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 9 May 2019 are taken directly from the editorial of the Hindu Newspaper.
Read in Hindi: द हिन्दू दैनिक शब्दावली बूस्टर 9 मई 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 9 May 2019.
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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 9 May 2019
Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Usage |
Abstain | Restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something | I am trying to abstain from sweets for my new diet. |
Alliance | A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations;
Association, Union, League |
We formed a neighbourhood alliance to plan events in our community. |
Antipathy | A deep-seated feeling of aversion;
Hostility, Antagonism, Animosity |
Some people have an antipathy towards cats. |
Antithetical | Directly opposed or contrasted;
Mutually incompatible |
His grandparents cannot tolerate people whose religious beliefs are antithetical to theirs. |
Counterpart | A person or thing that corresponds to or has the same function as another person or thing in a different place or situation;
Equivalent, Peer, Equal, Parallel |
The Prime Minister held talks with his German counterpart for import of defence weapons. |
Delineate | Describe or portray something precisely;
Outline, Trace |
Ideally the law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent. |
Grave | Serious, Important, Profound, Significant | Global Warming is a matter of grave concern. |
Impoverish | Make a person or area poor | The wars had impoverished the Government of the country. |
Irreparable | Impossible to rectify or repair;
Irreversible, Irremediable |
The oil spill did irreparable harm to the sea and its biodiversity. |
Overwhelm | Have a strong emotional effect on;
Overcome, Move, Stir, Affect, Touch, Impress |
Her dance performance got an overwhelming response from the audience. |
Rapaciously | Aggressively greedy or grasping;
Avaricious |
A decade of rapacious consolidation has made JP Morgan Chase the world’s largest bank outside China. |
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