English Vocabulary Words with Meanings for various Exams: SBI PO, NIACL, NICL, IBPS PO/Clerk, RBI, IPPB. We are providing vocabulary words from the Articles of Newspapers like The Hindu, The Economist, The Indian Express, etc. which are important for the upcoming exams. Add some more words to your English vocabulary words list.
- Repugnant – extremely distasteful; unacceptable.
- Synonyms: abhorrent, revolting, repulsive, repellent, disgusting, offensive, objectionable
- Antonyms: attractive, agreeable, pleasant
- Usage: Because of your repugnant behavior, I no longer want to be friends with you.
- Rapture – a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
- Synonyms: ecstasy, bliss, euphoria, elation, exaltation, joy, enchantment, delight, exhilaration
- Antonyms: boredom, indifference, agonize
- Usage: Her eyes were filled with rapture when he held his son for the first time.
- Propitiate – win or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them.
- Synonyms: appease, placate, mollify, pacify
- Antonyms: Aggravate, annoy, scorn, displease
- Usage: Only an idiot believes he can propitiate his way into heaven by giving the church all of his money.
- Puerile – childishly silly and immature.
- Synonyms: Shallow, immature, childish, trivial
- Antonyms: Wise, farsighted, profound, sensible
- Usage: Your jokes are puerile and not appropriate for a woman of your years.
- Occult – relating to magical or supernatural abilities
- Synonyms: Latent, ambiguous, esoteric, elusive
- Antonyms:Intelligible, transparent, fathomable, scrutable
- Usage: His occult mask is probably going to scare most of the guests at the costume party.
- Nonchalant – relaxed and calm in a way that shows you do not care or are not worried about anything
- Synonyms: indifferent, negligent, uncaring, heedless
- Antonyms:Attentive, considerate, vigilant, scruplous
- Usage: Surprisingly, the woman was nonchalant about her husband’s death.
- Mercurial – subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
- Synonyms: volatile, capricious, temperamental, excitable, fickle, changeable, unpredictable, variable
- Antonyms: stable, steady, constant
- Usage: While my uncle is as predictable as the sunrise, my aunt is very mercurial.
- Mutinous – refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority.
- Synonyms: rebellious, insubordinate, subversive, seditious, insurgent, rebel, revolutionary
- Antonyms: obedient, compliant
- Usage: Mutinous employees are protesting low wages by not showing up for work.
- Listless – lacking energy or enthusiasm.
- Synonyms: uninterested, impassive; indolent, unenergetic
- Antonyms: energetic, lively
- Usage: The bored students were listless during the professor’s long speech
- Knave – a dishonest individual
- Synonyms: dishonest, scoundrel, vagabond, rogue
- Antonyms: paragon, innocent, benefactor, idealist
- Usage: After the knave stole the king’s crown, he was arrested and placed in the dungeon.
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