Trending Vocabulary for SSC and Bank Exam

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1.placid

Meaning: not easily upset or excited., calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity.

Synonym: even-tempered, calm, equable, tranquil, imperturbable,

Antonym: excitable, temperamental

Sentence: “a placid, contented man”

2.plagiarize

Meaning: take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one’s own.

Synonym: infringe the copyright of, pirate, steal, poach, borrow,

Sentence: “he was fined $6,000 for having plagiarized the song”

3.plaintive

Meaning: sounding sad and mournful.

Synonym: mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy,

Antonym: delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant;

Sentence: “a plaintive cry”

4.platonic

Meaning: (of love or friendship) intimate and affectionate but not sexual.

Synonym: utopian, ideal, idealistic

Antonym: physical

Sentence: “their relationship is purely platonic”

5. plauditory

Meaning: a sudden feeling of annoyance or anger when someone has offended you

Sentence: He slammed the door in a fit of pique.

6. Virulent

Meaning: (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.

bitterly hostile

Synonym: vitriolic, malicious, malevolent, malignant, malign,

Sentence: “a virulent attack on liberalism”

7. Opulent 

Meaning: ostentatiously costly and luxurious

Synonym: splendid, magnificent,

Sentence: “the opulent comfort of a limousine”

8. Magnanimous

Meaning: generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person.

Synonym: generous, charitable, benevolent

Sentence: “she should be magnanimous in victory”

9.regale

Meaning:entertain or amuse (someone) with talk.

Synonym:entertain, amuse, divert, delight, fascinate

Antonym:anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset

Sentence: “he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon’s meeting”

10.remorse

Meaning:deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.

Synonym:contrition, deep regret, repentance, penitence

Sentence: “they were filled with remorse and shame”