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Daily Wordlist for SBI Exam 2016

Daily Wordlist for SBI Exam 2016 |_2.1

1.anthropology
Meaning: the study of humankind, in particular:
Sentence: In 1907 he was elected professor of social anthropology at Liverpool.

2.bilingual
Meaning: speaking two languages fluently.
Sentence: “a bilingual secretary”

3.anachronism
Meaning: a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
Sentence: “the town is a throwback to medieval times, an anachronism that has survived the passing years”

4.credence
Meaning: belief in or acceptance of something as true.
Synonym: acceptance, belief, faith, trust,
Antonym: distrust, mistrust
Sentence: “psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen”

5.biennial
Meaning: an event celebrated or taking place every two years.
Sentence: “the first of a series of biennial exhibitions”

6.circumstantial
Meaning: pointing indirectly towards someone’s guilt but not conclusively proving it.
Synonym: indirect, inferred, inferential, deduced
Antonym: vague
Sentence: “the prosecution will have to rely on circumstantial evidence”

7.credulous
Meaning: having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.
Synonym: gullible, naive, impressionable, trusting,
Antonym: worldly, suspicious
Sentence: “a ceremony staged for credulous tourists”

8.chronic
Meaning: continuing or occurring again and again for a long time,  happening or existing frequently or most of the time, always or often doing something specified
Synonym: natural; persistent, regular,
Antonym: unaccustomed, unused; intermittent, occasional
Sentence: He suffers from chronic arthritis.

9.misanthrope
Meaning: a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
Synonym:  cynic, sceptic, churl, grouch, grump, recluse, hermit, anchorite
Sentence: “Scrooge wasn’t the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be”

10.circumlocution
Meaning: the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.
Synonym: periphrasis, circuitousness, indirectness;
Sentence: “his admission came after years of circumlocution”


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