Daily Wordlist for IBPS/Other Bank Exam 2016

1.petulant

Meaning: (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered

Synonym:  short-tempered, peevish,

Antonym:  affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted

Sentence: “he was moody and petulant”

2.interlocutor

Meaning: a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

Synonym: minstrel show, middleman, minstrel

Sentence: The music at the party was so loud my interlocutor couldn’t understand a word I said during our conversation.

3.interim

Meaning: the intervening time., in or for the intervening period; provisional.

Synonym: meantime, meanwhile,  interlude; interregnum

Antonym: permanent

Sentence: “an interim arrangement”

4.interdict

Meaning: an authoritative prohibition, in particular:

Synonym: :prohibition, ban, bar, veto, proscription,

Antonym: :corroborate, support

Sentence: “army efforts to interdict enemy supply shipments”

5.insurgent

Meaning: a person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary.

Synonym: rebel, revolutionary, revolutionist, mutineer, agitator, subversive, guerrilla, anarchist

Antonym: loyal, government

Sentence: “an attack by armed insurgents”

6. wily

Meaning:skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.

Synonym:shrewd, clever, sharp, sharp-witted, astute, canny,

Antonym:naive, guileless

Sentence:”his wily opponents”

7.menial

Meaning:(of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.

Synonym: unskilled, lowly, humble, low-grade, low-status, routine, humdrum, boring, dull;

Sentence:”menial factory jobs”

8.drudgery

Meaning:hard menial or dull work.

Synonym:hard work, menial work, donkey work, toil, toiling, labour

Sentence:”domestic drudgery”

9.voluble

Meaning:(of a person) talking fluently, readily, or incessantly.

Synonym:talkative, loquacious, garrulous, verbose,

Sentence:”she was as voluble as her husband was silent”

10.volition

Meaning:the faculty or power of using one’s will.

Synonym: accord, choice, desire, determination

Sentence:”without conscious volition she backed into her office”