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Vocabulary - 26.11.2015

Bankers Guru

1. CONDIGN (ADJECTIVE): appropriate, proper

Synonyms: deserved, earned 

Antonyms: unfair, inadequate

Example Sentence:

He had thought of raising the parish, of condign punishment of many sorts, but not this.


2. CONVICTION (NOUN): belief, opinion

Synonyms: faith, sentiment Antonyms: doubt, disbelief

Example Sentence:

Now he wants his conviction overturned and is seeking a new trial.


3. OBLIGE (VERB): require

Synonyms: compel, constraint Antonyms: delay, release

Example Sentence: 

Thus intending to oblige only a single man you have acquired the gratitude of many.


4. RECEPTIVITY (NOUN): openness

Synonyms: acceptance, interest Antonyms: disagreement, disbelief

Example Sentence:

It thinks its system of concepts freely on the occasion of the affections of the 

receptivity.


5. CONVOKE (VERB): meet

Synonyms: assemble, gather Antonyms: disperse, scatter

Example Sentence:

The Committee was assured that they intended to convoke the electors.


6. SHEER (ADJECTIVE): abrupt, steep

Synonyms: erect, arduous Antonyms: heavy, impermeable

Example Sentence:

The sheer number of people who need to be rehoused is itself an enormous issue.


7. OBLITERATED (ADJECTIVE): eliminated

Synonyms: destroyed, removed Antonyms: repaired, fixed

Example Sentence:

Both families struggle to find a way to continue in a world where everything is 

obliterated by an act of random violence.


8. LACERATE (VERB): tear, cut; wound

Synonyms: hurt, injure Antonyms: cure, fix

Example Sentence:

These spurs do not lacerate the horse, as their points are blunt.


9. BEDRAGGLED (ADJECTIVE): unkempt, untidy

Synonyms: disordered, drenched Antonyms: fresh, neat

Example Sentence:

His relief was so great that, forgetting his own bedraggled condition, he laughed.


10. SCALDING (ADJECTIVE): hot

Synonyms: blazing, burning Antonyms: cool, freezing

Example Sentence:

The fire in his body, the scalding heat that had been quenched by the cold water.



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