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.Talisman

Meaning: an object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck.

Synonym: lucky charm, charm, fetish, amulet, mascot

Sentence: “those rings, so fresh and gleaming, were their talismans”:

2.Scurrilous

Meaning: Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.

Synonym: abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging

Antonym: clean, decent, moral

Sentence: “a scurrilous attack on his integrity”

3.Superannuation

Meaning: regular payment made to a fund by an employee towards a future pension.

Synonym: allowance, annuity, grant, payment, premium

Sentence:”had he agreed to resign, he would have been entitled to his superannuation for 29 years’ service”

4.Plausible

Meaning: (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.

Synonym: credible, reasonable, believable, likely, 

Antonym: unlikely, improbable

Sentence: “a plausible explanation”

5.Denigrate

Meaning: criticize unfairly; disparage.

Synonym: disparage, belittle, diminish, deprecate,

Antonym: extol

Sentence: “doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country”

6.Covenant

Meaning: an agreement, agree by lease, deed, or other legal contract.

Synonym: accord, deal, bargain, settlement

Antonym: disagreement, denial, misunderstanding, refusal

Sentence: “there was a covenant between them that her name was never to be mentioned” 

7.Empirical

Meaning: based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

Synonym: observed, seen, factual, actual,

Antonym: theoretical

Sentence: “they provided considerable empirical evidence to support their argument”

8.Taciturn

Meaning: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

Synonym: untalkative, uncommunicative, reticent, unforthcoming

Antonym: talkative, loquacious

Sentence: “after such gatherings, she would be taciturn and morose”

9.Tantamount

Meaning: equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.

Synonym: equivalent to, synonymous with

Antonym: different, opposite

Sentence: “the resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt”

10.Inculcate

Meaning: instill (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction.

Synonym: infuse, impress, imprint, introduce

Antonym: eliminate, remove, take away

Sentence: “I tried to inculcate in my pupils an attitude of inquiry”

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