Daily Wordlist for IBPS/Other Bank Exam 2016

1. Penurious

Meaning: extremely poor; poverty-stricken.

Synonym: poverty-stricken, destitute, niggardly, parsimonious

Antonym: wealthy, generous

Sentence: “a penurious old tramp”

2. wrangle

a dispute or argument, typically one that is long and complicated.

“an insurance wrangle is holding up compensation payments”

argument, dispute, disagreement, quarrel

3. wither

Meaning:fall into decay or decline., (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled

Synonym:diminish, dwindle, shrink, lessen, fade

Sentence:”it is not true that old myths either die or wither away”

“the grass had withered to an unappealing brown”

4. winsome

Meaning:attractive or appealing in a fresh, innocent way.

Synonym:lovable, adorable, lovely, delightful, enchanting, captivating,

Antonym: joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied; dull, lethargic,

Sentence:”a winsome smile”

5. wince

Meaning:make a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress.

Synonym:grimace,

Sentence:”he winced at the disgust in her voice”

6.amorous

Meaning: showing, feeling, or relating to sexual desire.

Synonym: lustful, sexual, erotic, amatory, ardent;

Antonym: unloving, cold

Sentence: “she rejected his amorous advances”

7.pecuniary

Meaning: relating to or consisting of money.

Synonym: financial, monetary, money,

Antonym: non financial

Sentence: “he admitted obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception”

8. amputate

Meaning: cut off (a limb) by surgical operation.

Synonym:  chop off, remove 

Sentence: “surgeons had to amputate her left hand”

9. pedant

Meaning: a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

Synonym: dogmatist, purist, literalist, formalist, doctrinaire; 

Sentence: “the royal palace (some pedants would say the ex-royal palace)”

10. paucity

Meaning: the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.

Synonym: dearth, deficit, drought

Antonym:  bountifulness, copiousness; excess,

Sentence: “a paucity of information”