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Daily Vocabulary: 1st January 2020

To strengthen the crust and core of your English language, what you need is new and effective words added to your dictionary every day. This is a tedious task if you sit with the dictionary every day. Adda247 brings to you a compact way of learning constantly and efficiently. This is today’s Vocabulary for the aspirants who are preparing for the various banking examinations. SBI Clerk, LIC Assistant Mains, IBPS RRB, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk are some of the upcoming examinations which can be prepared with the aid of daily Vocabulary. Vocab will help you excel not just in the examinations but will help you sail through the Interview round of the examinations you are preparing for. The words you choose will accelerate you in the correct path towards success and we hope that this article serves the purpose. Here is the vocabulary for 1st January 2020.

TREPIDATION (noun) : घबराहट
Meaning: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
Synonyms: fear, apprehension, dread, fearfulness.
Antonyms: contentment, bravery, happiness, delight.
Usage: As the earthquake bared down, I was overpowered with trepidation.

NAB (verb) : दबोचना
Meaning: catch (someone) doing something wrong.
Synonyms: seize, apprehend, arrest, restrain.
Antonyms: emancipate, free, liberate, unchain.
Usage: A bank robber was nabbed because he made the classic mistake of returning to the scene of the crime.

CULLING (verb)  : चुनाव करें
Meaning: select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.
Synonyms: elect, select, choose, pick.
Antonyms: reject, disapprove, repudiate, spurn.
Usage: In nine months, we as a group, tracked an unknown number of missing children, culling out two hundred and eleven Howie attempted to locate.

ARTICULATE : स्पष्ट
Meaning:able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly
Synonyms:expressive, eloquent
Antonyms: misrepresented, unclear
Example:She gave a witty, entertaining, and articulate speech.

FURTIVE  : चुराया हुआ
Meaning: Done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed
Synonyms: shady, sneaky
Antonyms: honest, open
Example:The look in his eyes became furtive

PUMMEL : कूटना
Meaning:to hit someone or something repeatedly, esp. with your fists
Synonyms:bash, batter
Antonyms:lose, surrender
Example:She hates watching boxers pummel and be pummeled in the ring.

PRUDENCE (Noun) : चेतावनी
Meaning: the quality of being prudent; cautiousness.
Synonyms: wisdom, judgment,  sagacity, shrewdness
Antonyms: folly, recklessness
Example: Maybe you’ll exercise a little more financial prudence next time.

DOLE (Noun) : भत्ता
Meaning: benefit paid by the state to the unemployed.
Synonyms: unemployment benefit,  allowance, welfare
Example: Though he is receiving unemployment, Gary wants to find a job so he can get off the dole immediately.

POLEMICAL (Adjective) : विवादात्मक
Meaning: of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech.
Synonyms: critical, hostile, bitter, polemic, virulent
Example: Unlike most academic philosophy much of it is personal, polemical, poetical or allusive.

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