The Hindu Newspaper Editorial Vocabulary For SBI PO and NIACL Exam 2017

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Dear Students, we are providing to you Vocabulary Words from The HINDU Newspaper Editorial. 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.Uncouth

Meaning: lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

Synonym: uncivilized, uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined,

Antonym: refined, cultivated, polite

Sentence: “he is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time”

2.Versatile

Meaning: able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.

Synonym: flexible, all-round, multifaceted,

Antonym: inflexible, limited

Sentence: “a versatile sewing machine”

3.Puerile

Meaning: childishly silly and immature

Synonym: jejune, infantile 

Antonym: mature, adult

Sentence: “a puerile argument”

4.Afflicting

Meaning: Cause or become hurt

Synonym: annoy, rack, grieve

Antonym: Aid, delight

Sentence: Not only does she afflict my children; but my cattle, my gun and myself have been bewitched by her.

5.Allure

Meaning: Appeal

Synonym: attraction, charm, glamor

Antonym: repulsion

Sentence: They allure and baffle us, as the smile on the lips of the Mona Lisa.

6.Wanton

Meaning: (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked

Synonym: deliberate, malicious,

Antonym: justifiable

Sentence: “sheer wanton vandalism”

7.Vernacular

Meaning: the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region.

Synonym: everyday language, spoken language, colloquial speech,slang

Sentence: “he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience”

8.Loquacious

Meaning: tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

Synonym: talkative, garrulous,

Antonym: reticent, taciturn

Sentence: “never loquacious, Sarah was now totally lost for words”

9.Ambidextrous

Meaning: able to use the right and left hands equally well.

Synonym: two-handed,

Antonym: right-handed

Sentence: “few of us are naturally ambidextrous”

10.Amalgamation

Meaning: the action, process, or result of combining or uniting.

Synonym: combination, union, merger, blend, mixture

Sentence: “the threat of amalgamation with another college”

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