Vocabulary Tips

Lazy -Industrious, Energetic, Caring, FreshLittle - Large, Big, SufficientLofty- Lowly, Humble, BelowPossible - Impossible, Unlikely, ImprobablePrudent - Imprudent, Foolish, StupidRapid - Slow, Delayed, SluggishRigid - Pliable, Soft, GentleSatisfactory - Unsatisfactory, Intolerable, UnreliableScatter - Collect, Gather, Maintain, CombineIntentional - Accidental, Involuntary, Unwilling, Unplanned

After most prepositions, we use a gerund or noun, not an infinitive.on / uponHe insisted on going to the party.He insisted on a holiday. in / intoShe is interested in reading novels.She is interested in history. atThey laughed at his singing.They laughed at his mistake. forThis pen is useful for writing.This pen is useful for exams.

Receipt – ❌ re-seep-t ✅ ri-SEET (“‘p’ silent है — याद रखिए!”)Plumber – ❌ plum-ber ✅ PLUH-mur (‘b’ silent है — PLUH-mur!”)Subtle – ❌ sub-tle ✅ SUH-tl (‘b’ silent है — SUH-tl!”Chaos – ❌ chaws ✅ KAY-oss (‘ch’ यहाँ ‘k’ की तरह — KAY-oss!)Executive – ❌ egg-zek-yu-tive ✅ ig-ZEK-yu-tiv (‘Egg’ नहीं — ig-ZEK-yu-tiv!)Entrepreneur – ❌ on-tre-pre-ner ✅ on-truh-pruh-NUR / on-truh-pruh-NOOR (“Stress end पर है — on-truh-pruh-NUR!”)Island – ❌ is-land ✅ AI-landColonel – ❌ co-lo-nel ✅ KUR-nlSalmon – ❌ sal-mon ✅ SA-mon (“‘l’ silent है — SA-mon!')Photographer – ❌ fo-to-gra-fer ✅ fuh-TOG-ruh-fer

If you keep walking, paths will carve themselves.अगर आप चलते रहेंगे, तो रास्ते खुद-ब-खुद बन जाएँगे।

Aesthete – कला-प्रेमीThe aesthete decorated his house with paintings.Iconoclast – परंपराविरोधीThe iconoclast challenged old customs. Heretic – धर्मविरोधी, विधर्मीThe heretic opposed traditional religious views. Recluse – एकांतवासीThe recluse lived alone in the forest. Prodigy – विलक्षण प्रतिभाशाली बच्चाThe child prodigy could play the piano at age five. Fatalist – भाग्यवाद में विश्वास रखने वालाThe fatalist believed nothing could change his destiny. Idealist – आदर्शवादीThe idealist believed in a perfect world. Realist – यथार्थवादीThe realist focused on practical solutions. Visionary – दूरदर्शीThe visionary leader transformed the company. Philanthropist – मानव-हितैषीThe philanthropist donated millions to charity.