HINDU Newspaper Vocabulary for RBI ASSISTANT MAINS Exams 2017

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1.Callous

Meaning: showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

Synonym: heartless, unfeeling

Antonym: kind, compassionate

Sentence: “his callous comments about the murder made me shiver”

2.Chagrin

Meaning: annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated.

Synonym: irritation, vexation, exasperation

Antonym: delight

Sentence: “to my chagrin, he was nowhere to be seen”

3.Demure

Meaning: (of a woman or her behaviour) reserved, modest, and shy.

Synonym: modest, unassuming, meek

Antonym: brazen, shameless

Sentence: “a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house”

3.Anachronism

Meaning: a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.

Sentence: “the town is a throwback to medieval times, an anachronism that has survived the passing years”

4.Credence

Meaning: belief in or acceptance of something as true.

Synonym: acceptance, belief, faith, trust,

Antonym: distrust, mistrust

Sentence: “psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen”

5.Biennial

Meaning: an event celebrated or taking place every two years.

Sentence: “the first of a series of biennial exhibitions”

6.Circumstantial

Meaning: pointing indirectly towards someone’s guilt but not conclusively proving it.

Synonym: indirect, inferred, inferential, deduced

Antonym: vague

Sentence: “the prosecution will have to rely on circumstantial evidence”

7.Credulous

Meaning: having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.

Synonym: gullible, naive, impressionable, trusting,

Antonym: worldly, suspicious

Sentence: “a ceremony staged for credulous tourists”

8.Chronic

Meaning: continuing or occurring again and again for a long time,  happening or existing frequently or most of the time, always or often doing something specified

Synonym: natural; persistent, regular,

Antonym: unaccustomed, unused; intermittent, occasional

Sentence: He suffers from chronic arthritis.

9.Misanthrope

Meaning: a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.

Synonym:  cynic, churl, grouch, grump, recluse, hermit, anchorite

Sentence: “Scrooge wasn’t the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be”

10.Circumlocution

Meaning: the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.

Synonym: periphrasis, circuitousness, indirectness;

Sentence: “his admission came after years of circumlocution”

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