Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary for SBI PO 2017

Hello, Greetings!! SBI PO 2017 will commence in the month of APRIL 2017. In order to help and guide all of you, we're going to post VOCABULARY BASED ON THE HINDU NEWSPAPER. In all the competitive exams, Vocabulary questions are asked from newspapers. 

Meaning: Pull back or move away or backward

Synonym: subside, ebb, taper

Antonym: forge, ascend, prolong

Sentence: The unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older

Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable

Synonym: particle, degree, speck, fragment, scrap,

Sentence: "his statement had a modicum of truth"

3.Blasphemous

Meaning: sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.

Synonym: irreligious, irreverent, impious, ungodly,

Antonym: reverent

Sentence: "blasphemous and heretical talk"

4.Bibliophile

Meaning: a person who collects or has a great love of books

Synonym: book lover, bookworm

Sentence: John is a bibliophile.

5.Biennial

Meaning: taking place every other year, an event celebrated or taking place every two years

Sentence: "the top antiques fairs are the Milan and Florence biennials"

6.Blasphemous

Meaning: sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.

Synonym: irreligious, irreverent, impious, ungodly,

Antonym: reverent

Sentence: "blasphemous and heretical talk"

Meaning: surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.

Synonym: beleaguer, blockade, surround

Antonym: release, relieve, reprieve; comfort, console,

Sentence: "she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen"

8.Sonorous

Meaning:(of a person's voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full.

Synonym: deep, clear, mellow, mellifluous, melodious, full-toned,

Antonym: serene, soothing, tranquil;

Sentence:"he read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice"

9. Epiphany

Meaning: A moment of sudden understanding or revelation 

Synonym: Flash, oracle

Antonym: Confusion, Secret

Sentence: In the first grade, I experienced an epiphany that girls were always treated differently than boys.

10. Erudite

Meaning: Well- educated

Synonym: literate, scholarly

Antonym: uneducated, ignorant

Sentence: As to what India derived from Greece there has been a good deal of erudite debate.

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