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 ADO, 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 7th September 2019.
SLACKEN (Verb)
Meaning: make or become slack.
Synonyms: loosen, relax
Antonyms: tighten
Usage: It is now important for the central bank to ensure that the discipline in the system does not slacken.
OBLIVION (Noun)
Meaning: the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one.
Synonyms: unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor, stupefaction
Antonyms: consciousness, awareness
Usage: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 is complicated. This could perhaps not be avoided, given that what was being attempted was a new and bold experiment to pull the anti-corruption campaign out of oblivion.
MODICUM (Noun)
Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable.
Synonyms: particle, degree, speck, fragment, scrap, ounce
Antonyms: lot, whole
Usage: his statement had a modicum of truth
ASPERSION (Noun)
Meaning: an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.
Synonyms: denigration, defamation
Antonyms: adulation, commendation
Usage: Casting aspersions on the neutrality of the highest judicial authority in the country is unacceptable unless one can prove with reasonable material that he acted in a biased manner in choosing the first Lokpal.
PRECARIOUS(Adjective)
Meaning: in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly
Synonyms: dangerous, delicate
Antonyms: healthy, guarded
Usage: The lorry was lodged in a very precarious way, with its front wheels hanging over the cliff.
INFLOW(Noun)
Meaning: the movement of money or assets into a business, an economy, an industry, etc.
Synonyms: incursion, inpouring
Antonyms: retreat, outflow
Usage: The booming economy has attracted an inflow of funds from both domestic and foreign investors.
PECULIAR(Adjective)
Meaning: unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way
Synonyms: distinct, different
Antonyms: ordinary, vague
Usage: The copy editor will check type size and technical details to see if anything looks peculiar.
DENIZEN (noun)
Meaning: a person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place.
Synonyms: inhabitant, occupant, resident, tenant.
Antonyms: visitor, emigrant, evacuee, expatriate.
Usage: The author of Atlanta’s latest guidebook is a longtime denizen of the city who knows all the best places to visit.
SPLURGE (verb)
Meaning: to spend extravagantly or ostentatiously.
Synonyms: squander, fling, dissipate, disburse.
Antonyms: accumulate, hoard, conserve, preserve.
Usage: I feel like splurging on a new dress.
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