The Indian Express Editorial Vocabulary 24th June 2025

The Indian Express Editorial Vocabulary is highly useful for Bank and SSC exams, especially for the English section. Regular reading improves vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar. Editorials contain high-quality language, idioms, phrasal verbs, and advanced vocabulary frequently asked in exams. Learning 10–15 new words daily from editorials helps in scoring better in Cloze Tests, Reading Comprehension, Fill in the Blanks, and Synonyms-Antonyms. It also boosts confidence in descriptive writing and interviews. Consistent practice with these words, along with usage in sentences, enhances retention. Hence, the Indian Express editorials serve as a rich and reliable source for English preparation in competitive exams.

Reading Comprehension passages are an integral part of the English section of government exams. However, for beginners, such passages can seem difficult. The Indian Express Editorial is an excellent tool to improve the reading and understanding of passages. The language is very similar to the passages that generally appear in the English section of government exams, and each paragraph is filled with exam-relevant vocabulary and real-world topics. First, go through the vocabulary section and read the meanings of the words, their Hindi translations, synonyms, and antonyms. Once you know the meanings of the words, read the passage carefully, and you will feel that it is much easier to understand the main idea and tone of the passage. This method not only improves the understanding of reading comprehension passages but also builds a strong vocabulary base for cloze tests and sentence fillers in the exam. Doing this every day will boost your confidence in the English section and help improve your scores in sections such as Reading Comprehension, Cloze Tests, and Sentence Fillers.

Does ChatGPT make humans dumber? The picture is more complicated
A new MIT study holds a warning. The issue is not whether to use AI but how to

From at least the mid-15th century, with the invention of the printing press, a wave of anxiety has accompanied every new technology around the creation and dissemination of the written word. Pens, typewriters, computers, the internet and search engines and, most recently, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT — each technology was seen by its critics as somehow diluting the purity of the relationship between thought and word. This anxiety peaked with the sudden and widespread rise of LLMs and their ubiquity in knowledge production, especially by students and researchers. Unlike earlier technologies, which were tools that assisted either the physical act of writing or, as with search engines, made research and referencing easier, AI models can “think” for the user. According to a study conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), published earlier this month, the use of ChatGPT for writing incurs a considerable “cognitive debt”.

Nataliya Kosmyna and other researchers divided test subjects — who had to write essays — into three groups: Those who used only their brains to write, those assisted by search engines, and those who used ChatGPT. Participants also switched roles to ensure more robust results. The neural activity of all three groups was monitored over four months. The group using LLMs showed considerably lower cognitive engagement with their writing, had less ownership over their work and remembered less than their counterparts. For many, these findings conform to the broader panic around AI. The fear that AI will replace intellectual labour like automation did in manufacturing is exacerbated by evangelists like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In a recent essay, Altman wrote, “ChatGPT is already more powerful than any human that has ever lived.”

Both the MIT study and Altman might be overestimating the consequences of AI. While the cognitive effects of relying completely on an LLM might be adverse, there are ways to use it effectively. The act of writing — good writing, at least — is not about regurgitation of facts but rather about ways to collate, analyse and express. This training is important for intellectual development, but that does not mean it cannot incorporate new tools. The stage when AI is integrated into learning is also important. School students, for example, are still taught how to do long division even though they will likely use a calculator in adulthood. LLMs can be useful for “language” tasks — correcting grammar, summarising texts, helping with tone and tenor — without replacing or diminishing the author. The issue is not whether to use AI but how to. The rapid growth of AI means that research into its effects is still playing catch-up. The lessons from the social media boom, and the issues that appeared in its wake, highlight the importance of narrowing this gap.

1. Wave: a sudden increase in a particular activity or feeling
Synonyms: surge, flood
Antonyms: trickle, dearth

2. Dissemination: the act of spreading news, information, ideas, etc. to a lot of people
Synonyms: circulation, promulgation
Antonyms: collection, suppression

3. Diluting: making something weaker or less effective
Synonyms: tempering, moderating
Antonyms: heightening, intensifying

4. Peaked: reached the highest point or value
Synonyms: rose, soared
Antonyms: dwindled, declined

5. Ubiquity: the fact that something or someone seems to be everywhere
Synonyms: pervasiveness, universality
Antonyms: rareness, unusualness

6. Incurs: to experience something, usually something unpleasant, as a result of actions you have taken
Synonyms: sustains, suffers
Antonyms: avoids, averts

7. Robust: strong and unlikely to break or fail
Synonyms: durable, sturdy
Antonyms: fragile, flimsy

8. Considerably: much; a lot
Synonyms: significantly, enormously
Antonyms: slightly, little

9. Conform: to be like or in accordance with
Synonyms: match, fit
Antonyms: deviate, belie

10. Exacerbated: made a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse
Synonyms: aggravated, compounded
Antonyms: alleviated, eased

11. Collate: to collect information together from different sources in order to examine and compare it
Synonyms: gather, accumulate
Antonyms: disperse, distribute

12. Incorporate: to include something so that it forms a part of something
Synonyms: integrate, encompass
Antonyms: separate, omit

13. Diminishing: making somebody/something seem less important than he or she really are
Synonyms: depreciating, belittling
Antonyms: aggrandising, flattering

Idioms & Phrases:

14. Playing catch-up: trying to reach the same standard, stage, or level as others after you have fallen behind them

15. In its wake: happening after or as a result of something, usually something bad

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