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Vocabulary - 18.01.2016

Bankers Guru

Vocabulary - 18.01.20161. BUMPTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): offensively self-assertive

Synonyms: arrogant, egoistic 

Antonyms: humble, modest

Example Sentence:

“The Liberians have been trained in freedom. They are called bumptious and given a bad name by their English and French neighbors.


2. RESTORATIVE (ADJECTIVE): medicinal

Synonyms: corrective, curative Antonyms: harmful, injurious 

Example Sentence:

She applies a skin restorative to her face every night.


3. VISCERAL (ADJECTIVE): instinctive

Synonyms: innate, intuitive Antonyms: reasoned, meditated

Example Sentence:

The patient complained of visceral pain that was felt as an aching in the lower abdomen.


4. MASQUERADE (NOUN): disguise; social occasion for disguises

Synonyms: carnival, domino Antonyms: openness, reality

Example Sentence:

She wanted to find out the identity of her intriguing dance partner at the masquerade.


5. STENTORIAN (ADJECTIVE): very loud

Synonyms: resounding, blaring Antonyms: soft, low

Example Sentence:

His stentorian voice was heard above the din of battle.


6. CAREEN (VERB): tilt; move wildly down path

Synonyms: lurch, bend Antonyms: straighten

Example Sentence:

The truck careened down the hill looking as if it might topple into the ditch.


7. MIRTH (NOUN): great joy 

Synonyms: laughter, rejoicing Antonyms: sorrow, pain

Example Sentence:

Their holiday dinners were always filled with mirth.


8. EXTEMPORIZE (VERB): improvise

Synonyms: invent, make up Antonyms: plan, prepare 

Example Sentence:

He could scarcely recollect a word of his part, but he remembered the general drift of it, and had ready wit enough to extemporize.


9. SCOFF (VERB): make fun of; despise

Synonyms: jeer, mock Antonyms: respect, believe 

Example Sentence:

He scoffed at my fear of the dark.


10. POLYSEMY (NOUN uncertainty of meaning

Synonyms: doubt, vagueness Antonyms: certainty, clarity 

Example Sentence:

Many English words are characterized by polysemy.

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