Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary for Bank of Baroda PO Exam

Dear Students, we are providing to you Vocabulary Words from The HINDU Newspaper Editorial. We suggest you read a newspaper daily. In case if you are not able to read The Hindu, we will post important words every day from editorial section. These vocab words will help you a lot in your competitive exams.

1.Prelude

Meaning: an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.

Synonym: preliminary, overture, opening, preparation

Antonym:conclusion, postscript

Sentence: "a ceasefire had been agreed as a prelude to full peace negotiations"

2.Premonition

Meaning: a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.

Synonym: foreboding, presage, presentiment, prognostication

Sentence: "he had a premonition of imminent disaster"

3.Preponderance

Meaning: the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.

Synonym: prevalence, predominance, dominance 

Sentence: "the preponderance of women among older people"

4.Preposterous

Meaning: contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.

Synonym: absurd, ridiculous, foolish, stupid, ludicrous

Antonym: reasonable, sensible

Sentence: "a preposterous suggestion"

5.Prerogative

Meaning: a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.

Synonym: entitlement, right, privilege, advantage

Sentence: "in some countries, higher education is predominantly the prerogative of the rich"

6.Posthumous

Meaning: occurring, awarded or appearing after the death of the originator., (of a child) born after the death of its father.

Synonym: postmortem

Antonym: antemortem

Sentence: "he was awarded a posthumous Military Cross"

Meaning: safe to drink; drinkable.

Synonym: drinkable

Antonym: contaminated, dirty, foul, polluted;

Sentence: "there is no supply of potable water available"

8.Potpourri

Meaning: a mixture of dried petals and spices placed in a bowl to perfume a room.

a mixture or medley of things.

Synonym: mixture, assortment, collection, selection

Sentence: "he played a potpourri of tunes from Gilbert and Sullivan"

9.Pragmatic

Meaning: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

Synonym: practical, realistic

Antonym: idealistic, impractical, unrealistic, utopian

Sentence: "a pragmatic approach to politics"

10.Predilection

Meaning: a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something.

Synonym: liking, fondness, preference, partiality,

Sentence: "your predilection for pretty girls"

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