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 25 April 2019 are taken directly from the editorial of the Hindu Newspaper.
Read in Hindi: द हिन्दू दैनिक शब्दावली बूस्टर 25 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 25 April 2019.
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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 25 April 2019
Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Usage |
Ad hoc | When necessary or needed;
Created or done for a particular purpose as necessary; Impromptu, Extempore, Expedient, Emergency, Improvised |
The discussions in the meeting were on an ad hoc basis. |
Conviction | A formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence;
Sentence, Judgement; A firmly held belief or opinion |
She had a previous conviction for a similar offence.
She takes pride in stating her political convictions. |
Deliberate | Done consciously and intentionally;
Intentional, Calculated, Conscious |
It was a deliberate attempt to provoke conflict on the basis of caste by some fringe elements. |
Dispensation | Exemption from a rule or usual requirement;
Immunity, Exception, Exclusion, Exoneration; The action of distributing or supplying something; Distribution, Provision |
Although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play before her birthday.
There are regulations controlling dispensation of medications to the victim of floods in the valley. |
Endeavour | Try hard to do or achieve something;
Attempt, Venture, Undertake, Aspire |
We wish her every success in this endeavour. |
Inaction | Lack of action where something is expected or appropriate;
Inactivity, Passivity, Non-intervention |
Future generations will condemn us for our inaction towards preserving the environment. |
Incumbent | An official or regime currently holding office;
Current, Existing, Present |
The incumbent President was defeated by the candidate of the opposition party. |
Itinerant | Travelling from place to place;
A person who travels from place to place Travelling, Peripatetic, Wandering |
The documentary follows the life of an itinerant homeless man who never sleeps in a location more than once. |
Obligation | An act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound;
A duty or commitment; Duty, Commitment, Responsibility |
I have an obligation to look after her children. |
Perfunctory | Of an action carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort | He completed the act in a perfunctory manner. |
Pogrom | An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group;
Massacre, Slaughter |
The Nazis conducted a pogrom against Jewish people in Germany. |
Predictable | Able to be predicted;
Foreseeable |
The market is volatile and never predictable. |
Recompense | Make amends to someone for loss or harm suffered;
Compensate, Indemnify, Repay, Reimburse |
Offenders of crimes should be made to recompense their victims. |
Run-off | A further competition, election, race, etc.,
after a tie or inconclusive result |
He won only 49 per cent of the vote, so a run-off will be held. |
Triumph | A great victory or achievement;
Victory, Win, Conquest, Success |
A garden was built specially to celebrate Napoleon’s many triumphs. |
Woeful | Characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery;
Sad, Unhappy, Miserable |
Her face was woeful after the final results. |
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