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Alacrity

Noun /əˈlæk.rə.ti/

Brisk and cheerful readiness; promptness in response or action. (उत्साह, तत्परता, फुर्ती)

💡 Realistic Memory Trick (Mnemonic)

💡 Memory Trick: Sound like 'ALL-AT-CRICKET'. Think of children when someone invites them to play cricket — they run with cheerful speed and utmost eagerness! That brisk excitement is Alacrity.

Synonyms:

Eagerness Willingness Promptness Readiness Enthusiasm

Antonyms:

Apathy Reluctance Sluggishness Hesitation Indifference

Exam Example: "The candidate accepted the appointment letter with alacrity and reported for training immediately." Full Details →

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04 Oct

Mundane

Adjective

Lacking interest or excitement; dull, ordinary, or commonplace. Also, of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one.

अर्थ: सांसारिक, नीरस, साधारण, उबाऊ

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Think of 'MONDAY'. For many, Monday mornings are the most *mundane* day of the week – full of routine, often dull, and lacking the excitement of the weekend. You often hear people sigh, 'Oh, another *mundane* Monday morning!'

Dull boring uninteresting Exciting extraordinary

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03 Oct

Gregarious

Adjective

Fond of company; sociable; enjoying being in crowds or groups.

अर्थ: मिलनसार, सामाजिक, झुंड में रहने वाला

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Think of 'GREETING EVERYONE'. Imagine that one friend who enters a room and shakes hands with 50 people with a huge smile. Someone who loves greeting everybody is Gregarious!

Sociable Outgoing Friendly Introverted Reserved

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02 Oct

Pernicious

Adjective

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

अर्थ: हानिकारक, घातक, विनाशकारी

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Sounds like 'POISONOUS'. Think of termite bugs slowly eating wood inside a door — you don't notice it immediately, but day by day it causes fatal, insidious damage.

Harmful Destructive Damaging Beneficial Harmless

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01 Oct

Pragmatic

Adjective

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

अर्थ: व्यावहारिक, यथार्थवादी

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Think of 'PRACTICAL-AUTOMATIC'. Instead of dreaming about high scores, making a daily schedule to solve 100 questions is a pragmatic approach!

Practical Realistic Sensible Impractical Idealistic

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30 Sep

Profligate

Adjective

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources; dissolute.

अर्थ: फ़िज़ूलख़र्ची, अपव्ययी, लम्पट

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Imagine a person whose company is named 'PROFIT GATE'. But due to their extravagant and wasteful habits, all the 'PROFIT' is constantly 'LOST' and just flies out the 'GATE' of their finances. They are a 'PROFLIGATE' spender!

Wasteful Extravagant Spendthrift Frugal Thrifty

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28 Sep

Resilient

Adjective

Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions, setbacks, or failures.

अर्थ: लचीला, कठिन परिस्थितियों से उबरने वाला, दृढ़

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Think of a 'RUBBER SPRING'. No matter how hard you press it down, it bounces right back higher than before! A resilient student bounces back stronger after a mock test failure.

Tough Flexible Hardy Fragile Vulnerable

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25 Sep

Ephemeral

Adjective

Lasting for a very short time; transient.

अर्थ: क्षणभंगुर, अल्पकालिक

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Imagine you've just had a mild 'e-FEVER-al' (sounds like 'a fever, all'). You know that most fevers are 'ephemeral' – they only last for a very short time and then disappear, leaving you feeling well again. So, 'a fever, all' is 'ephemeral'!

Fleeting transient momentary Permanent eternal

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24 Sep

Capricious

Adjective

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior; impulsive and unpredictable.

अर्थ: मनमौजी, सनकी, चंचल, अस्थिर

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Imagine a 'CAP' (like a hat) that's so 'RICIOUS' (sounds like 'ridiculous') it keeps jumping off your head and changing its mind about where it wants to be – one moment it's on, the next it's off, then it's upside down! This 'cap-ricious' hat is completely unpredictable, just like a capricious person's mood or decisions.

Fickle Whimsical Erratic Consistent Steady

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23 Sep

Deleterious

Adjective

Causing harm or damage, often in a subtle or unexpected way.

अर्थ: हानिकारक, नुकसानदेह, क्षति पहुँचानेवाला

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Think of 'DELETE-erious'. Imagine accidentally pressing the 'DELETE ALL' button on your computer, losing all your important files. That would be a seriously harmful, or 'DELETERIOUS', event for your work! So, something that 'DELETE-s' in a 'serious' way is 'DELETERIOUS'.

Harmful Detrimental Injurious Beneficial Advantageous

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21 Sep

Gregarious

Adjective

Fond of company; sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others.

अर्थ: मिलनसार, सामाजिक, झुंड में रहने वाला

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Imagine a cheerful person named 'Greg'. Greg loves people so much that he's always asking, 'ARE you with us? Let's hang out!' He's the most 'Greg-ARE-ious' person you know, always wanting to be in a group, never alone.

Sociable Outgoing Convivial Introverted Reclusive

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20 Sep

Intrepid

Adjective

Fearless; adventurous; characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance.

अर्थ: निडर, साहसी, निर्भीक

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: Imagine you're *IN* a scary *TRAP* (sounds like TREP-ID). Most people would panic. But an *INTREPID* person? They'd stay perfectly calm, assess the situation, and think, 'I'D (I would) bravely find a way out!' They are fearless even when trapped or facing danger.

Fearless Brave Courageous Timid Cowardly

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19 Sep

Pernicious

Adjective

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

अर्थ: हानिकारक, विनाशकारी, घातक

💡 Memory Trick: 💡 Memory Trick: The word 'Pernicious' sounds like 'perish us'. Imagine a silent, slow poison that isn't immediately noticeable but will eventually 'perish us' or cause us great harm. A 'pernicious' habit like excessive screen time doesn't seem harmful at first, but slowly and surely it can 'perish our' eyesight and sleep patterns.

Deleterious Detrimental Malicious Beneficial Benign

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Alacrity

Noun /əˈlæk.rə.ti/

Brisk and cheerful readiness; promptness in response or action.

हिंदी अर्थ: उत्साह, तत्परता, फुर्ती

💡 Realistic Memory Trick

💡 Memory Trick: Sound like 'ALL-AT-CRICKET'. Think of children when someone invites them to play cricket — they run with cheerful speed and utmost eagerness! That brisk excitement is Alacrity.

🟢 Synonyms:

Eagerness Willingness Promptness Readiness Enthusiasm

🔴 Antonyms:

Apathy Reluctance Sluggishness Hesitation Indifference

Exam Example: "The candidate accepted the appointment letter with alacrity and reported for training immediately."

Vocabulary Bank & Daily Mnemonics

Alacrity

Mundane

Gregarious

Pernicious

Pragmatic

Profligate

Resilient

Ephemeral

Capricious

Deleterious

Gregarious

Intrepid

Pernicious

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