Hello and welcome to Exampundit. Here is the Daily Vocabulary Test for upcoming Bank & Insurance Examinations. The following set now have definitions of the key word which has been suggested by our EP follower, Akshita. Directions: Choose the option which is the antonym of the word mentioned.  
  1. Tarnish
(a) inchoate (b) squander (c) deride (d) polish [su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: D Meaning of Tarnish: to grow dull or discolored [/su_spoiler]  
  1. Subordination
(a) stipulation (b) Cimmerian (c) autonomy (d) desalinize [su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: C Meaning of Subordination: the act of placing in a lower rank or position [/su_spoiler]  
  1. Contumacious
(a) willful (b) pliable (c) mercurial (d) temperamental [su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: B Meaning of Contumacious: stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient. [/su_spoiler]  
  1. Pernicious
(a) drone (b) travesty (c) benign (d) false [su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: C Meaning of Pernicious: causing insidious harm or ruin; [/su_spoiler]  
  1. Rampant
(a) raging (b) wanton (c) quiescent (d) apocryphal [su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: C Meaning of Rampant: violent in action or spirit; raging; furious: [/su_spoiler]  
  1. Bellicose
(a) militant (b) demagogue (c) champion (d) congenial [su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: D Meaning of Bellicose: inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious. [/su_spoiler]  
  1. Cantankerous
(a) belligerent (b) thimble (c) gregarious (d) cathartic [su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: C Meaning of Cantankerous: disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: [/su_spoiler]  
  1. Quixotic
(a) exotic (b) ruse (c) pragmatic (d) romantic [su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: C Meaning of Quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable. [/su_spoiler]  
  1. Jingoistic
(a) satisfied (b) contemplative (c) noncommittal (d) zealous [su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: C Meaning of Jingoistic: characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy. [/su_spoiler]  
  1. Strutting
(a) cowering (b) smocking (c) confident (d) dissipating [su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: A Meaning of Strutting: to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers. [/su_spoiler]   May the force be with you! Team EP