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. Anodyne

Meaning: not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull.

Synonym: inoffensive, innocuous, neutral, unobjectionable, unexceptionable, unremarkable, 

Sentence: “anodyne music”

2. Approbation

Meaning: approval or praise.

Synonym: approval, acceptance, assent, endorsement, encouragement, recognition, appreciation, 

Sentence: “a term of approbation”

3. Assuage

Meaning: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

Synonym: relieve, ease, alleviate, soothe, mitigate

Antonym: aggravate

Sentence: “the letter assuaged the fears of most members”

4. Dichotomy

Meaning: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

Synonym: division, separation, divorce, split, gulf, chasm; 

Sentence: “a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism”

5. Dolorous

Meaning: feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.

Synonym: grieving, heartbroken, lamentable, lugubrious, plaintive, plangent, 

Antonym: delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant;

Sentence: “a dolorous and repetitive tale of atrocity”

6. Fusillade

Meaning: a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession.

Synonym: salvo, volley, barrage, bombardment, cannonade,

Sentence: “marchers had to dodge a fusillade of missiles”

7. Flippancy

Meaning: lack of respect or seriousness; frivolousness.

Synonym: frivolousness, levity, superficiality, shallowness

Sentence: “she was infuriated by his careless flippancy”

8. Harbinger

Meaning: a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.

Synonym: herald, sign, indicator, indication, signal, prelude, portent, omen, augury, forewarning, 

Sentence: “witch hazels are the harbingers of spring”

9. Genesis

Meaning: the origin or mode of formation of something.

Synonym: origin, source, root, beginning, commencement, start, outset

Sentence: “this tale had its genesis in fireside stories”

10. Herculean

Meaning: requiring great strength or effort.

Synonym: arduous, gruelling, laborious, back-breaking, onerous, strenuous, difficult,

Antonym: easy

Sentence: “a Herculean task”

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