Hindu Word Meaning for SSC CGL 2016, SSC CPO, SSC CHSL

Today’s Word from The Hindu

1. Pecuniary

•Meaning: relating or involving money

•Synonym: monetary, banking 

•Antonym: 

•Sentence:They saw in it, in the first place, a meansof pecuniary gain.

2. Brouhaha

•Meaning: uproar

•Synonym: fracas, to-do

•Antonym: peace

•Sentence:It was then I realized the Chief was still sitting in his chair, where he had been when the brouhaha started.

3. Astound

•Meaning: Shock or greatly surprise

•Synonym: Stun, Stagger

•Antonym: Bore, Annoy

•Sentence:Her bluntness astounded him

4. Aesthetic

•Meaning: Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

•Synonym: Beautiful ,Artistic

•Antonym: Ugly ,  Unattractive

•Sentence:The pictures give great aesthetic pleasure.

5. Detrimental

•Meaning: Tending to cause harm

•Synonym: Harmful , Hurtful

•Antonym: Harmless, Beneficial

•Sentence:Recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people.

6. Meticulous

•Meaning: very careful and precise

•Synonym: Careful, Accurate

•Antonym: Careless, Lazy

•Sentence:The designs are hand-glazed with meticulous care.

7. Knack

•Meaning: ability

•Synonym: aptitude, skill, bent

•Antonym: lack, inability,

•Sentence:It was horrid of you but you always had a knack of rubbing one up the wrong way.

8. Brazenly

•Meaning: honestly

•Synonym: publically, candidly 

•Antonym: incompletely, secretly, 

•Sentence:But comparatively few realize how great were the fears, and how brazenly the prophecies were spoken.

9. Errant

•Meaning: wrong ,deviant

•Synonym: erratic, stray

•Antonym: normal,

•Sentence:I saw an errant man shouting at his daughter for skipping office

10. Peg

•Meaning: attach

•Synonym: fix, fasten, join

•Antonym: loose, detach

•Sentence:The dividend was pegged at 20percent.

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