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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are providing some difficult words from Editorials, which is important for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other !!!
- Ubiquitous – omnipresent, सर्वव्यापी
Meaning – present, appearing, or found everywhere.
Usage – “his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family”
Synonyms – omnipresent, ever-present, present everywhere, everywhere, all-over, all over the place, pervasive, all-pervasive, universal, worldwide, global; rife, prevalent, predominant etc.
2. Inclination – tendency, इरादा
Meaning – a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.
Usage – “John was a scientist by training and inclination”
Synonyms – tendency, propensity, proclivity, leaning; predisposition, disposition, predilection, weakness, proneness; desire, wish, readiness, impulse; bent etc.
3. Fugacious – temporary, अस्थायी रूप से
Meaning – tending to disappear
Synonyms – fleeting.
Usage – “she was acutely conscious of her fugacious youth”
4. Rhetoric – empty words, शब्दाड़म्बर
Meaning – the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
Synonyms – oratory, eloquence, power of speech, command of language, expression, way with words, delivery, diction etc.
Usage – “he was considered to excel in this form of rhetoric”
5. Staggeringly – hugely, अत्यधिकता
Meaning – walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
Usage – “he staggered to his feet, swaying a little”
Synonyms – lurch, walk unsteadily, reel, sway, teeter, totter, stumble, wobble, move clumsily, weave, flounder, falter, pitch, roll etc.
6. Inclination – tendency, इरादा
Meaning – a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.
Usage – “John was a scientist by training and inclination”
Synonyms – tendency, propensity, proclivity, leaning; predisposition, disposition, predilection, weakness, proneness; desire, wish, readiness, impulse; bent; archaiclist, humour; rarevelleity etc.
7. Jeer – ताना मारना
Meaning – make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.
Usage – “some of the younger men jeered at him”
synonyms – taunt, mock, scoff at, ridicule, laugh at, sneer at, deride, tease, insult, abuse, jibe (at), scorn, shout disapproval (at); heckle, interrupt, shout at/down, hector, catcall (at), boo (at), hoot at, whistle at, hiss (at), blow raspberries (at); informalknock, give someone a hard time etc.
8. Hostility – enmity, शत्रुता
Meaning – hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition.
Usage – “their hostility to all outsiders”
synonyms – antagonism, unfriendliness, bitterness, malevolence, malice, unkindness, spite, spitefulness, rancour, rancorousness, venom, wrath, anger, hatred; aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, bellicosity, pugnaciousness, militancy, truculence, warlikeness etc.
9. tumultuous – unquiet, अशान्त
Meaning – making an uproar or loud, confused noise.
Usage – a tumultuous crowd.
synonyms – loud, deafening, thunderous, thundering, ear-shattering, ear-splitting, ear-piercing, uproarious, noisy, clamorous, vociferous etc.
10. grapple – deal, सामना
Meaning – engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle.
Usage – an instrument for seizing hold of something; a grappling hook.
synonyms – wrestle, struggle, tussle etc.
