HINDU Newspaper Vocabulary for RBI ASSISTANT MAINS Exams 2017

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1.vagabond

Meaning: a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.

Synonym: wanderer, nomad

Usage: “he went vagabonding about the world”

2.unflappable

Meaning: having or showing calmness in a crisis.

Synonym: imperturbable, relaxed, insouciant, serene, stoical, phlegmatic,

Usage: “I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic circumstances”

3.valedictory

Meaning: a farewell address.

Synonym: farewell, goodbye, leaving, parting, departing, going away, last, final

Usage: “a valedictory message from the retiring ambassador”

4.wheedle

Meaning: use endearments or flattery to persuade someone to do something or give one something.

Synonym: coax, cajole, inveigle, lure, induce, blarney, entice, charm, tempt, beguile, flatter, 

Usage: “she wheedled her way on to the guest list”

5.twaddle

Meaning: trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense.

Synonym: idiocy, imbecility,

Usage: “he dismissed the novel as self-indulgent twaddle”

6.subterfuge

Meaning: deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal.

Synonym: trickery, intrigue, deviousness, evasion, deceit, deception, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, guile, cunning, craft, craftiness, slyness, chicanery, bluff, fraud, fraudulence, sophistry, sharp practice;

Usage: “he had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions”

7.subliminal

Meaning: (of a stimulus or mental process) below the threshold of sensation or 

consciousness; perceived by or affecting someone’s mind without their being aware of it.

Synonym: subconscious, unconscious

Usage: Since subliminal suggestions exist beneath our conscious levels of thought, we rarely realize their influence.

8.traduce

Meaning: speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.

Synonym: defame, slander, denigrate, disparage,

Usage: “it was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him”

9.tenuous

Meaning: very weak or slight.

Synonym: slight, insubstantial, flimsy, negligible, weak, fragile,

Usage: “the tenuous link between interest rates and investment”

10.trepidation 

Meaning: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.

Synonym: fear, apprehension, dread,

Usage: “the men set off in fear and trepidation”