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

Today’s Word from The Hindu

1. Frivolous

•  Meaning: Not serious in content, attitude or behaviour

•  Synonym: foolish, trivial, flippant

•  Antonym: sensible, solemn, grave

• Sentence: She visits me in my room and insists upon talking her frivolous nonsense until my head aches.

2. Bemoan

•  Meaning: Regret strongly

•  Synonym: deplore, lament, rue

•  Antonym: gloat, be happy, praise

•  Sentence: I bemoan this hostile action.

3. Ruckus

•  Meaning: The act of making a noisy disturbance

•  Synonym: brawl, brouhaha, commotion

•  Antonym: calm, peace, harmony

• Sentence: "There seems to be some kind of a ruckus," Mr. Appel remarked as he stood up and leaned out the window.

4. Reinvigorate

•  Meaning: Impart vigour, strength, or vitality to

•  Synonym: enliven, resuscitate, revivify

•  Antonym: destroy, ruin, dissuade

• Sentence: If our free enterprise economy is to be strong and healthy, we must reinvigorate the forces of competition

5. Festering

•  Meaning: Ripen and generate pus

•  Synonym: smoulder, blister, canker

•  Antonym: dissipate, flourish, heal

• Sentence: Her wounds are festering

6. Fritter

•  Meaning: Spend frivolously and unwisely

•  Synonym: consume, squander, dally

•  Antonym: hoard, hold, store

• Sentence: He must refuse to fritter away priceless time and energy in the random genialities of the world.

7. Writ

•  Meaning: a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer; Past participle of write;               written

•  Synonym: mandate, prescript, replevin

•  Antonym: countermand, dismay, discountenance

• Sentence: Why, it is not stated, the officer not even producing the copy of a writ.

8. Albeit

•  Meaning: Even though

•  Synonym: admitting, notwithstanding, even if

• Sentence: The men received a meaningful, albeit boring, homecoming.

9. Occult

•  Meaning: Hidden and difficult to see; Supernatural practices and techniques

•  Synonym: concealed, mysterious, recondite

•  Antonym: exposed, bare, obvious

• Sentence: For you they may possess an occult significance of which I know nothing.

10.Infestation

•  Meaning: The state of being invaded or overrun by parasites

•  Synonym: affliction, scourge, pestilence

•  Antonym: purification, prosperity, boon

• Sentence: All the infestation at the edges of these spots must be destroyed.

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