Vocabulary for IBPS and Other Bank Exam 2016

1.Malarkey

Meaning: foolish words or ideas

Synonym: applesauce, balderdash

Sentence: He thinks everything politicians say is just a bunch of malarkey

Meaning: speech or writing that is meant to sound important or impressive but is not sincere or meaningful

Synonym: exaggeration

Sentence: you need less bombast and more substance in this speech on human rights

3.Quintessential

Meaning: the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form

Synonym: acme, apotheosis

Sentence: A selfless desire to help others is the quintessence of the virtue of charity

Meaning: someone who saves something or someone from danger, harm, failure, etc.

Synonym: deliverer, redeemer

Sentence: We all felt that she was our savior.

5.Rambunctious

Meaning: uncontrolled in a way that is playful or full of energy

Synonym:hell-raising, knockabout, boisterous

Antonym :noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restrained, serene,

Sentence:The schoolyard was filled with rambunctious kids.

Meaning: ostentatiously costly and luxurious.

Synonym: luxurious, sumptuous, palatial

Antonym: penniless, poor, impoverished, penurious

Sentence: "the opulent comfort of a limousine"

7. Sojourn

Meaning: a temporary stay., stay somewhere temporarily.

Synonym: stay, visit, stop, stopover, residence;

Sentence: "her sojourn in Rome"

8.  Peremptory

Meaning: insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.

Synonym: high-handed, brisk, abrupt, summary, commanding, authoritative,

Antonym: humble, meek, modest, unassuming

Sentence: "‘Just do it!’ came the peremptory reply"

9. Percussion

Meaning: musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a stick or beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals, xylophones, gongs, bells, and rattles.

Synonym: crash, bang, smash, clash, bump

Sentence: "percussion instruments"

10. Pernicious

Meaning: having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Synonym: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious

Antonym: beneficial, benign, favourable

Sentence: "the pernicious influences of the mass media"

  

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