To strengthen the crust and core of your English language what you need is new and effective words added to your dictionary every day. This is a tedious task if you sit with the dictionary every day. Adda247 brings to you a compact way of learning constantly and efficiently. This is today’s Vocabulary for the aspirants who are preparing for the various banking examinations. SBI Clerk, LIC ADO, IBPS RRB, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk are some of the upcoming examinations which can be prepared with the aid of daily Vocabulary. Vocab will help you excel not just in the examinations but will help you sail through the Interview round of the examinations you are preparing for. The words you choose will accelerate you in the correct path towards success and we hope that this article serves the purpose. Here is the vocabulary for 15th September 2019.
PUMMEL(Verb)
Meaning: to defeat someone easily at a sport
Synonyms: bash, batter
Antonyms: compliment, fail
Usage: The boxer had pummeled his opponent into submission by the end of the fourth round.
ABOMINATE(Verb)
Meaning: to hate something very much
Synonyms: abhor, despise
Antonyms: admire, approve
Usage: Eventually one has to bring people together and sit down with those whose records one abominates.
SUBJUGATE(Verb)
Meaning: to treat yourself, your wishes, or your beliefs as being less important than other people or their wishes or beliefs
Synonyms: conquer, enslave
Antonyms: lose, release
Usage: Reporters must subjugate personal political convictions to their professional commitment to balance.
SPRIGHTLY(Adjective)
Meaning: (especially of old people) energetic and in good health
Synonyms: agile, bouncy
Antonyms: apathetic, inactive
Usage: The 14th century saw the beginning of a new literature of travel in sprightly and informing travelogues.
STATUTORY (adjective)
Meaning: decided, controlled, or required by law.
Synonyms: legitimate, permissible, admissible, allowable.
Antonyms: unconstitutional, illegal, irrelevant, unofficial.
Usage: She’s below the statutory age for school attendance.
BACKSTOP (noun)
Meaning: an emergency precaution or last resort.
Synonyms: safeguard, preventive measure, insurance.
Antonyms: constraint, limitation, restriction, sanction.
Usage: They want the Democrats to act as a backstop for this wild nonsense.
SWATHE (noun)
Meaning: a large part of something that includes several different things.
Synonyms: envelope, stretch, area, track.
Antonyms: brink, border, boundary, margin.
Usage: These people represent a broad swathe of public opinion.
FARCE (noun)
Meaning: an absurd event.
Synonyms: travesty, sham, masquerade, charade.
Antonyms: solemnity, reverence, seriousness, sobriety.
Usage: We need to get more good referees like him, or the game is going to become a complete farce.
STONEWALL (Verb)
Meaning: delay or obstruct (a request, process, or person) by refusing to answer questions or by being evasive.
Synonyms: delay, rebuff
Usage: Picketing protestors were determined to stonewall the peace talks and keep the lockout going.
ARRANT (adjective)
Meaning: used to say how bad something is.
Synonyms: utter, absolute, complete, thorough.
Antonyms: dubious, questionable, restricted, uncertain.
Usage: Because of her arrant devotion to her family, she volunteered to go to the labor camp with them.
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