Daily Wordlist for IBPS/Other Bank Exam 2016

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1. Epiphany

Meaning: A moment of sudden understanding or revelation 

Synonym: Flash, oracle

Antonym: Confusion, Secret

Sentence:In the first grade, I experienced an epiphany that girls were always treated differently than boys.

2. Erudite

Meaning: Well- educated

Synonym: literate, scholarly

Antonym: uneducated, ignorant

Sentence:As to what India derived from Greece there has been a good deal of erudite debate.

3. Recede

Meaning: Pull back or move away or backwards

Synonym: subside, ebb, taper

Antonym: forge, ascend, prolong

Sentence: The unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older

4.Modicum

Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable

Synonym: particle, degree,  fragment, scrap,

Sentence: “his statement had a modicum of truth”

5.Blasphemous

Meaning: sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.

Synonym: irreligious, irreverent, impious, ungodly,

Antonym: reverent

Sentence: “blasphemous and heretical talk”

6.Bibliophile

Meaning: a person who collects or has a great love of books

Synonym: book lover, bookworm

Sentence: John is a bibliophile.

7.Biennial

Meaning: taking place every other year, an event celebrated or taking place every two years

Sentence: “the top antiques fairs are the Milan and Florence biennials”

8.Blasphemous

Meaning: sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.

Synonym: irreligious, irreverent, impious, ungodly,

Antonym: reverent

Sentence: “blasphemous and heretical talk”

9.Besiege

Meaning: surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.

Synonym: beleaguer, blockade, surround

Antonym: release, relieve, reprieve; comfort, console,

Sentence: “she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen”

10.sonorous

Meaning:(of a person’s voice or other sounds) imposingly deep and full.

Synonym:deep, clear, mellow, mellifluous, melodious, full-toned,

Antonym:serene, soothing, tranquil;

Sentence:”he read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice”