Trending Vocabulary for SSC and Bank Exam

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1.pseudonym

Meaning: a fictitious name, especially one used by an author.

Synonym: pen name, assumed name, incognito, alias,

Sentence: “I wrote under the pseudonym of Evelyn Hervey”

2.pugnacious

Meaning: eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.

Synonym: combative, aggressive, antagonistic, belligerent,

Antonym: peaceable, friendly

Sentence: “the increasingly pugnacious demeanour of right-wing politicians”

3.puerile

Meaning: childishly silly and immature.

Synonym: adolescent, babyish, immature, infantile, jejune, juvenile,

Antonym:  experienced, knowing, smart, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise

Sentence: “a puerile argument”

4.prudent

Meaning:acting with or showing care and thought for the future.

Synonym: wise, well judged, judicious, sagacious

Antonym: unwise, imprudent, incautious, extravagant

Sentence: “no prudent money manager would authorize a loan without first knowing its purpose”

5.unilateral

Meaning:(of an action or decision) performed by or affecting only one person, group, 

or country involved in a situation, without the agreement of another or the others.

Synonym: one-party, one-sided

Antonym: multilateral

Sentence: “unilateral nuclear disarmament”

6.chicanery

Meaning: the use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one’s purpose.

Synonym: trickery, deception, deceit,

Sentence: “storylines packed with political chicanery”

7.chauvinist

Meaning: a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism.

Synonym: jingoistic, chauvinistic, excessively patriotic

Sentence: “a chauvinist rejection of foreign interference”

8.Abbot

Meaning: a man who is the head of an abbey of monks

Sentence: In August 1177 we know that he was abbot of the monastery of Corazzo, near 

Martirano.

9.Semblance

Meaning: the state of being somewhat like something but not truly or fully the same thing

Synonym:airs,charade,disguise

Sentence: “ a used-car dealer with only a semblance of honesty”

10.Jeopardize

Meaning: put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of 

loss, harm, or failure.

Synonym: threaten, endanger, imperil, menace, risk,

Antonym: safeguard

Sentence: “a devaluation of the dollar would jeopardize New York’s position as a financial centre”