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 JE, NIACL AO, IB Security exams as well. The words in the Daily Vocabulary Booster 11 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 11 February 2019.
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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 11 February 2019
Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Usage |
Adherence | Attachment or commitment to a person, cause, or belief | Your adherence to your diet is very important if you are a diabetic patient. |
Backlash | A strong negative reaction by many people; Comeback, Recoil | The public backlash against the policy will be seen in the upcoming elections. |
Breakthrough | A sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development | The scientist was awarded the Nobel prize for his breakthrough discovery. |
Denounce | Publicly declare to be wrong or evil; Condemn, Criticize | The assembly denounced the mob lynching that happened yesterday. |
Detention | The action of detaining someone;
Custody, Imprisonment |
Fifteen people arrested after the riots are still in police detention. |
Disruption | Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process; Interference | The scheme was planned to minimize disruption in the existing schemes. |
Habituate | Make or become accustomed or used to something; Accustom | Bears become habituated to people very easily. |
Hostilities | Hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition, Bitterness, Malevolence | The Germans hostilities towards the Asians can be clearly seen. |
Implication | The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated; Suggestion, Inference, Consequence | The development of the site will have implications for the surrounding countryside. |
Lynching | Kill someone for an alleged offence without a legal trial | Her father was lynched by the mob for a crime he didn’t commit. |
Majoritarian | Governed by or believing in decision by a majority | Supreme Court as a guardian of our liberties distanced itself from ordinary majoritarian politics. |
Mollify | Appease, Placate, Pacify | Natural reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify local conservationists |
Ostensible | Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so; Apparent, Seeming | The ostensible reason for his absence was illness. |
Provocative | Causing anger or another strong reaction; Infuriating | The “press” wrote a provocative article to seek publicity. |
Retaliation | Revenge, Vengeance, Reprisal | The recent bombings are believed to be in retaliation for the trial of 15 suspects. |
Reverence | Deep respect for someone or something; Admiration | Please have an attitude of reverence towards the veterans |
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