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.Punitive

Meaning: inflicting or intended as punishment.

Synonym: penal, disciplinary, corrective, 

Antonym: exonerating, condoning, pardoning

Sentence: “he called for punitive measures against the Eastern bloc”

2.Pendant

Meaning: a piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain worn round the neck., 

Synonym: locket, medallion, drop, stone;

Sentence:”a jade-green pendant on a gold chain”

3.Pejorative

Meaning: expressing contempt or disapproval.

Synonym: disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory, 

Antonym: complimentary, approbatory

Sentence:”permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term”

4.Penance

Meaning: punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing

Synonym: atonement, expiation, self-punishment

Sentence:”he had done public penance for those hasty words”

3.Pusillanimous

Meaning: showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.

Synonym: cowardly, recreant, spineless, unheroic

Antonym: audacious, bold, brazen,

Sentence: pusillanimous politicians who vote according to whichever way the political wind is blowing

4.Lacklustre

Meaning: lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring.

Synonym: unimaginative, dull, humdrum, colourless

Antonym: inspired, brilliant

Sentence: “no excuses were made for the team’s lacklustre 

performance”

5.Purveyor

Meaning: a person who sells or deals in particular goods

Synonym: seller, vendor, trader, retailer, supplier

Sentence: “a purveyor of large luxury vehicles”

6.Kingpin

Meaning: a person or thing that is essential to the success of an organization or operation.

Synonym: bigwig,

Antonym: inferior, subordinate, underling; mediocrity,

Sentence: “the kingpins of the television industry

7.Slander

Meaning: the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.

Synonym: besmirch, tarnish, taint, misrepresent

Sentence: “he is suing the TV company for slander”

8.Ameliorate

Meaning: make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

Synonym: improve, amend, better, enhance, enrich

Antonym: damage, endamage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, spoil, tarnish, vitiate

Sentence: “the reform did much to ameliorate living standards

9.Laconic

Meaning: (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.

Synonym: brief, concise, terse, succinct, short, economical,

Antonym: verbose, long-winded, loquacious

Sentence: “his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic”

10.Perdition

Meaning:(in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes after death

Synonym: damnation, eternal punishment;

Sentence:”she used her last banknote to buy herself a square meal before perdition”

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