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

Today’s Word from The Hindu

1. Acquiesce

•Meaning: To agree or express agreement

•Synonym: concur, accede, reconcile

•Antonym: veto, disarrange, dissent

•Sentence: The Maestro acquiesced to the request for an encore

2. Blithe

•Meaning: Lacking or showing a lack of due concern

•Synonym: jaunty, happy, carefree

•Antonym: depressed, morose, lethargic

•Sentence: He spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation

3.Dishevelled

•Meaning: In disarray; extremely disorderly

•Synonym: muss, tousle

•Sentence: The strong wind dishevelled my hair

4. Retribution

•Meaning: A justly deserved penalty

•Synonym: comeuppance, reckoning, reprisal

•Antonym: forgiveness, pardon, sympathy

•Sentence: I am guilty; or rather, I have been guilty; and this is my retribution.

5.Exemplary

•Meaning: Worthy of imitation

•Synonym: commendable, sterling, virtuous

•Antonym: erring, dishonourable

•Sentence: An action exemplary of his conduct

6.Placid

•Meaning: free from disturbance by heavy waves

•Synonym: serene, tranquil, halcyon

•Antonym: agitated, turbulent, noisy

•Sentence: A ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay

7.Abjure

•Meaning: Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

•Synonym: forswear, renege, renounce

•Antonym: allow, emphasize

•Sentence: She abjured her beliefs

8. Clandestine

•Meaning: Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

•Synonym: covert, surreptitious, foxy

•Antonym: authorised, overboard, forthright

•Sentence: Now that Mr. Bagley was no longer there to spy upon their actions these clandestine interviews had been comparatively easy.

9.Compunction

•Meaning: A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

•Synonym: attrition, penitence, repentance

•Antonym: disdain, defiance, meanness

•Sentence: And a vague feeling of compunction mingled with her sense of deliverance.

10.Tacit

•Meaning: Implied by or inferred from actions or statements

•Synonym: allusive, intimated, implied

•Antonym: stated, express, explicit

•Sentence: For the time the tacit consent of her position never occurred to her.

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