Trending Vocabulary for SSC and Bank Exam

Posted byadmin Published On October 25th, 2016 Leave a comment on Trending Vocabulary for SSC and Bank Exam

1.Callous

Meaning: showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

Synonym: heartless, unfeeling

Antonym: kind, compassionate

Sentence: “his callous comments about the murder made me shiver”

2.Chagrin

Meaning: annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated.

Synonym: irritation, vexation, exasperation

Antonym: delight

Sentence: “to my chagrin, he was nowhere to be seen”

3.Demure

Meaning: (of a woman or her behaviour) reserved, modest, and shy.

Synonym: modest, unassuming, meek

Antonym: brazen, shameless

Sentence: “a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house”

4.Fallacy

Meaning:  a wrong belief : a false or mistaken idea,the quality of being false or wrong 

Synonym: error, misbelief, falsity

Sentence: “the once-common fallacy that girls just weren’t any good at math”

5.Regale

Meaning: to entertain sumptuously, to give pleasure or amusement to

Synonym:disport,solace

Sentence:  “an inn that nightly regales its guests with five-course meals prepared by a master chef”

6.Abdicate

Meaning-to leave the position of being a king or queen

Synonym-give up, resign,relinquish,

Antonym -adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim,

Sentence-The king was forced to abdicate.

7. Labyrinth

Meaning: a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze

Synonym: maze, rabbit warren, warren

Sentence: a complex labyrinth of tunnels and chambers

8.licentious

Meaning- sexually immoral or offensive

Synonym-dissolute, debauched, profligate,lewd. 

Antonym -chaste

Sentence-a moralist who decried what she regarded as the licentious and corrupt 

culture of the entertainment industry

9.Pernicious

Meaning: having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Synonym: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious

Antonym: beneficial, benign, favourable

Sentence: “the pernicious influences of the mass media”

10.Punctilious

Meaning: showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour.

Synonym: meticulous, conscientious, careful, diligent, attentive,

Antonym: careless, easy-going, slapdash

Sentence: “he was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests”