Daily Wordlist for RBI/IBPS Exam 2016

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1.Ignominious

Meaning: deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.

Synonym: humiliating, undignified, embarrassing,

Antonym: glorious, admirable

Sentence: “no other party risked ignominious defeat

2.ostentatious

Meaning:characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.

Synonym: showy, pretentious, conspicuous, obtrusive,

Antonym: plain, unobtrusive, restrained, modest

Sentence:”a simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious”

3. Perjury

Meaning: the offence of willfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath.

Synonym: violation of an oath, giving false evidence/testimony, bearing false 

witness/testimony, forswearing oneself, making false statements, wilful falsehood

Sentence: “he claimed two witnesses at his trial had committed perjury”

4.Punitive

Meaning: inflicting or intended as punishment.

Synonym: penal, disciplinary, corrective, 

Antonym: exonerating, condoning, pardoning

Sentence: “he called for punitive measures against the Eastern bloc”

5. Lackadaisical

Meaning: lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.

Synonym: lax, unenthusiastic, half-hearted, uninterested, lukewarm, indifferent,

Antonym: enthusiastic, excited

Sentence: “a lackadaisical defence left Spurs adrift in the second half”

6.Onus

Meaning: something that is one’s duty or responsibility.

Synonym: burden, responsibility, liability,

Antonym: exculpation, exoneration, irresponsibility

Sentence: “the onus is on you to show that you have suffered loss”

7.Braggadocious

Meaning: boastful or arrogant.

Synonym: grandiloquence, magniloquence

Sentence: “it sounds braggadocious, but I don’t think I ever dropped a pass in a game”

8.Ravenous

Meaning: extremely hungry.

Synonym: starved, famished;

Antonym: full

Sentence: “I’d been out all day and was ravenous”

9.Cacophony

Meaning: a harsh discordant mixture of sounds.

Synonym: din, racket, noise,

Sentence: “a cacophony of deafening alarm bells

10.Probity

Meaning: the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.

Synonym: integrity, honesty, uprightness, decency, morality

Sentence: “financial probity