50 English words, meanings and their synonyms for SBI PO/Clerk, SSC CGL

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Word

Meaning

Synonyms

Accolade

Any honour

Acclaim, award, commendation, laurel,

laudation

Avid

Marked By Active Interest And

Devouring, Esurient, Greedy, Zealous

Enthusiasm
Clemency

Mercy, Lenience, Good Weather

Mercifulness, Mercy, Mildness

Sanguine

Cheerfully positive and confident

Buoyant, enthusiastic, optimistic,

animated, hopeful

Edifice

A structure that has a roof and walls

Building

and stands more or less permanently

in one place
Machination

To plot evilly for personal gain

Conspiracy, skulduggery, scheme, ruse,

manoeuvre

Hapless

Deserving or inciting pity, unfortunate

Miserable, pathetic, piteous,pitiful,poor,

wretched

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Mountebank

Remorseful

Someone who deceives others

Fraudster, impostor, hoaxer, trickster,

especially to rob them of their money

charlatan

Feeling Or Expressing Pain Or Sorrow

Contrite, Rueful, Ruthful

For Sins Or Offenses

Diabolic

Having the qualities of the devil

Demonic, devilish, fiendish, infernal,

satanic, evil

Apocryphal

Something whose authenticity is

Debatable, fabricated, fictitious, dubious,

questionable irrespective of its wide

unsubstantiated

circulation
Sanctity

The quality of being holy, Sacred, Or

Sanctitude, holiness

Saintly
Ersatz

An artificial substance used as a

Adulterated, fabricated, spurious,

substitute to a natural one, often

unnatural, synthetic

inferior
Archetype

Hyperbole

A model on which all others in the

Epitome, prototype, standard, exemplar,

same category are based

paradigm, paragon

An extravagant statement not meant

Amplification, exaggeration,

to be taken literally

embellishment, magnification,
overstatement

Adage

A proverb or byword

Axiom, maxim, dictum, aphorism,

precept

Redundant

Surplus, more than what is required

Disposable, dispensable, superfluous,

inessential, expendable

Hermit

One who has withdrawn to a solitary

Ascetic, saint, austere, puritanical,

life or religious seclusion

abstinent

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Cajole

Espionage

Restive

Brazen

To persuade by buttering up or

Flatter, tempt, beguile, sweet-talk,

making promises

compliment

The act of spying (by the government

Intelligence, surveillance,

or otherwise)

reconnaissance, spying, tailing

Unable to remain still, especially

Agitated, anxious, fidgety, jittery,

because of boredom or dissatisfaction

impatient, restless

Shameless or impudent

Blatant, unashamed, unabashed,

barefaced, unrepentant

Peevish

Easily irritated, testy or annoyed

Cranky, fractious, grumpy, snappy,

waspish

Harbinger

Bizarre

A person or thing which signals the

Announcer, forerunner, forewarning,

approach of another

herald, prelude

Very strange or unusual

Eccentric, aberrant, ludicrous, peculiar,

weird, odd

Parochial

Having a limited or narrow outlook

Conservative, myopic, intolerant,

narrow-minded, illiberal

Magnanimous

Large-hearted or forgiving

Altruistic, generous, bounteous,

philanthropic, liberal

Sublime

Extreme and unparalleled

Elevated, exalting, magnificent,

resplendent, splendid

Restraint

Trepidation

A measure to keep

Constraint, inhibition, judiciousness,

something/someone under control

prohibition, temperateness

Tremulous fear or agitation

Alarm, apprehension, foreboding,

consternation, discomposure

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Imperturbable Incapable of being upset or agitated

Nonchalant, phlegmatic, relaxed,

tranquil, undisturbed

Congenial

Strident

Agreeable and pleasing in nature or

Comradely, friendly, companionable,

character

hospitable, favourable

Making or having a harsh sound

Discordant, rasping, raucous, vociferous,

clamorous, loud

Egalitarian

Asserting equality for all people

Democratic, classless, equalitarian,

unrestricted, uncensored

Confluence

Lavish

The place where two or more water

Conflux, convergence, junction, meeting,

bodies meet

union

Occurring or happening in profusion

Expensive, extravagant, luxuriant,

opulent, prodigal

Insolent

Boldly rude or disrespectful

Abusive, audacious, discourteous,

offensive, contemptuous

Vagrant

Gregarious

A person who wanders about idly and

Nomadic, itinerant, derelict, unsettled,

is homeless and jobless

vagabond

Fond of the company of other people

Affable, amiable, sociable, genial,

neighbourly

Vivacious

Full of vigour and energy

Bubbly, chirpy, effervescent, energetic,

animated

Enigma

An inexplicable person or situation

Conundrum, mystery, paradox,

quandary, puzzle

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Lecherous

Ambivalent

Blasphemy

Assuage

Characterised by inappropriate

Intemperate, indecent, licentious,

behaviour

promiscuous, unchaste

Having mixed feelings about someone

Undecided, hesitant, reluctant,

or something

irresolute, inconclusive

Impure action or words concerning

Irreligiousness, disrespect, irreverence,

something religious or sacred

profanity, sacrilege

To make milder or less severe

Moderate, appease, attenuate,

tranquilize, temper

Lugubrious

Extremely sad and depressed

Despondent, mournful, doleful,

melancholy, woebegone

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