🔹 Advanced Vocabulary – SSC CGL & UPSC Level
📌 1. Esoteric (गूढ़, केवल कुछ लोगों को समझ आने वाला)
👉 (Meaning: Understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge)
✅ Example: The professor’s lecture was too esoteric for the students.
📌 2. Sycophant (चापलूस व्यक्ति)
👉 (Meaning: A person who flatters someone in power for personal gain)
✅ Example: The manager was surrounded by sycophants who never opposed his decisions.
📌 3. Obfuscate (जटिल बनाना, उलझाना)
👉 (Meaning: To deliberately make something difficult to understand)
✅ Example: The politician tried to obfuscate the truth with misleading statistics.
📌 4. Perfunctory (लापरवाही से किया गया, बिना रुचि के किया गया)
👉 (Meaning: Done without care or interest, merely as a routine task)
✅ Example: His perfunctory apology showed that he wasn’t truly sorry.
📌 5. Disparate (पूरी तरह अलग, असमान)
👉 (Meaning: Essentially different in kind, not allowing comparison)
✅ Example: The two cultures had disparate traditions and customs.
🔹 Grammar Concept – Mastering Conditional Sentences
📢 Conditional Sentences are statements that express hypothetical situations and their consequences.
📌 Type 1 – Real Conditional (Possible Condition in the Present/Future)
Structure: If + Present Simple → Will / Can + Base Verb
✅ Example: If you study, you will pass the exam.
📌 Type 2 – Unreal Conditional (Hypothetical Condition in Present/Future)
Structure: If + Past Simple → Would / Could + Base Verb
✅ Example: If she were taller, she would be a model.
📌 Type 3 – Past Unreal Conditional (Hypothetical Condition in the Past)
Structure: If + Past Perfect → Would have + Past Participle
✅ Example: If he had studied, he would have passed the test.
📌 Mixed Conditional (Combination of Type 2 & Type 3)
✅ Example: If she had studied harder (Past), she would be successful now (Present).
💡 Common Mistake:
❌ If I will see him, I will tell him. (Wrong)
✅ If I see him, I will tell him. (Correct)
🔹 Tough Idioms & Phrases – UPSC Level
📌 1. A Pyrrhic Victory – A victory that comes at a great cost
✅ Example: The company won the lawsuit, but it was a Pyrrhic victory as they lost millions in legal fees.
📌 2. Cast in Stone – Fixed and unchangeable
✅ Example: The policy is not cast in stone; we can modify it if needed.
📌 3. Faustian Bargain – A deal in which one sacrifices morals for personal gain
✅ Example: The politician made a Faustian bargain by sacrificing ethics for power.
📌 4. Throw Down the Gauntlet – To challenge someone
✅ Example: The rival company threw down the gauntlet by launching a competing product.
📌 5. Bite the Bullet – To endure a painful or difficult situation
✅ Example: The soldiers had to bite the bullet and continue their mission despite extreme weather.
👨🏻💻Credit- @gurukoolchannel
📌 1. Esoteric (गूढ़, केवल कुछ लोगों को समझ आने वाला)
👉 (Meaning: Understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge)
✅ Example: The professor’s lecture was too esoteric for the students.
📌 2. Sycophant (चापलूस व्यक्ति)
👉 (Meaning: A person who flatters someone in power for personal gain)
✅ Example: The manager was surrounded by sycophants who never opposed his decisions.
📌 3. Obfuscate (जटिल बनाना, उलझाना)
👉 (Meaning: To deliberately make something difficult to understand)
✅ Example: The politician tried to obfuscate the truth with misleading statistics.
📌 4. Perfunctory (लापरवाही से किया गया, बिना रुचि के किया गया)
👉 (Meaning: Done without care or interest, merely as a routine task)
✅ Example: His perfunctory apology showed that he wasn’t truly sorry.
📌 5. Disparate (पूरी तरह अलग, असमान)
👉 (Meaning: Essentially different in kind, not allowing comparison)
✅ Example: The two cultures had disparate traditions and customs.
🔹 Grammar Concept – Mastering Conditional Sentences
📢 Conditional Sentences are statements that express hypothetical situations and their consequences.
📌 Type 1 – Real Conditional (Possible Condition in the Present/Future)
Structure: If + Present Simple → Will / Can + Base Verb
✅ Example: If you study, you will pass the exam.
📌 Type 2 – Unreal Conditional (Hypothetical Condition in Present/Future)
Structure: If + Past Simple → Would / Could + Base Verb
✅ Example: If she were taller, she would be a model.
📌 Type 3 – Past Unreal Conditional (Hypothetical Condition in the Past)
Structure: If + Past Perfect → Would have + Past Participle
✅ Example: If he had studied, he would have passed the test.
📌 Mixed Conditional (Combination of Type 2 & Type 3)
✅ Example: If she had studied harder (Past), she would be successful now (Present).
💡 Common Mistake:
❌ If I will see him, I will tell him. (Wrong)
✅ If I see him, I will tell him. (Correct)
🔹 Tough Idioms & Phrases – UPSC Level
📌 1. A Pyrrhic Victory – A victory that comes at a great cost
✅ Example: The company won the lawsuit, but it was a Pyrrhic victory as they lost millions in legal fees.
📌 2. Cast in Stone – Fixed and unchangeable
✅ Example: The policy is not cast in stone; we can modify it if needed.
📌 3. Faustian Bargain – A deal in which one sacrifices morals for personal gain
✅ Example: The politician made a Faustian bargain by sacrificing ethics for power.
📌 4. Throw Down the Gauntlet – To challenge someone
✅ Example: The rival company threw down the gauntlet by launching a competing product.
📌 5. Bite the Bullet – To endure a painful or difficult situation
✅ Example: The soldiers had to bite the bullet and continue their mission despite extreme weather.
👨🏻💻Credit- @gurukoolchannel