The Hindu Newspaper Editorial Vocabulary For Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank Exam 2017

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.Pertinent

Meaning: relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.

Synonym: relevant, to the point, apposite

Antonym: irrelevant, inappropriate

Sentence:"she asked me a lot of very pertinent questions"

2.Eulogize

Meaning: praise highly in speech or writing.

Synonym: acclaim, extol;

Antonym: criticize

Sentence: "he was eulogized as a rock star"

3.Valorize

Meaning: give or ascribe value or validity to.

Synonym: Price -fixing

Sentence: the culture valorizes the individual"

4.Lamentation

Meaning: the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping.

Synonym: crying, sobbing, moaning

Sentence: "scenes of lamentation"

Meaning: a disease or ailment.

Synonym: illness, sickness, ailment, disorder

Sentence: "an incurable malady"

6.Extravagant

Meaning: lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.

Synonym: spendthrift, profligate, unthrifty

Antonym: cheap, thrifty

Sentence: "it was rather extravagant to buy both"

7.Precedence

Meaning: the condition of being considered more important than someone or something else; priority in importance, order, or rank.

Synonym: outweigh, supersede,

Sentence: "his desire for power soon took precedence over any other consideration"

8.Hierarchy

Meaning: a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority

Synonym: pecking order, ranking, grading, ladder, social order, social stratum

Antonym: disordered, free-for-all

Sentence: "the initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy"

9.Panoramic

Meaning: (of a view or picture) with a wide view surrounding the observer; sweeping.

Synonym: sweeping, wide, extensive, bird's-eye, scenic

Antonym: restricted, narrow, limited

Sentence: "on a clear day there are panoramic views"

10.Cacophony

Meaning: a harsh discordant mixture of sounds.

Synonym: din, racket, noise,

Sentence: "a cacophony of deafening alarm bells

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