The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 27 February 2019

Published on 27 February 2019 by
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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, FCI 2019, CWC 2019 exams as well. The words in the Daily Vocabulary Booster 27 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 27 February 2019.

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 27 February 2019

Words Meanings & Synonyms Usage
Aggression Feelings of anger or antipathy resulting in hostile or violent behaviour;

Hostility

 The Prime Minister called for an end to foreign aggression against his country.
Calibrated Marked with a scale of readings;

Correlated with those of a standard

 The scientist developed a calibrated radiocarbon date range.
Decolonise Withdraw from a colony, leaving it independent Spain seems in no hurry to decolonise those lands.
Deterrence The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences Nuclear missiles remain the main deterrence against possible aggression.
Escalatory To increase or be increased in extent Prices of food articles escalated because of inflation.
Imminent About to happen;

Close, Near, Approaching

 They were in imminent danger of being swept away by the sand dunes.
Indefensible Not justifiable by argument;

Inexcusable

 This behaviour is morally indefensible whatsoever be the case.
Jeopardise Put someone or something into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure;

Threaten, Endanger, Imperil

 A devaluation of the Indian Rupee would jeopardise India’s position in the financial markets.
Jingoism Extreme patriotism, especially aggressive The wave of popular jingoism that swept the lower-middle classes.
Jurisdiction The official power to make legal decisions and judgement;

Authority, Control, Power

 The lower court cannot give decisions on cases which are out of its jurisdiction.
Obviate Remove a need or difficulty;

Preclude, Prevent, Remove

 A parachute is used to obviate disaster.
Pre-emptive Serving or intended to pre-empt or forestall something, especially to prevent attack by disabling the enemy The bombings by Indian Air Force on the terrorist camps across POK were pre-emptive strikes.
Recrimination An accusation in response to one from someone else;

Accusation

 The lawyers discussed the recrimination made by the opposing counsel’s client.
Retaliatory Of an action characterized by a desire for revenge;

Revengeful

 The country didn’t care about the retaliatory attack by the enemy country.
Robust Strong and healthy;

Vigorous

 The Engineers tried to design a robust metal cabinet.
Sovereignty Supreme power or authority;

Jurisdiction, Supremacy,

Dominion, Power

 The sovereignty of Parliament should be respected.
Stunning Extremely impressive or attractive;

Remarkable, Extraordinary,

Staggering

 She looked stunning in her wedding.
Triumphalism Excessive exultation over one’s success or achievements;

A proud, often arrogant confidence in the validity and success of a set of beliefs

 History and hard experience tell us that an economic boom is not a time for triumphalism.
Unlawful Illegal, Illicit The use of unlawful violence in the name of moral policing is not at all acceptable.
Utterance A spoken word, statement, or vocal sound;

Remark, Comment, Word,

Expression

 His utterance was interrupted by frequent coughing

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