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

Today’s Word from The Hindu

1. Inebriated

•Meaning: Stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

•Synonym: bombed, plastered, boozy

•Antonym: sober, straight

•Sentence:He arrived late in the banqueting hall, and there were indications that he was inebriated.

2. Altercation

•Meaning: Noisy quarrel

•Synonym: wrangle, embroilment, rumble

•Antonym: concord, harmony, peace

•Sentence:The Rao Sahib interposed, fearful of an altercation between his two most skillful commanders.

3. Picket

•Meaning: A protester or group of protestors posted outside a place of work, esp. during a strike to encourage others not to go to work

•Synonym: palisade, stanchion. upright

•Antonym: 

•Sentence:One picket had been posted at the end of a loop in a chain of valleys.

4. Timid

•Meaning: Showing fear and lack of confidence

•Synonym: ambivalent, bashful, vacillating

•Antonym: conceited, egotistical, extrovert

•Sentence:Problems call for bold not timid responses

5. Expats

•Meaning: A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

•Synonym: expellee, exile, expatriate

•Antonym: citizen, national, native

•Sentence:A network of expats in London keeps her from missing the family she left behind.

6. Inclement

•Meaning: Used of persons or behaviour; showing no clemency or mercy

•Synonym: brutal, tempestuous, intemperate

•Antonym: merciful, sympathetic, mild

•Sentence:The harsh sentence of an inclement judge

7. Striving

•Meaning: An effortful attempt to attain a goal

•Synonym: conation, conatus, attempt

•Antonym: desultory, feeble, indolent

•Sentence:We strive to make our customers happy

8. Purport

•Meaning:Have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming

•Synonym: acceptation, tenor, upshot

•Antonym: exterior, insignificance, outside

•Sentence:The letter purports to express people's opinion

9. Stout

•Meaning: Dependable; Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

•Synonym: overweight, porcine, tubby

•Antonym: skinny, weak, slight

•Sentence:Men are portly and women are stout

10. Amiss

•Meaning: Away from the correct or expected course

•Synonym: untoward, haywire, awry

•Antonym: proper, suitable, good

•Sentence:Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practised more

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