The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 12 June 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, SBI ClerkRRB JENIACL AO, FCI, CWC, LIC AAO, SSC, NTPC exams as well. The words in the Daily Vocabulary Booster 12 June 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 12 June 2019.

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 12 June 2019

Words

Meanings & Synonyms

Antonyms

Usage

Arbitrary Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system;

Capricious, Whimsical, Random

Rational, Reasoned Did you have a reason for choosing your travel destination or was it arbitrary?
Cavil Make petty or unnecessary objections;

Complain, Carp, Grumble, Moan

Accept, Acquiesce The main cavil is that the whole film goes on for too long.
Disregard Pay no attention to;

Ignore

Regard, Concern, Care The body of evidence that were against the special police officer, is too substantial to disregard.
Distasteful Causing dislike or aversion;

Disagreeable or unpleasant

Appealing, Attractive, Flavourful, Piquant, Rich The greater a man is, the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him.
Flagrant Of an action considered wrong or immoral conspicuously or obviously offensive;

Blatant, Glaring, Obvious, Overt, Evident, Conspicuous

Wasting hard earned taxpayers’ money in giving freebies a flagrant misuse of funds by the Government.
Ghastly Causing great horror or fear;

Terrible, Frightful, Horrible, Grim

Beautiful, Comforting, Nice

Pleasant

Today’s newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.
Incarcerate To put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison;

Confine, Detain, Imprison

Free, Liberate, Release We were deliberately incarcerated in that broken elevator for four hours.
Inflammatory Arousing or intended to arouse angry or violent feelings;

Provocative, Inflaming, Incendiary

Uncontroversial, Calming, Mitigating, Placating, Pleasing His speech was full of seditious and inflammatory phrases.
Malice The desire to harm someone;

Ill will, Spite, Malevolence

Amiability, Amicability, Amity, Civility, Cordiality I bear no malice towards anybody.
Rampant Flourishing or spreading unchecked;

Uncontrolled, Unrestrained, Unchecked

Moderate, Restrained, Checked Rampant inflation means that our wage increases soon become worth nothing.
Revulsion A sense of disgust and loathing;

Repulsion, Abhorrence, Repugnance, Nausea

Like The news of the terrorist attack on the School was met with sorrow and revulsion.
Thin-Skinned Sensitive to criticism or insults;

Hypersensitive, Super Sensitive, Touchy, Defensive

Insensitive, Unfeeling, Thick-skinned Some fear he is too thin-skinned to survive the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign.
Tranquillity The quality or state of being tranquil;

Calm, Peacefulness, Restfulness

Commotion, Busyness, Excitability Passing cars are the only noise that disturbs the tranquillity of rural life.

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