English Vocabulary For SSC, IBPS & Other exam
18-May-2016 English Vocabulary
- Proclivity [noun]
- A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing – झुकाव
- Synonyms – penchant, predilection
- Antonyms – antipathy, disinclination
- The book concludes in a way that hardly matches my own political proclivity.
- Recalcitrant [adjective]
- Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline - आज्ञा न माननेवाला
- Synonyms – fractious, obstinate
- Antonyms – agreeable, compliant
- Because of its two recalcitrant members, the committee got very little work done.
- Rectitude [noun]
- Morally correct behaviour or thinking; righteousness - इंसाफ
- Synonyms – decency, honesty
- Antonyms – corruption, deceit
- His clear, exhaustive and dignified style of treatment evidences the rectitude and nobility of the man.
- Plethora [noun]
- A large or excessive amount of something - बहुतायत
- Synonyms – profusion, overabundance
- Antonyms – lack, scarcity
- I don't see why my mother wants more shoes when she already has a plethora of them
- Quagmire [noun]
- A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot- दलदल
- Synonyms – dilemma, entanglement
- Antonyms – agreement, solution
- I stumbled into a quagmire of my own making.
- Sagacity [noun]
- The quality of being sagacious - बुद्धिमत्ता
- Synonyms – acumen, astuteness
- Antonyms – ignorance, inability
- Their fidelity and sagacity are below par now.
- Tantamount [adjective]
- Equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as - समान
- Synonyms – commensurate, identical
- Antonyms – different, opposite
- Both men were well aware this was tantamount to a brush-off.
- Temerity [noun]
- Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity - उतावलापन
- Synonyms – assurance, boldness
- Antonyms – carefulness, caution
- We were shocked Ann Marie had the temerity to challenge our teacher’s authority in class.
- Platitude [noun]
- A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful - साधारण बात
- Synonyms – banality, bromide
- Antonyms – coinage, nuance
- The article was filled with platitudes about the systematic character of the industrial economy.
- Pithy [adjective]
- (Of a fruit or plant) containing much pith - अर्थपूर्ण
- Synonyms – cogent, concise
- Antonyms – impotent, lengthy
- He didn't even bother to search his mental library under pithy, tasteless and nasty retorts.
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