HINDU Newspaper Vocabulary for RBI ASSISTANT MAINS Exams 2017

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1.Lacklustre

Meaning: lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring.

Synonym: unimaginative, dull, humdrum, colourless

Antonym: inspired, brilliant

Sentence: “no excuses were made for the team’s lackluster performance”

2.Specious

Meaning: superficially plausible, but actually wrong., misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive

Synonym: misleading, deceptive, false, fallacious,

Antonym: candid, direct, foursquare,

Sentence: “a specious argument” 

3.Solicit

Meaning: ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone, accost someone and offer one’s or someone else’s services as a prostitute.

Synonym: request, apply for, put in for, seek, beg, plead for,

Antonym: forewarn, ward (off), warn; drive (away or off), repulse, turn away

Sentence: “he called a meeting to solicit their views”

“although prostitution was not itself an offence, soliciting was”

4.Perfunctory

Meaning: (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort.

Synonym: cursory, desultory

Antonym: careful, thorough

Sentence: “he gave a perfunctory nod”

5.Pensive

Meaning: engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

Synonym: thoughtful, thinking, reflective

Antonym: unreflective

Sentence: “a pensive mood”

6.Perjury

Meaning: the offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath.

Synonym: violation of an oath, giving false evidence/testimony, bearing false witness/testimony, forswearing oneself, making false statements, wilful falsehood

Sentence: “he claimed two witnesses at his trial had committed perjury”

7.Purveyor

Meaning: a person who sells or deals in particular goods

Synonym: seller, vendor, trader, retailer, supplier

Sentence: “a purveyor of large luxury vehicles”

8.Kingpin

Meaning: a person or thing that is essential to the success of an organization or operation.

Synonym: bigwig,

Antonym: inferior, subordinate, underling; mediocrity,

Sentence: “the kingpins of the television industry

9.Lackadaisical

Meaning: lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.

Synonym: lax, unenthusiastic, half-hearted, uninterested, lukewarm, indifferent,

Antonym: enthusiastic, excited

Sentence: “a lackadaisical defence left Spurs adrift in the second half”

10.Laggard

Meaning: a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.

Synonym: straggler, loiterer, lingerer,

Sentence: “staff were under enormous pressure and there was no time for laggards”

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