Dear Students, SSC CGL 2017 Exam will be conducted from 1st August to 20 August 2017. For vocabulary related questions, you need to read a lot and memorize the words so that you can answer all the questions based on vocab. Your reading habit can make all the difference. If you are not able to read a newspaper for SSC Exam, here we are providing vocab words based on the Hindu newspaper editorial.
1.Nostalgia (noun)
Meaning: a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.
Synonyms: wistfulness, longing for the past, regret, regretfulness, reminiscence, remembrance, recollection, homesickness, sentimentality
Example: There has been a certain depressing pattern in India-Russia relations over the past decade. Annual summit-level meetings have been marked by expressions of nostalgia for the glory days of Indo-Soviet friendship, declarations of solemn intent to take contemporary relations to new heights and highlighting common perspectives even as the two countries mostly go their respective ways.
2.Immune (adjective)
Meaning: 1.resistant to a particular infection or toxin owing to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.
Meaning: 2.protected or exempt, especially from an obligation or the effects of something.
Synonyms: resistant, not subject, not liable, unsusceptible, not vulnerable, not open, not exposed.
Example: It is fine to say that our relations are “immune” to the changes in the geopolitical situation. This is good political packaging but we should accept that in reality this is simply not true.
3.Asymmetry (noun)
Meaning: lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something; lack of symmetry.
Example: The early settlement of their border dispute, the expansion in their economic and trade relations and the emergence of China as a major recipient of Russian weapons and defence technologies brought about an asymmetry in perceptions of China between India and Russia.
4.Periphery (noun)
Meaning: the outer limits or edge of an area or object.
Synonyms: edge, outer edge, margin, fringe, boundary, border, perimeter, circumference, rim, verge, borderline.
Example: Chinese inroads into Central Asia and Eastern Europe are also a concern for Russia, which regards both these regions as part of its strategic periphery.
5.Pretension (noun)
Meaning: a claim or assertion of a claim to something.
Synonyms: aspiration, claim, assertion, pretence, profession, purporting
Example: The St. Petersburg Declaration describes India and Russia as “great powers”. That is signal enough that neither is about to succumb to Chinese pretensions to singular dominance.
6.Protracted (adjective)
Meaning: lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
Example: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in the face of protracted protests by farmers, has announced a blanket loan waiver for ‘needy’ farmers, with an estimated outgo of ₹35,000 crore.
7.Inflationary (adjective)
Meaning: characterized by or tending to cause monetary inflation.
Example: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has categorically said States must generate their own resources to fund such largesse, and the Reserve Bank of India has warned of inflationary risks from fiscal slippages caused by large farm loan waivers.
8.Cynicism (noun)
Meaning: an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; scepticism.
Synonyms: scepticism, doubt, distrust, mistrust, doubtfulness, suspicion, disbelief, incredulity.
Example: The streets of Caracas are witness to politics of cynicism aimed at precipitating conditions for a military coup.
9.Referendum (noun)
Meaning: a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
Synonyms: public vote, plebiscite, popular vote, ballot, poll
Example: The new Constitution, like the present one, will also, most likely, be put to referendum.
10.Devastating (adjective)
Meaning: highly destructive or damaging.
Synonyms: destructive, ruinous, disastrous, catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic;
Example: The last fortnight perhaps offered a glimpse of what a devastating blend a happily married offence and defence is.
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