Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary for SBI PO 2017

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1.Attrition

Meaning: A wearing down to weaken or destroy

Synonym: erosion, grinding

Antonym: building, happiness

Sentence: The difficulty was to overcome its susceptibility to attrition.

2.Quixotic

Meaning: idealistic

Synonym: dreamy, foolish, impractical

Antonym: cautious, realistic, wise

Sentence: That sounds quixotically noble, this stand for the ‘inviolability of marriage.

3.Regale

Meaning: entertain or amuse (someone) with talk.

Synonym: entertain, amuse, divert, delight, fascinate

Antonym: anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset

Sentence: “he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon’s meeting”

4.Remorse

Meaning: deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.

Synonym: contrition, deep regret, repentance, penitence

Sentence: “they were filled with remorse and shame”

5.Banal

Meaning: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

Synonym: trite, hackneyed, clichéd, platitudinous, vapid, commonplace

Antonym: original

Sentence: “songs with banal, repeated words”

6.Blandish

Meaning: coax (someone) with kind words or flattery.

Synonym:  cajole, palaver

Antonym:  bulldoze, bully, intimidate;

Sentence: “I was blandishing her with imprudence to get her off the subject”

7.Clandestine

Meaning: done in a private place or way: done secretly

Synonym: Furtive, surreptitious, hole &corner, hugger-mugger

Sentence:  “I took a clandestine peek at the price tag on the diamond necklace”

8.Palaver

Meaning: prolonged and tedious fuss or discussion.

Synonym: bother, commotion, trouble, rigmarole, chatter

Sentence: “mucking around with finances and all that palaver”

9.Blatant

Meaning: (of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly.

Synonym: flagrant, glaring, obvious, undisguised,

Sentence: “blatant lies”

10.Picaresque

Meaning: relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero.

Synonym:  dishonest, dishonorable

Sentence: “a picaresque adventure novel”

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