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 13 February 2019 are taken directly from the editorial of the Hindu Newspaper.
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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 13 February 2019
Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Usage |
Brew | Make beer by soaking, boiling, and fermentation; Ferment | Just within five years the company will brew as much beer in China as in Australia. |
Collusion | Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy in order to deceive others; Conspiracy, Connivance, Complicity | The locals were working in collusion with drug traffickers. |
Despotic | Authoritarian, Dictatorial, Totalitarian, Autocratic | The despotic regime ended after the nationalist movement. |
Diplomatic | Ambassadorial, Consular, Foreign-policy, Political | Diplomatic relations with Britain were broken. |
Discontent | Dissatisfaction with one’s circumstances; lack of contentment; Unhappiness, Displeasure | Voters voiced discontent with both the political parties. |
Dissent | Disagreement, Argument, Dispute | Two of the members dissented from the majority opinion. |
Distort | Twist, Warp, Contort | Many factors were responsible in the distortion of the results. |
Evade | Escape or Avoid | She evaded the questions asked to her the media. |
Illicit | Forbidden by law, rules, or custom; Illegal, Unlawful | More reports and statistics on illicit use of drugs were found. |
Multi-Pronged | Having several distinct aspects or elements | The company’s multi-pronged approach has paid off in the form of huge revenues. |
Peddle | Try to sell by going from place to place; Offer, Market | He peddled printing materials around the country. |
Repression | Suppression, Quashing, Subduing | Students of the university sparked off events that ended in a brutal repression. |
Staggering | Astonish, Amaze | I was staggered to find that the project was implemented very well. |
Theocratic | Relating to or denoting a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God | The country practiced a system of theocratic oligarchy. |
Thrive | Grow or develop well or vigorously; Prosper; Flourish | Parasitic weeds thrive on other plants. |
Toxic | Poisonous | The toxic alcohol caused several deaths in the locality. |
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