Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary for SBI PO 2017

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Hello, Greetings!! SBI PO 2017 will commence in the month of APRIL 2017. In order to help and guide all of you, we’re going to post VOCABULARY BASED ON THE HINDU NEWSPAPER. In all the competitive exams, Vocabulary questions are asked from newspapers. 

1.Colloquy

Meaning: A conversation especially a formal one

Synonym: parley, conference, clambake

Antonym: quiet, silence

Sentence: They could scarcely have spoken a hundred words before their colloquy was at an end.

2.Sporadic

Meaning: on and off

Synonym: occasional, irregular

Antonym: common, constant, frequent

Sentence: At first resistance to Western encroachment was sporadic and uncoordinated.

3. Austere

Meaning: severe in manner

Synonym: exacting, formal, cold

Antonym: flexible, bland, calm

Sentence: Quickly the light died out of his face, leaving it stern and austere.

4. Apostate

Meaning: Traitor

Synonym: Backslider, defector, deserter

Antonym: adherent, loyalist, faithful

Sentence: after fifty years as an apostate he returned to the faith

5. Vacillation

Meaning: fluctuation

Synonym: hesitation, doubt, indecision

Antonym: certainty, sure

Sentence: I vacillate between the red truck and the blue one

6.Incendiary

Meaning: Causing trouble,

Synonym: inflammatory, dangerous

Antonym: loyal, peacemaking

Sentence: His team continued to clear the building and toss flares into corners as they sought out any living insurgents or incendiary devices.

7. Pliability

Meaning: Adaptability of mind or character

Synonym: flexible, ductile, elastic

Antonym: not flexible, hard

Sentence:”he was valued for his reliability and pliability”

8. Enormity

Meaning: Horribleness

Synonym: depravity, evil

Antonym: delight, esteem

Sentence: He turned over and closed his eyes as if to reflect on its enormity.

9. Alms

Meaning: Money or goods contributed to the poor

Synonym: dole, donation, assistance

Antonym: hindrance, injury

Sentence: She stopped, gave him an alms and then continued on her way.

10.Espouse

Meaning: support

Synonym: adopt, maintain, defend

Antonym: attack, reject

Sentence: He was an optimist or he never would have espoused the American cause.