HINDU Newspaper Vocabulary for IPPB and IBPS Exams 2017

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1.Precocious

Meaning: (of a child) having developed certain abilities or inclinations at an 

earlier age than is usual or expected.

Synonym: ahead, gifted, talented,

Antonym: backward, slow

Sentence: “a precocious, solitary boy”

2.Perquisite

Meaning: a benefit which one enjoys or is entitled to on account of one’s job or position.

Synonym: donation, gift, lagniappe, largesse

Sentence: “the wife of a president has all the perquisites of stardom”

3.Persona non grata

Meaning: an unacceptable or unwelcome person.

Sentence: “Nabokov was persona non grata with the regime”

4.Perspicacious

Meaning: having a ready insight into and understanding of things

Sentence: “it offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter”

5.Perturb

Meaning: make (someone) anxious or unsettled.

Synonym: worry, upset, unsettle, disturb, concern, trouble

Antonym: reassure, unperturbed, calm, composed

Sentence: “they were perturbed by her capricious behaviour”

6.Peruse

Meaning: read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way.

Synonym: reread; proofread; decipher;

Sentence: “he has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues“

6.Interdict

Meaning: an authoritative prohibition, in particular:

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

Antonym: :corroborate, support

Sentence: “army efforts to interdict enemy supply shipments”

7.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”

8.Palaver

Meaning: prolonged and tedious fuss or discussion.

Synonym: bother, commotion, trouble, rigmarole, chatter

Sentence: “mucking around with finances and all that palaver”

9.Palatable

Meaning: (of food or drink) pleasant to taste.

Synonym: tasty, appetizing, pleasant-tasting; pleasant, acceptable, satisfactory,

Antonym: tasteless, insipid, unpalatable, disagreeable, unpalatable, unpleasant

Sentence: “a very palatable local red wine”

10.Jeopardize

Meaning: put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure

Synonym: threaten, endanger, imperil, menace

Antonym: safeguard

Sentence: “a devaluation of the dollar would jeopardize New York’s position as a financial centre“