THE HINDU VOCABULARY | 02.05.2017 | IMPORTANT FOR SBI PO

1. BLASPHEMOUS (ADJECTIVE): irreverent

Synonyms: impious, irreligious Antonyms: religious, pious

Example sentence: 

We should abstain us from blasphemous acts.

2. BREACH (NOUN): failure to perform some promised act or obligation

Synonyms: violation, infringement Antonyms: performance, honouring

Example sentence: 

He was accused of a breach of secrecy laws.

3. BERSERK (ADJECTIVE): crazed

Synonyms: frenzied, amok Antonyms: normal, rational

Example sentence: 

When I saw him I went berserk.

4. BAFFLE (VERB): amaze

Synonyms: perplex, frustrate Antonyms: clarify, comfort 

Example sentence: 

I was baffled by her attitude towards her husband.

5. BRAVADO (NOUN): swagger

Synonyms: bragging, bluster Antonyms: cowardice, fearfulness

Example sentence: 

He's full of bravado, but really he's a coward.

6. BANEFUL (ADJECTIVE): Causing harm

Synonyms: ruinous, injurious Antonyms: advantageous, beneficent

Example sentence: 

Drugs have baneful effect on the mind of the youth.

7. BESTOW (VERB): to give (especially a title, award etc) to someone

Synonyms: give, confer Antonyms: deny, refuse

Example sentence: 

The Queen bestowed a knighthood on him.

8. BETROTH (VERB): engaged to marry

Synonyms: bind, commit Antonyms: leave, separate

Example sentence: 

Rajni was betrothed to her fiancé last year.

9. BERATE (VERB): scold strongly

Synonyms: prudence, acumen Antonyms: praise, laud

Example sentence: 

My mother berated me for being negligent in my study. 

10. BEREFT (ADJECTIVE): Deprived of something

Synonyms: missing, lacking Antonyms: profuse, sufficient

Example sentence: 

They are bereft of their dignity.

DOWNLOAD | PDF