Dear Readers,
SBI PO Mains is going to be really very difficult as compared to SBI PO Prelims. So just do not judge the difficulty level on the basis of prelims examination. English Section too will be playing an important role as there will two papers, objective and subjective. So work on it with all your efforts so as to score the maximum of the marks. Learn the words and make your own sentences on the basis of the given Word List. Here are a few lines from the Hindu…
Example: Now, the Centre, which will face no tax competition except from the rest of the world, can determine rates at whim.
1. Whim [hwim, wim]
Noun: an odd or capricious notion or desire; a sudden or freakish fancy; capricious humor.
Synonyms: impulse, inclination, vagary, caprice, conceit, craze, desire, disposition, dream.
Example: This will encourage tax rate increases that are detrimental to growth.
2. Detrimental [de-truh-men-tl]
Adjective: causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
Noun: a detrimental person or thing.
Synonyms: adverse, destructive, disturbing, harmful, hurtful, inimical, injurious, negative.
Antonyms: aiding, assisting, favourable, friendly, good, helpful.
Example: A single, low tax rate might also turn out to be more burdensome if the cost of bureaucratic compliance is higher than under multiple, higher tax rates.
3. Burdensome [bur-dn-suh m]
Adjective: oppressively heavy; onerous; distressing; troublesome.
Synonyms: demanding, difficult, onerous, oppressive, taxing, carking, crushing, disturbing.
Antonyms: calm, easy, trivial, aiding, helpful, helping.
4. Bureaucratic [byoo r-uh-krat-ik]
Adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
Synonyms: departmental, governmental, legislative, managerial, organizational, policy-making, regulatory, supervisory.
5. Compliance [kuh m-plahy-uh ns]
Noun: the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding; a tendency to yield readily to others, especially in a weak and subservient way; conformity; accordance.
Synonyms: conformity, consent, acquiescence, amenability, assent, complaisance, concession, concurrence, deference.
Antonyms: difference, disagreement, refusal, disobedience, rebellion resistance.
Example: Three, contrary to common belief, the prices that consumers pay don’t rise or fall in tandem with taxes imposed on goods, be they production or consumption taxes.
6. Contrary [kon-trer-ee]
Adjective: opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed; opposite in direction or position.
Noun: something that is contrary or opposite.
Adverb: in opposition; oppositely; counter.
Synonyms: adverse, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, discordant, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, negative.
Antonyms: agreeable, agreeing, consistent, friendly, harmonious, kind.
7. Tandem [tan-duh m]
Adverb: one following or behind the other.
Adjective: having animals, seats, parts, etc., arranged tandem or one behind another.
Noun: a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
Synonyms: bike, cycle, velocipede, wheels.
Example: The charismatic people of the town are just as much a part of the bucolic setting as the Southern mansions are.
8. Charismatic [kar-iz-mat-ik]
Adjective: of, having, or characteristic of charisma(a divinely conferred gift or power).
Synonyms: appealing, alluring, hypnotic, larger than life, magnetic, mesmerizing.
9. Bucolic [byoo-kol-ik]
Adjective: of or relating to shepherds; pastoral; of, relating to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.
Noun: a pastoral poem.
Synonyms: agrarian, pastoral, arcadian, country, agricultural, countrified.
10. Mansion [man-shuh n]
Noun: a very large, impressive, or stately residence; manor house.
Synonyms: building, dwelling, estate, hall, home, manor, palace.
Antonyms: office, hut.
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