Vocabulary for IBPS and Other Bank Exam 2016

1.Scintillating

Meaning: brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful.

Synonym: brilliant, dazzling, exciting, exhilarating

Antonym: boring, dull, pedestrian

Sentence: "the audience loved his scintillating wit"

Meaning:(of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.

Synonym: unskilled, lowly, humble, low-grade, low-status, routine, humdrum, boring, dull;

Sentence:"menial factory jobs"

Meaning: an underground burial chamber

Synonym: catacomb

Sentence: archaeologists were thrilled to discover an ancient vault that hadn't been looted by grave robbers

4.Equestrian

Meaning: of or relating to the riding of horses

Sentence: equestrian sports

5. Repechage

Meaning: a trial heat (as in rowing) in which first-round losers are given another chance to qualify for the semifinals

Sentence: French repechage second chance.

Meaning: toward or at the front part of a boat, ship, or airplane

Sentence: The plane's exits are located fore and aft.

7.Molestation

Meaning: to harm (sexual way)

Synonyms: to bother, annoy

Sentence: He was sent to jail for molesting children.

8.Corporal

Meaning: Relating to the human body.

Synonyms: Physical

Sentence: started to suffer the corporal ailments that come with advancing age

Meaning: the distance or extent between possible extremes

Synonyms: diapason, scale

Sentence: the actress's work runs the gamut from goofy comedies to serious historical dramas

Meaning: being out of the ordinary

Synonyms: aberrant, abnormal

Sentence: even weather forecasters seemed surprised by the freak hailstorm

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