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Meaning of words Phrases which frequently asked in IBPS
exam
Redemption (N): दोबारा मोल लेना – the act of purchasing back something previously
sold; repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity
(as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
Synonyms: buyback, repurchase
Usage: With open-ended funds, the fund company must accept your redemption
whenever you want.
Redemption (N): मुक्ति – the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
Synonyms: salvation
Usage: It’s kind of an act of redemption for me
Intend (V): इरादा रखना – have in mind as a purpose; design or destine
Synonyms: designate, destine, specify, mean, think
Usage: SpaceX itself has said it intends to go back to flying rockets as soon as
possible.
Intervene (V): हस्तक्षेप करना – get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or
through force or threat of force.
Synonyms: interfere, interpose, step in
Antonyms: combibe, leave alone
Usage: Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?
Soillover (V): any indirect effect of public expenditure (economy); overflow with a
certain feeling
Bolster (V): सहारा देना – support and strengthen
Synonyms: bolster up
Antonym: hinder, weaken, undermine
Usage: I use to bolster morale of all the users of Banking Mantras when they feel low
and depressed.
Augment (V): बढ़ना – grow or intensify; To augment is to increase the amount or
strength of something.
Synonyms: amplify, enhance, intensify, strengthen
Antonym: diminish, condense, abridge
Usage: The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East
Complacency (N): आत्मसतं ोष – the feeling you have when you are satisfied with
yourself.
Synonyms: complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction
Antonym: unsatisfied
Usage: his complacency was absolutely disgusting.
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Dispel (V): दूर करना – force to go away
Synonyms: chase away, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back
Usage: dispel doubts
Up in the air (Adj): not decided or completely developed
Synonyms: Not yet decided; uncertain.
Usage: Not settled, uncertain, as in The proposal to build a golf course next to the
airport is still up in the air.
Tying up loose ends – To take care of, finish, or resolve some issues or pieces of
business that are not critical but have remained outstanding.
Wrap up (V): पूरा करना – finish a task completely; To bring to a conclusion; settle
finally or successfully
Synonyms: To summarize; recapitulate.
Throwback (N): पुनरावरत् न – a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Synonyms: atavism, reversion
Usage: It’s kind of a throwback to when these kinds of things were always happening.
Dictatorship (N): तानाशाही – a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Synonyms: Caesarism, Stalinism, absolutism, authoritarianism, despotism,
monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, totalitarianism, tyranny
Usage: She has compared her impeachment to her imprisonment by the former U.S.backed Brazilian dictatorship.
Brusque (Adj): अक्तशष्ट – marked by rude or peremptory shortness; A brusque
manner of speaking is unfriendly, rude, and very brief.
Synonyms: brusk, curt, short
Usage: You need to try to cultivate a less brusque manner.
Abrasive (N): ककक श – sharply disagreeable
Synonyms: harsh
Usage: Arvind Kejriwal has an abrasive character
Rabble- rouser (N): भीड़ को भड़काने वाला व्यक्ति – a person who makes a group of people
angry, excited, or violent (such as by giving speeches) especially in order to achieve a
political or social goal
Some Detail: A politician who deliberately tries to get her audience excited and angry
can be described as a rabble-rouser.
Synonyms: demagog, demagogue
Usage: People like Azam khan, Owaisi and Adityanath are nothing but rabble –
rousers.
Maverick (N): स्वतंत्र क्तवचारों वाला – independent in behavior or thought; someone who
exhibits great independence in thought and action
Some Detail: A maverick is a rebel, someone who shows a lot of independence.
Synonyms: rebel
Usage: maverick politicians
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Brazen (N): बेशमक – unrestrained by convention or propriety
Synonyms: bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, insolent
Usage: brazen arrogance
Complicity (N): अपराध में भागीदारी – guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
Some Detail: Complicity refers to the act of helping someone else behave
inappropriately or illegally. If you find yourself accused of complicity, it’s often
helpful to show that you were unaware of the other person’s intentions.
Trickle-down effect: Trickle down economics is a term used to describe the belief
that if high income earners gain an increase in salary, then everyone in the economy
will benefit as their increased income and wealth filter through to all sections in
society.
Patron (N): सहायक – someone who supports or champions something
Synonyms: sponsor, supporter
Usage: Now she wonders if he may have been thinking about targeting patrons of the
multiplex.
Coalition (N): गठबध
ं न – the union of diverse things into one body or form or group;
the growing together of parts
Some Detail: A coalition is a group of people who join together for a common cause,
like a coalition you form with other skateboarders who want to convince your town to
build a skate park.
Synonyms: coalescence, coalescency, concretion, conglutination
Usage: The Obama coalition may not turn out to his chosen successor.
Dwindle (V): घटना – become smaller or lose substance
Synonyms: dwindle away, dwindle down
Usage: Her savings dwindled down
Integrated (Adj): अक्तवभाज्य -formed into a whole or introduced into another entity
Synonyms: incorporate, incorporated, merged, unified
Usage: an integrated India
Plausible (Adj): सभ
ं ाव्य – apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful
Synonyms: believable, credible
Some Detail: If something is plausible, it’s reasonable or believable. Things that are
plausible could easily happen. A woman becoming President is very plausible. A
giraffe becoming President is not.
