Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary for SBI PO 2017 Exam

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Dear Students, we are providing to you Vocabulary Words from The HINDU Newspaper. We suggest you read a newspaper daily. In case if you are not able to read The Hindu, we will post important words every day from editorial section. These vocab words will help you a lot in your competitive exams.

1. Ominous

Meaning: giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.

Synonym: threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister,

Antonym: promising, auspicious, propitious

Sentence: “there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead”
2. Monologue

Meaning: a long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast programme.

Synonym: soliloquy, speech, address, lecture, oration, sermon,

Sentence: “he was reciting some of the great monologues of Shakespeare” 

3.Taradiddle

Meaning: a petty lie., pretentious nonsense.

Synonym: fable, fabrication, falsehood,

Antonym: 

Sentence: “no sane person would make up such a taradiddle”

4. Tarnish

Meaning: lose or cause to lose lustre, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture

Synonym: discolour, stain, rust, oxidize, corrode, deteriorate;

Antonym: brighten, polish

Sentence: “silver tarnishes too easily”

5. Monotheism

Meaning: the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

Synonym:  theism

Sentence: In my church we believe in monotheism, the idea of a solitary god.

6. Onerous

Meaning: (of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.

Synonym: burdensome, heavy, inconvenient, troublesome,

Antonym: easy, effortless

Sentence: “he found his duties increasingly onerous”

7.Tautology

Meaning: the saying of the same thing twice over in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style 

Synonym: repetition, repetitiveness 

Sentence: When the lawyer spoke to the jury, he used tautology to make the jurors aware of his point without being repetitive.

8. Mortify

Meaning: cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.

Synonym: embarrass, humiliate, chagrin,

Antonym: indulge, heal

Sentence: “she was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror”

9. Temerity

Meaning: excessive confidence or boldness; audacity

Synonym: audacity, boldness

Sentence: “no one had the temerity to question his conclusions”

10. Moribund

Meaning: (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour.

Synonym: waning, dying, stagnating, stagnant, decaying,

Antonym: thriving, recovering, flourishing

Sentence: “the moribund commercial property market”