Editorials English Vocabulary Words Set 56

English Vocabulary Words with Meanings for various Exams: SBI PO, NIACL, NICL, IBPS PO/Clerk. 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.

  1. Pacify – to placate or appease

    • Synonyms: allay, ameliorate, assuage, mitigate, mollify, conciliate
    • Antonyms: aggravate, incite, intensify
    • Usage: Hopefully the warm bottle of milk will pacify the crying baby.
  2. Surreal – appearing as a fantasy or dream

    • Synonyms: hypnagogic, dreamlike
    • Antonyms: real
    • Usage: When I woke up after the surgery, I felt as though I was in a surreal environment because of the anesthesia.
  3. Hearken – to listen

    • Synonyms: apprehend, attend, auscultate, catch, descry, devour, eavesdrop
    • Antonyms: disregard, ignore, abstain
    • Usage: Confident and proud, the young man refused to hearken his parents’ advice.
  4. Periphery – the outer limits or edge of an area or object.

    • Synonyms: brink, fringe, perimeter, ambit, boundary, circumference
    • Antonyms: center, inside, interior, middle
    • Usage: Several security gates will be placed around the periphery of the new military base.
  5. Litany – a lengthy record

    • Synonyms: catalogue, recitation, repetition, account, enumeration, invocation
    • Usage: The criminal’s litany of crimes filled a huge folder in the prosecutor’s office.
  6. Ludicrous – unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.

    • Synonyms: absurd, ridiculous, farcical, laughable, risible, preposterous
    • Antonyms: sensible, reasonable, tragic, logical,
    • Usage: It’s ludicrous that I have been fined.
  7. Ideational – relating to, or involving ideas or concepts.

    • Synonyms: abstract, analytical, imaginative, intellectual, philosophical
    • Antonyms: concrete, ignorant, illogical
    • Usage: If the people in the small country had suffrage, they would remove the evil leader from power.
  8. Semblance – an outward appearance of something; an assumed appearance

    • Synonyms: pretense, veneer, affinity, alikeness, analogy, aspect, facade
    • Antonyms: reality, concrete,unlikeness
    • Usage: Even though I was nervous during my presentation, I tried to project a semblance of calmness while speaking.
  9. Tepid – showing little enthusiasm.

    • Synonyms: apathetic, indifferent, lukewarm, desultory, perfunctory
    • Antonyms: enthusiastic, passionate
    • Usage: The play’s premiere received tepid reviews from the disappointed critics.
  10. Tumble – fall suddenly

    • Synonyms: descend, drop, plummet, plunge,  stumble, collapse
    • Antonyms: ascend, increase, rise, 
    • Usage: She pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs

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43 Thoughts to “Editorials English Vocabulary Words Set 56”

  1. Ittu Si Barbie (。♥‿♥。)

    Thanku Team 🙂

    1. Ambika

      thankyou didi :))

      1. Ittu Si Barbie (。♥‿♥。)

        :))

      2. Sachin Shukla

        kaisa raha sbi po experience @@disqus_sqmL5JaJJZ:disqus

        1. Ambika

          disastrous 😀
          urs ???

          1. Sachin Shukla

            bekar:)) first time itta tough exam dekha attempt 87 &urs?

          2. Ambika

            87 OMG :((
            mere only 74

          3. Sachin Shukla

            good to apka sb sahi h

          4. Ambika

            ye to result hi btayega 🙁

          5. Sachin Shukla

            hmm but frr bhi apki accuracy aur mere me bahot fark h…

          6. Sachin Shukla

            mera sb thode na sahi h accuracy nahi achhi meri

          7. Ambika

            hmm…we ll have to wait for 10 days
            wese mene jyada hope ni rkhi isse ..prep kar di start next ke liye

          8. Sachin Shukla

            mee too jyada hope nahi..

          9. Sachin Shukla

            next k liye ready hu..start :))

          10. Only Yours

            87 is too much :((

  2. MAYANK BHARADWAJ100%

    thks

  3. Diya

    Ma’am what is the limit of fund transfer in IMPS?/

    1. odin

      no limit!! however, for each transaction, it is 2 lakhs

  4. Sachin Shukla

    ty))

  5. odin

    ” We are providing vocabulary words from The Articles of Newspapers like The Hindu, The Economist, Indian Express”..

    why is “the” missing from Indian express?? is that just sloppiness, or you don’t consider it to be worthy enough??

    1. Only Yours

      galti to nikaal di;; acche content ki taarif bhi kar dete 😀

      1. odin

        no no no.. agar sirf galati nikalni hoti th ye v bolta ki “The Article” mein “T” & “A” caps on kyun hain? :p

        and as far as appreciation goes, it was my visit to the site.. and you might know what they say about the first impression

        1. Only Yours

          ok ok 😀
          mai to yaha roz padhta;; acche ques hote;; tum bhi padhna

    2. Yes that got missed. I ll add

  6. Only Yours

    thanku :))

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