The Hindu Vocabulary ( IBPS Clerk Based) | 11 -11 - 17

1.STYGIAN(ADJECTIVE):dark, inky

Synonyms: clouded, brunet

Antonyms: optimistic, hopeful

Example Sentence:

It was a stygian night.

2.TOUT(VERB):brag about, show off

Synonyms: publicize, trumpet

Antonyms:blame, condemn

Example Sentence:

A liberal group supporting the opposition  tried  to tout their pro-middle class.

3.ELLIPSIS(NOUN):abbreviation

Synonyms: abstract, shortness

Antonyms: elongate, prolong   

Example Sentence:

This letter is full of ellipsis.

4.EXTIRPATION(NOUN): extermination

Synonyms: annihilation, destruction

Antonyms: construction, formation

Example Sentence:

After the extirpation of the Indians, the labor of African slaves was introduced.

5.FOPPISH(ADJECTIVE):dapper

Synonyms: dandified, natty

Antonyms:non-fashionable, boring

Example Sentence:

He always dress-up in a foppish way.

6.GAFFE(NOUN):mistake, goof

Synonyms: blooper, blunder  

Antonyms: correction, edition

Example Sentence:

The gaffe created a furor in the scientific community, which attacked the publication for 

flawed and faulty research.

7.MINATORY(ADJECTIVE):threatening

Synonyms: alarming, dangerous

Antonyms: pleasing, harmless 

Example Sentence:

And now we know for all time that these countless scolding and minatory voices were not 

mere angry units, but that they were in.

8.PLUMB(ADJECTIVE):vertical

Synonyms: perpendicular,straight

Antonyms:horizontal, flat

Example Sentence:

The plumb lines near the well were for protection.

9.QUINTESSENTIAL(ADJECTIVE):model

Synonyms: ultimate, ideal  

Antonyms: secondary, flawed

Example Sentence:

But in reality, he is the quintessential example of how India corrupts.

10.RUNIC(ADJECTIVE): bewitching, charming

Synonyms: charismatic, enchanted

Antonyms: normal, unmoving

Example Sentence:

My uncle looked keenly at the document for some moments and then declared that it was 

runic.

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