Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary for SSC CGL 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. 

1.Succinctly

Meaning: Briefly

Synonym: Shortly, summarily

Antonym: permanently, verbosely

Sentence: Please state your case as succinctly as possible.

2.Implacable

Meaning: merciless

Synonym: cruel. unforgiving

Antonym: kind, remorseful

Sentence: Clinton accused congressional Republicans of "implacable hostility”.

3.Spurious

Meaning: not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

Synonym: specious, false, counterfeit, fraudulent

Antonym: authentic, genuine, real

4.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"

5.Ostentatious

Meaning: characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.

Synonym: showy, pretentious, conspicuous, obtrusive,

Antonym: plain, unobtrusive, restrained, modest

Sentence:"a simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious"

Meaning: ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone, accost 

someone and offer one's or someone else's services as a prostitute.

Synonym: request, apply for, put in for, seek, beg, plead for,

Antonym: forewarn, ward (off), warn; drive (away or off), repulse, turn away

Sentence: "he called a meeting to solicit their views"

"although prostitution was not itself an offence, soliciting was"

Meaning: Appeal

Synonym: attraction, charm, glamor

Antonym: repulsion

Sentence: They allure and baffle us, as the smile on the lips of the Mona Lisa.

8.Besotted

Meaning: Very Drunk

Synonym: Buzzed, drunk

Antonym: Sober, straight

Sentence: I had traveling money and got besotted in the bar downstairs

Meaning: having many curves and turns.

Synonym: windy, serpentine, curving, twisting

Antonym: straight

Sentence: "the river follows a sinuous trail through the dale"

10.Altercation

Meaning:  a noisy argument or disagreement, especially in public.

Synonym: argument, quarrel, squabble, fight,

Sentence:"I had an altercation with the ticket collector"

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