HINDU Newspaper Vocabulary for IPPB and IBPS Exams 2017

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1.Ostentatious

Meaning: excessively showy

Synonym: flamboyant, glitzy, razzle-dazzle

Sentence:  She wears an  ostentatious diamond ring on her little finger

2.Precocious

Meaning: occurring before the usual or expected time 

Synonym: premature, early, unseasonable

Sentence: “a precocious baldness makes him look older than he really is”

3.Turpitude

Meaning: a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior

Synonym: abjection, debasement, depravity

Sentence: “pictorial advertisements for chic clothing and fragrances in which 

drug addiction and other forms of moral turpitude are depicted as alternative fashion statements”

4.Obviate

Meaning: to make (something) no longer necessary: to prevent or avoid 

(something)

Synonym: avert, forestall, prevent, preclude,

Antonym: cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nurture, promote

Sentence: The new medical treatment obviates the need for surgery.

5.Trenchant

Meaning: very strong, clear, and effective

Synonyms: edgy

Sentence: a writer with a trenchant wit

6.Squally

Meaning: marked by wet and windy conditions

Synonyms: bleak, dirty

Sentence: be careful driving in this squally weather

7.Persecution

Meaning: hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs

Synonyms: oppression, maltreatment

Sentence: “her family fled religious persecution”

8.Peremptory

Meaning: insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a 

brusquely imperious way.

Synonym: high-handed, brisk, abrupt, summary, commanding, authoritative,

Antonym: humble, meek, modest, unassuming

Sentence: “‘Just do it!’ came the peremptory reply”

9. Percussion

Meaning: musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a stick or 

beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals, xylophones, gongs, bells, and 

rattles.

Synonym: crash, bang, smash, clash, bump

Sentence: “percussion instruments”

10. Pernicious

Meaning: having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Synonym: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious

Antonym: beneficial, benign, favourable

Sentence: “the pernicious influences of the mass media”