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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 1 February 2019

Vocabulary based questions are often asked in all Banking and Government Exams. So we at Oliveboard will be providing you with a daily dose of vocabulary to help you with overcoming your struggle in this section. You need to go through it daily to see a marked improvement in your English vocabulary. We hope it will help you in the upcoming SBI PO, RRB JENIACL AO, IB Security exams as well. The words in the Daily Vocabulary Booster 1 February 2019 are taken directly from the editorial of the Hindu Newspaper.

The Hindu Newspaper is considered the Bible by the various exam aspirants as it has the best unbiased views on various current news and happenings in the world. Also, it helps immensely if you are looking for daily dose of English reading and building your English vocabulary. So, we at Oliveboard present to all our viewers and Exam aspirants a daily dose of difficult words with their meanings, synonyms and the correct usage in this blog of The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 1 February 2019.

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 1 February 2019

Words

Meanings & Synonyms

Usage

CONFRONT Face up to and deal with a problem or difficulty;

Address, Face

Usually the best thing you can do in an embarrassing situation is to confront it.
DISPOSITION A person’s inherent qualities of mind and character;

Tendency, Temperament, Nature

His jovial disposition saved him from unpopularity.
HOSTAGE A person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition;

Captive, Prisoner

More than fifty people were held hostage by armed rebels.
KOSHER Genuine and Legitimate They consulted lawyers to make sure everything was kosher.
PLACATE Make someone less angry or hostile;

Pacify, Calm

The Management attempted to placate the students with promises.
POSTPONEMENT The action of postponing something; Deferral, Delay The postponement of the elections caused a furore amongst the leaders of the political parties.
RATIFICATION The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid;

Approve, Authorize

The ratification of the new contract is postponed for several days.
TENET A principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy;

Principle, Belief

Regardless of social situation, human beings simply tend to form and live by tenets.
UNILATERALLY Used to indicate that something is done by only one person, group, or country involved in a situation, without the agreement of others;

One-sided

The decision was taken unilaterally by the President.
UPHEAVAL A violent or sudden change or disruption to something;

Disruption, Disturbance, Trouble

Financial Markets saw major upheavals last year.

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