HINDU Newspaper Vocabulary for Syndicate Bank PO (PGDBF) 2017

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1.Besotted

Meaning: Very Drunk

Synonym: Buzzed, drunk

Antonym: Sober, straight

Sentence: I had traveling money and got besotted in the bar downstairs

2.Spurious

Meaning: not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

Synonym: specious, false, counterfeit, fraudulent

Antonym: authentic, genuine, real

3.Reprimand

Meaning: a formal expression of disapproval.

Synonym: admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding

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

4.Reverberate

Meaning: (of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo.

Synonym: resound, echo, re-echo, repeat, resonate, pulsate, vibrate,

Antonym: dampen, deaden, dull, quiet

Sentence: “her deep booming laugh reverberated around the room”

5.Monologue

Meaning: a long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast programme.

Synonym: soliloquy, speech, address, lecture, oration, sermon,

Sentence: “he was reciting some of the great monologues of Shakespeare” 

6.Ominous

Meaning: giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.

Synonym: threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister,

Antonym: promising, auspicious, propitious

Sentence: “there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead”

7.Repertoire

Meaning: a stock of plays, dances, or items that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.

Synonym: collection, stock, range, repertory

Sentence: “the mainstream concert repertoire”

8.Badinage

Meaning: humorous or witty conversation

Synonym: repartee

Sentence: “he developed a nice line in badinage with the Labour leader”

9.Pugnacious

Meaning: eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.

Synonym: combative, aggressive, antagonistic,

Antonym: peaceable, friendly

Sentence: “the increasingly pugnacious demeanour of right-wing politicians”

10.Pejorative

Meaning: expressing contempt or disapproval.

Synonym: disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory, 

Antonym: complimentary, approbatory

Sentence: “permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term”