HINDU Newspaper Vocabulary for IPPB and IBPS Exams 2017

Meaning: skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.

Synonym: shrewd, clever, sharp, sharp-witted, astute, canny,

Antonym: naive, guileless

Sentence:"his wily opponents"

2.Menial

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: a quick and clever reply

Synonym: comeback, repartee, retort

Sentence: he's known for having a brilliant riposte to nearly any insult

5.Petulant

Meaning: (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered

Synonym: short-tempered, peevish,

Antonym: affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted

Sentence: "he was moody and petulant"

6. Vacillation

Meaning: fluctuation

Synonym: hesitation, doubt, indecision

Antonym: certainty, sure

Sentence: I vacillate between the red truck and the blue one

7.Incendiary

Meaning: Causing trouble,

Synonym: inflammatory, dangerous

Antonym: loyal, peacemaking

Sentence: His team continued to clear the building and toss flares into corners

as they sought out any living insurgents or incendiary devices.

Meaning: childishly silly and immature.

Synonym: adolescent, babyish, immature, infantile, jejune, juvenile,

Antonym: experienced, knowing, smart, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise

Sentence: "a puerile argument"

9.Vicarious

Meaning: experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.

Synonym: indirect, second-hand, secondary, derivative,

Sentence: "this catalog brings vicarious pleasure in luxury living"

10.Egregious

Meaning: outstandingly bad; shocking, remarkably good.

Synonym: atrocious, deplorable

Antonym: concealed , good

Sentence: "egregious abuses of copyright"

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