Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary for SBI PO 2017

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Hello, Greetings!! SBI PO 2017 will commence in the month of APRIL 2017. In order to help and guide all of you, we’re going to post VOCABULARY BASED ON THE HINDU NEWSPAPER. In all the competitive exams, Vocabulary questions are asked from newspapers. 

1.Insipid

Meaning: lacking flavour; weak or tasteless.

Synonym: tasteless, flavourless, unflavoured

Antonym : interesting, imaginative, tasty

Sentence: The soup was rather insipid.

2.Crescendo: 

Meaning: a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music.

Synonym:escalation, upsurge,apex

Usage:”each time the key changes, there is a gradual crescendo”

3.Innate

Meaning: existing from the time a person or animal is born, existing as part of the basic nature of something

Synonym: inborn, natural, inbred, congenital

Antonym : acquired

Sentence: her innate capacity for organization”

4.Ingenuous

Meaning: (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting

Synonym: naive, innocent, simple, childlike, trusting,

Antonym : disingenuous, artful

Sentence:”he eyed her with wide, ingenuous eyes”

5.Rambunctious

Meaning: uncontrolled in a way that is playful or full of energy

Synonym: hell-raising, knockabout, boisterous

Antonym : noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restrained, serene,

Sentence: The schoolyard was filled with rambunctious kids.

6.Covetous

Meaning: having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.

Synonym: grasping, greedy, rapacious, insatiable

Usage:”she fingered the linen with covetous hands”

7.Prestige

Meaning: widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality.

Synonym: status, standing, stature,

Antonym: Disrespect, humility

Sentence:”the firm has recently gained considerable prestige”

8.Cenotaph

Meaning: a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war

Sentence: The town of Chhatarpur, which is named after Chhatar Sal, and contains his cenotaph, is 70 m.

9.Tranquil 

Meaning: free from disturbance; calm.

Synonym: peaceful, restful,

Usage: the house was once again tranquil after the kids moved outside to play

10.Trivial

Meaning: of little value or importance.

Synonym: unimportant, insignificant

Usage: huge fines were imposed for trivial offences”

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