Vocab Master Day – 46
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Vocab Master Day – 46
Dear Bankers Daily Readers,
Read Daily Vocabulary in bankers Daily, to increase your English Skills. Vocabulary is used to all Bank , SSC and Insurance competitive exams. So, must read Vocabulary to improve your Skills.
1.Effrontery
Meaning: shameless boldness
Synonym: cockiness, cheekiness, pertness
Sentence: “the little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any
cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips”
2.Malarkey
Meaning: foolish words or ideas
Synonym: applesauce, balderdash
Sentence: He thinks everything politicians say is just a bunch of
malarkey
3.Bombast
Meaning: speech or writing that is meant to sound important or
impressive but is not sincere or meaningful
Synonym: exaggeration
Sentence: you need less bombast and more substance in this
speech on human rights
4.Opulent
Meaning: ostentatiously costly and luxurious.
Synonym: luxurious, sumptuous, palatial
Antonym: penniless, poor, impoverished, penurious
Sentence: “the opulent comfort of a limousine”
5.Preposterous
Meaning: contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or
ridiculous.
Synonym: absurd, ridiculous, foolish, stupid, ludicrous
Antonym: reasonable, sensible
Sentence: “a preposterous suggestion”
6.Prerogative
Meaning: a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual
or class.
Synonym: entitlement, right, privilege, advantage
Sentence: “in some countries, higher education is predominantly
the prerogative of the rich”
7.Posthumous
Meaning: occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the
originator., (of a child) born after the death of its father.
Synonym: postmortem
Antonym: antemortem
Sentence: “he was awarded a posthumous Military Cross”
8.Potable
Meaning: safe to drink; drinkable.
Synonym: drinkable
Antonym: contaminated, dirty, foul, polluted;
Sentence: “there is no supply of potable water available”
9.Potpourri
Meaning: a mixture of dried petals and spices placed in a bowl to
perfume a room.
a mixture or medley of things.
Synonym: mixture, assortment, collection, selection
Sentence: “he played a potpourri of tunes from Gilbert and
Sullivan”
10. Pernicious
Meaning: having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle
way.
Synonym: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious
Antonym: beneficial, benign, favourable
Sentence: “the pernicious influences of the mass media”