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 Clerk, RRB JE, NIACL AO, FCI, CWC, LIC AAO, SSC, NTPC exams as well. The words in the Daily Vocabulary Booster 24 April 2019 are taken directly from the editorial of the Hindu Newspaper.
Read in Hindi: द हिन्दू दैनिक शब्दावली बूस्टर 24 अप्रैल 2019
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 24 April 2019.
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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 24 April 2019
Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Usage |
Backlash | A strong negative reaction by a large number of people, especially to a social or political development;
Adverse reaction/response, Counteraction, Counterblast, Comeback, Recoil |
The government is facing an angry backlash from voters over the new tax. |
Blatant | Bad behaviour done openly and unashamedly;
Flagrant, Glaring, Undisguised, Unconcealed, Overt |
When the judge heard the defendant’s blatant lie, he became very angry. |
Conducive | Making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible;
Favourable, Beneficial, Valuable, Advantageous, Opportune
|
The declining number of available positions are conducive for the highest unemployment rate in decades. |
Inflammatory | Relating to or causing inflammation of a part of the body;
Speech or writing arousing or intended to arouse angry or violent feelings; Provocative, Provoking, Inflaming, Incendiary |
The party candidate incited the mob with an inflammatory speech. |
Intransigent | Unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something;
Uncompromising, Inflexible, Unbending, Unyielding, Unwavering |
Her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent in her decision. |
Jeopardise | Put someone or something into a
situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure; Threaten, Endanger, Imperil, Menace, Risk |
A devaluation of the dollar would jeopardise New York’s position as a financial centre. |
Manifestation | The action or fact of showing something;
Display, Demonstration, Exhibition |
These latest riots are a clear manifestation of growing discontent. |
Mobilise | Make something movable or capable of movement | The physiotherapist might be able to mobilise the patient’s shoulder girdle in a few days. |
Pluralistic | Relating to or advocating a system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority;
Coexist |
An ideal country should be a multicultural pluralistic society where people’s values are respected. |
Pragmatic | Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations;
Practical, Matter-of-fact, Realistic, Sensible |
A sensible, pragmatic approach was taken to public sector reform. |
Reprieve | A cancellation or postponement of a punishment;
Respite, Pardon, Amnesty, Acquittal |
Under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved. |
Sanction | A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule;
Penalty, Punishment, Deterrent; Give official permission or approval for an action; Authorize, Consent to, Permit, Allow |
The scheme was sanctioned by the court. |
Shrill | High-pitched, Piercing, High,
Sharp, Ear-piercing
|
A piercing whistle shrilled through the night air. |
Ultimatum | A final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations; | His employers issued an ultimatum demanding an immediate return to work. |
Unilateral | Action or decision performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a situation, without the agreement of another or the others | They had campaigned vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament. |
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