The Hindu Vocabulary ( IBPS Clerk Based) | 12 -11 - 17

1.BLANDISHMENT (NOUN):flattery

Synonyms: adulation, cajolery

Antonyms: criticism, condemnation

Example Sentence:

At first he used his arts of blandishment and honeyed words in order to lure his boss.

2.IMPERTURBABILITY (NOUN):balance

Synonyms: aplomb, coolness

Antonyms:agitation, anxiety

Example Sentence:

His imperturbability always had the effect of a goad upon his father’s temper.

3.MERETRICIOUS(ADJECTIVE):gaudy, flashy

Synonyms:garish,loud   

Antonyms: genuine, real

Example Sentence:

He believes in living a meretricious life.

4.AUGURY(NOUN): omen

Synonyms: auspice, harbinger 

Antonyms:short-sighted, assurance

Example Sentence:

This incident of his infancy was accepted as an augury of his maturity, and he did not 

belie it.

5.GLIB(ADJECTIVE):slick, smooth-talking

Synonyms: artful, facile

Antonyms:stuttering, inarticulate

Example Sentence:

She advises women with similar issues not to settle for glib explanations.

6.OSTRACISM(NOUN):banishment

Synonyms: avoidance,boycott  

Antonyms:acceptance, allowance

Example Sentence:

Only cruel teachers can follow ostracism and ill-treat their children.

7.REPINE (VERB):complain

Synonyms: grumble, lament

Antonyms: appreciate, praise  

Example Sentence:

She likes to repine about her colleagues.

8.FEINT(NOUN):pretense

Synonyms: ruse,bluff

Antonyms:honesty, truth

Example Sentence:

She pretended to be making great efforts to cope up with the course but it was merely a 

feint.

9.INURE(VERB):accustom

Synonyms:familiarize, habituate  

Antonyms:neglect, soften

Example Sentence:

A continuation of the wrongful exclusion of these Indians from their lands should not 

inure to the benefit of the wrongdoers.

10.RECONDITE(ADJECTIVE):mysterious, obscure

Synonyms: arcane, cabalistic

Antonyms:simple, straightforward

Example Sentence:

How else to explain the popularity of a novel so free of plot, so obsessed with existential 

rumination and recondite philosophy?

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