Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary for Syndicate Bank PO (PGDBF) 2017

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1.Placate

Meaning: make (someone) less angry or hostile.

Synonym: appease, assuage, conciliate,

Antonym: aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother,

Sentence: “they attempted to placate the students with promises”

2.Placid

Meaning: not easily upset or excited., calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity.

Synonym: even-tempered, calm, equable, tranquil, imperturbable,

Antonym: excitable, temperamental

Sentence: “a placid, contented man”

3.Plagiarize

Meaning: take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one’s own.

Synonym: infringe the copyright of, pirate, steal, poach, borrow,

Sentence: “he was fined $6,000 for having plagiarized the song”

4.Plaintive

Meaning: sounding sad and mournful.

Synonym: mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy,

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

Sentence: “a plaintive cry”

5.Platonic

Meaning: (of love or friendship) intimate and affectionate but not sexual.

Synonym: utopian, ideal, idealistic

Antonym: physical

Sentence: “their relationship is purely platonic”

6.Pique

Meaning: a sudden feeling of annoyance or anger when someone has offended you

Sentence: He slammed the door in a fit of pique.

7.Pillage

Meaning: rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime.

Synonym: robbery, robbing, raiding, 

Sentence: “the abbey was plundered and pillaged”

8.Pinnacle

Meaning: the most successful point; the culmination.

Synonym: apex, vertex, zenith, apogee,

Sentence: “he had reached the pinnacle of his career”

9.Piquant

Meaning: having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour., pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.

Synonym: intriguing, stimulating, interesting, fascinating,

Antonym: bland, insipid, dull

Sentence: “a piquant tartare sauce”

10.Pittance

Meaning: a very small or inadequate amount of money.

Synonym: a very small amount, a tiny amount, an insufficient amount, next to nothing, very little;

Sentence: “he paid his workers a pittance”