism Skepticism Opportunism Minimalism