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.
Tarnish
(a) inchoate (b) squander
(c) deride (d) polish
Answer
Option: D
Meaning of Tarnish: to grow dull or discolored
Subordination
(a) stipulation (b) Cimmerian
(c) autonomy (d) desalinize
Answer
Option: C
Meaning of Subordination: the act of placing in a lower rank or position
Contumacious
(a) willful (b) pliable
(c) mercurial (d) temperamental
Answer
Option: B
Meaning of Contumacious: stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
Pernicious
(a) drone (b) travesty
(c) benign (d) false
Answer
Option: C
Meaning of Pernicious: causing insidious harm or ruin;
Rampant
(a) raging (b) wanton
(c) quiescent (d) apocryphal
Answer
Option: C
Meaning of Rampant: violent in action or spirit; raging; furious:
Bellicose
(a) militant (b) demagogue
(c) champion (d) congenial
Answer
Option: D
Meaning of Bellicose: inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
Cantankerous
(a) belligerent (b) thimble
(c) gregarious (d) cathartic
Answer
Option: C
Meaning of Cantankerous: disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish:
Quixotic
(a) exotic (b) ruse
(c) pragmatic (d) romantic
Answer
Option: C
Meaning of Quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
Jingoistic
(a) satisfied (b) contemplative
(c) noncommittal (d) zealous
Answer
Option: C
Meaning of Jingoistic: characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.
Strutting
(a) cowering (b) smocking
(c) confident (d) dissipating
Answer
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.