Daily Wordlist for IBPS/Other Bank Exam 2016

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1.Errant

Meaning: wrong ,deviant

Synonym: erratic, stray

Antonym: normal,

Sentence:I saw an errant man shouting at his daughter for skipping office

2.Attrition

Meaning: A wearing down to weaken or destroy

Synonym: erosion, grinding

Antonym: building, happiness

Sentence:The difficulty was to overcome its susceptibility to attrition.

3.Quixotic

Meaning: idealistic

Synonym: dreamy, foolish, impractical

Antonym: cautious, realistic, wise

Sentence:That sounds quixotically noble, this stand for the ‘inviolability of marriage.

4.Pernicious 

Meaning: hurtful

Synonym: malicious, fatal, evil

Antonym: assisting, good,

Sentence:He thought “such a system would be wrong and pernicious in the extreme.

5. Erudite

Meaning: Well- educated

Synonym: literate, scholarly

Antonym: uneducated, ignorant

Sentence:As to what India derived from Greece there has been a good deal of erudite debate.

6. Perfunctory

Meaning: (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort.

Synonym: cursory, desultory

Antonym: careful, thorough

Sentence: “he gave a perfunctory nod”

7. Pensive

Meaning: engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

Synonym: thoughtful, thinking, reflective

Antonym: unreflective

Sentence: “a pensive mood”

8. Aloof

Meaning: not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

Synonym: distant, detached, unresponsive, remote,

Antonym: familiar, friendly

Sentence: “they were courteous but faintly aloof

9. Aloft

Meaning: up in or into the air; overhead.

Synonym: into the sky, skyward, on high, heavenward

Antonym:down

Sentence:”the congregation sways, hands aloft”

10.Reprimand

Meaning: a formal expression of disapproval.

Synonym: admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding

Sentence: “the golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules”