Daily Vocabulary from International Newspapers (21 July 2025): DAILY QUIZ

Before you dive into today’s quiz, make sure you’ve gone through the 5 carefully chosen words from our daily vocabulary article. These words are curated from leading Indian newspapers and publications to build a strong, real-world vocabulary base.

Once you’re done, come back and take this 5-question MCQ quiz. It’s a quick, powerful way to reinforce your learning and track your progress every day.

1. In the context of describing physical forms or abstract concepts, which word represents the best antonym for “contour”?

silhouette periphery interior boundary framework

2. Which word best captures the meaning of “trenchant” when describing criticism or commentary?

obsequious incisive meandering superficial conciliatory

3. A poetry workshop instructor assigns students to write limericks as an exercise in:

exploring themes of profound existential angst mastering complex internal rhyme schemes balancing humor with rigid metrical constraints developing skills in blank verse composition practicing stream-of-consciousness techniques

4. When used as an adjective, “clarion” most precisely describes something that is:

ancient and historically significant loud, clear, and unmistakable delicate and requiring careful handling complex and difficult to understand decorative but functionally useless

5. At dinner parties, Margaret was always the center of attention, her reputation as a gifted _________ ensuring that guests would gather around to hear her weave captivating tales from her travels across six continents.

pedagogue raconteur dilettante iconoclast sophist