Trending Vocabulary for SSC and Bank Exam

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1.Abstemious

Meaning: not eating and drinking too much 

Synonym: continent, self-abnegating

Sentence: “She is known as an abstemious eater and drinker.”

2. Accoutre

Meaning: to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity

Synonym: furnish,equip,gird

Sentence: “hikers accoutered with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses”

3. Gamut

Meaning: the distance or extent between possible extremes

Synonym: diapason, spectrum, spread

Sentence: “the actress’s work runs the gamut from goofy comedies to serious historical dramas”

4. Bequeath

Meaning: to give by means of a will

Synonym: leave, will

Sentence: “having no heir, he bequeathed his house to his local church”

5.Clement

Meaning: marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low

Synonym: equable, genial, mild

Sentence: “Hawaii is known for its delightfully clement climate”

6.Humbug

Meaning: an imitation that is passed off as genuine

Synonym: phony, hoax

Sentence: “tests showed that the “old” map of America was a cleverly made humbug”

7. Bellicose

Meaning:  feeling or displaying eagerness to fight

Synonym: assaultive, agonistic

Sentence: “bellicose hockey players who always seem to spend more time fighting than 

playing”

8.Earnest

Meaning: a serious and intent mental state

Synonym: serious, sedate

Sentence: “ I’ll accept only an earnest apology from you”

9.Harry

Meaning: to make a pillaging or destructive raid on

Synonym:worry,annoy

Sentence:  “The invaders harried the village’s residents.”

10.Disposition

Meaning: a tendency to act or think in a particular way

Synonym:temperament,character

Sentence: He has a disposition toward criminal behavior.