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 5 July 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 5 July 2019.
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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 5 July 2019
Words |
Meanings & Synonyms |
Antonyms |
Usage |
Ambition | A strong desire to do or achieve something;
Aspiration, Intention, Goal, Aim, Objective |
Indifference, Purposelessness, Aimlessness, Hopelessness | His only ambition in his life is to become a doctor that is why he has taken up the study of Biology. |
Blue-Sky thinking | Thinking that is not grounded or in touch with the realities of the present;
Open minded thinking |
Believable, Practical, Realistic, Pragmatic | Everyone said Einstein was a fool when he was growing up, but his blue-sky thinking led to some of the greatest scientific advances of his time. |
Disequilibrium | A loss or lack of equilibrium or stability, especially in relation to supply, demand, and prices;
Instability. Unbalance |
Balance, Stability | There is a need to shorten the duration and extent of disequilibrium in the international balance of payment. |
Nudge | Prod someone gently with one’s elbow in order to attract attention;
Poke, Elbow, Dig, Prod; A light touch or push |
Bang, Bash, Bump, Clash, Collide, Crash | If you choose inspiring books for your child to read, you may have to nudge, but eventually they will take off on their own. |
Paradigm | A typical example or pattern of something;
A pattern or model; Model, Pattern, Example, Standard, Prototype, Archetype |
Gross international happiness is a new concept in economic thinking aimed at replacing the western paradigm of economic productivity and well-being. | |
Apprehension | Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen;
Anxiety, Angst, Alarm, Worry, Uneasiness, Nervousness |
Excitement, Hope,
Confidence, Optimism
|
There is some apprehension in the office about who the new director will be. |
Culminate | Reach a climax or point of highest development;
Come to a climax, come to a crescendo, come to a head, Reach a finale, Peak, Climax |
Start, Begin | My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and finally culminated in my resignation. |
Introspect | Examine one’s own thoughts or feelings;
|
What they don’t do is introspect much about the reasons for their plight. | |
Accountability | The fact or condition of being accountable; Responsibility, Liability, Answerability | Unaccountable, Unreliable | Lack of accountability has corroded public respect for business and political leaders in our country. |
Indictment | A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime;
Charge, Accusation, Arraignment, Citation, Summons |
Acquittal | These rapidly escalating crime figures against women of all ages are an indictment of our society. |
Insurmountable | Too great to be overcome;
Insuperable, Unconquerable, Invincible, Unassailable |
Superable, Surmountable, Vincible | Nothing is insurmountable if one is determined enough. |
Facade | A deceptive outward appearance;
Show, Front, Appearance |
Innards, Inside, Interior | He kept his hostility hidden
behind a friendly façade. |
Resuscitation | The action or process of reviving someone from unconsciousness or apparent death | Death, Expiration, Extinction | Paramedics were called and aggressive resuscitation was performed on the patient. |
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