Dear Students, SSC CGL 2017 Exam will be conducted from 1st August to 20 August 2017. For vocabulary related questions, you need to read a lot and memorize the words so that you can answer all the questions based on vocab. Your reading habit can make all the difference. If you are not able to read a newspaper for SSC Exam, here we are providing vocab words based on the Hindu newspaper editorial.
1.Turbulent (adjective)
1.Turbulent (adjective)
Meaning: characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not stable or calm.
Synonyms: tempestuous, stormy, unstable, unsettled, tumultuous, explosive, in turmoil, full of upheavals, full of conflict, full of ups and downs, roller-coaster, chaotic, full of confusion.
Example: Last week, on June 7, just days before he turns 71, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal, marking his fourth term as Prime Minister. Yet compared to the rather turbulent politics in Nepal which makes him the 24th Prime Minister since the beginning of multiparty democracy in the country 27 years ago, this transition was singularly straightforward.
Meaning: the action or fact of raising or being raised to a higher or more important level, state, or position.
Synonyms: promotion, upgrading, advancement, advance, preferment, aggrandizement, move up, step up.
Example: His elevation comes as part of the deal struck between Nepali Congress (NC) and the Maoist party (CPN-Maoist Centre) last July under which Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ became Prime Minister in August, with NC support on the understanding that after nine months, during which his government would conduct the local body elections, he would hand over charge and support NC leader Deuba’s claim to the post.
3.Ignominious (adjective)
Meaning: deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
Synonyms: humiliating, undignified, embarrassing, mortifying, shameful,disgraceful, dishonourable, discreditable, ignoble, inglorious, abject, sorry, wretched, miserable, pitiful.
Example: Mr. Prachanda upheld his end of the bargain, and in contrast with his first term as Prime Minister which ended ignominiously with his resigning after nine months in 2009, following the controversy around arbitrarily dismissing the Army chief Rookmangud Katawal, his second nine-month tenure was productive.
4.Alienate (verb)
Meaning: make (someone) feel isolated or estranged.
Synonyms: estrange, turn away, set apart, drive apart, isolate, detach, distance, put at a distance.
Example: Domestically, he tried to build bridges with the Madhesis and the Janjatis who had been alienated by his predecessor K.P. Sharma Oli’s highhandedness, by promising them a consultative process and a constitutional amendment that would address their concerns. In keeping with this assurance, his government tabled a constitutional amendment proposal which goes a long way in addressing the Madhesi reservations.
5.Blockade (noun)
Meaning: an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Synonyms: siege, beleaguerment, encirclement;
Example: Externally, Mr. Prachanda also set about repairing relations with India which had reached a low during the tenure of Mr. Oli, who blamed India for stoking the Madhesi agitation and imposing an economic blockade.
6.Promulgate (verb)
Meaning: promote or make widely known (an idea or cause)
synonyms: make known, make public, publicize, spread, communicate, propagate, disseminate, circulate, broadcast, promote, announce, proclaim.
Example: Under the new Constitution promulgated in 2015, seven provinces have been created and significant decentralisation of powers has taken place.
7.Insurgency (noun)
Meaning: an active revolt or uprising.
Example: This will go a long way in bringing political stability to Nepal which, during the last quarter century has gone through a Maoist insurgency and transitioned from a monarchy to a republic. Importantly, India needs to ensure speedy delivery of the generous pledges of over a billion dollars committed during the last two years to make good on Mr. Modi’s ‘neighbourhood first’ policy.
8.Pragmatic (adjective)
Meaning: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
Synonyms: down-to-earth, earthy, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, practical, realistic
Example: The Kerala government’s new liquor policy is a pragmatic step that may help boost its revenue and retrieve lost ground in the tourism sector.
9.Abstinence (noun)
Meaning: the practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol etc.
synonyms: teetotalism, temperance, sobriety, abstemiousness, abstention;
Example: To partially offset criticism, it has raised the legal drinking age from 21 to 23. The new excise policy is, of course, no surprise as the LDF election manifesto had made it clear that it does not favour prohibition and would rather emphasise on voluntary abstinence.
10.Approbation (noun)
Meaning: approval or praise.
synonyms: approval, acceptance, assent, endorsement, encouragement, recognition, appreciation, support, respect, admiration, commendation, congratulations.
Example: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has justified his decision to liberalise the sector by describing the earlier policy, which had received the Supreme Court’s approbation as well, as a ‘fiasco’, as the restrictions on the sale of liquor had brought down tourism traffic, caused job losses and led to a spike in drug abuse.
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