HINDU Newspaper Vocabulary for RBI ASSISTANT MAINS Exams 2017

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1.Vicissitude

Meaning: a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

Synonym: mutation, modification, transition

Sentence: “her husband’s sharp vicissitudes of fortune”

2.Vicarious

Meaning: experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.

Synonym: indirect, second-hand, secondary, derivative,

Sentence: “this catalogue brings vicarious pleasure in luxury living”

3.Versatile

Meaning: able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.

Synonym: flexible, all-round, multifaceted, multitalented,

Antonym: inflexible, limited

Sentence: “a versatile sewing machine”

4.Vernacular

Meaning: the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region.

Synonym: everyday language, spoken language, colloquial speech,slang

Sentence: “he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience”

5. Vitiate

Meaning: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.

Synonym: poison, spoil, stain, tarnish, touch, taint

Sentence: “development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population”

6.Intimidation

Meaning: the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated.

Synonym: frightening, menacing, terrifying, scaring, alarming

Antonym: benign, benignant, gentle, mild, non-intimidating, tender

Sentence: “the intimidation of witnesses and jurors”

7.Overt

Meaning: done or shown openly; plainly apparent.

Synonym: undisguised, unconcealed, observable, visible, manifest, above board;

Antonym: covert, hidden

Sentence: “an overt act of aggression”

8.Pacifist

Meaning: a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable., holding the belief that war and violence are unjustifiable.

Synonym: appeaser, pacifier

Antonym: warmonger

Sentence: “she was a committed pacifist all her life”

9.Thwart

Meaning: prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

Synonym: foil, frustrate, baulk, stand in the way of, forestall

Antonym: assist, facilitate

Sentence: “he never did anything to thwart his father”

10.Pageant

Meaning: a public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate, colourful costumes, or an outdoor performance of a historical scene., a beauty contest.

Synonym: parade, procession, cavalcade

Sentence: “they brought the history books to life at the town’s pageant”