Antonyms: implausible
Usage: a plausible excuse
Shun (V): त्यागना – avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Synonyms: eschew
2. expel from a community or group
Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize
Usage: I tried to shake off this iteration of a debunked “evolutionary” basis for
shunning.
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Gambit (N): चाल – a maneuver in a game or conversation
Some Detail: A gambit is a strategic move, often in chess but also in politics or
business, where a player sacrifices something up front for future gain.
Synonyms: ploy, stratagem
Usage: Supporters and skeptics alike will soon learn if that gambit will succeed.
Grappling (N): कुश्ती – the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
Synonyms: grapple, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling
Usage: we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully.
Yeoman (N): a person attending or assisting another
1. a free man who cultivates his own land
2. officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
Synonyms: beefeater, yeoman of the guard
Usage: A yeoman’s effort would restore diminished service, three hours later.
Referendum (N): जनमत-सग्रं ह – a legislative act is referred for final approval to a
popular vote by the electorate
Some Detail: A referendum is an official vote on a specific issue. It’s often part of a
larger election.
Topic: A Nobel push for peace in Colombia
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In a long year of war and strife, (शत्रतु ा – bitter conflict; heated often violent
dissension; lack of agreement or harmony) it is a silver lining that the Nobel
Committee in Oslo was spoilt for choice in deciding upon the recipient of the 2016
Peace Prize. A landmark nuclear deal brought a peaceful closure to
Iran’spurported (तथाकथथत – believed or reputed to be the case) nuclear weapon
ambitions and paved the way for better relations between Tehran and the West,
making the key negotiators leading contenders for the Prize. Theyeoman efforts of
the White Helmets of Syria, a group of local volunteers in Aleppo and other parts of
war-ravaged Syria who help rescue people injured or stranded in bomb attacks in
war zones, merited recognition. But the ending of one of the longest-running civil
wars was the achievement that got the highest recognition by the Committee. The
Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel
Santos after his government painstakingly (कड़ी मेहनत से – in a fastidious (Very
attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.) and painstaking
manner.) concluded negotiations by signing an accord with the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC), winding down hostilities in a 52-year-old civil war. The
accord, signed on September 26, 2016, provided for the disbanding (बरख़ास्त करना –
cause to break up or cease to function; stop functioning or cohering as a unit) of
FARC militants and for the rebels to join the political process as a routine political
party, besides conceding demands by FARC to address inequities in Colombia’s rural
areas through development programmes and land distribution. FARC also agreed
to dismantle (तोड डालना – take apart into its constituent pieces) drug production
facilities in areas in its control which had helped finance the war against the
Colombian government. This was a landmark accord that provided an opportunity
not just for peace but also for better prospects in the war against drug production
and trade in Colombia.
Merely (Only) a week after the accord, the government received a setback as its
attempt to get the accordratified (मंजरू करना – approve and express assent,
responsibility,
or
obligation
Synonyms: sanctioned) through a referendum failed. About 50.23 percent of the
voters who turned out (the turnout was less than 40 percent) voted against the peace
agreement. Both the government and FARC have ruled out a return to war despite
this setback, (an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is
thwarting or frustrating.) and even the advocates of the “no” vote, including former
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President Álvaro Uribe, have sought fresh negotiations for what they deem to be a
better accord. The Nobel committee recognises that despite the setback there is the
need for a broad-based dialogue to further the peace process. In doing so, it has
provided Mr. Santos the persuasive pulpit (मंच – a platform raised above the
surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it) he had lost following
the referendum. (जनमत-सग्रं ह – a legislative act is referred for final approval to a
popular vote by the electorate) The award should enable his government to seek a
renewed accord that does not militate against the previous one and seals a durable
peace. The Peace Prize is a testimonial to the patience required to bring about closure
to complex, long-running conflicts. In this case, at least, it is well-deserved.
Meaning of difficult words & Phrases used in the passage:
Strife (N): शत्रुता – bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension; lack of agreement
or harmony
Synonyms: discord
Usage: That quality was much in demand while the classical music scene in the Twin
Cities weathered fiscal storms and labor strife.
Purported (Adj): तथाकक्तथत – believed or reputed to be the case
Synonyms: supposedly
Usage: Last Wednesday, the two drove to the address purportedly to conduct
surveillance.
Pave the way: If something paves the way for/to something else, it makes the other
thing possible:
Usage: Scientists hope that data from the probe will pave the way for a more detailed
exploration of Mars.
Yeoman (N): a person attending or assisting another
1. a free man who cultivates his own land
2. officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
Synonyms: beefeater, yeoman of the guard
Usage: A yeoman’s effort would restore diminished service, three hours later.
Painstakingly (Adv): कड़ी मेहनत से – in a fastidious (Very attentive to and concerned
about accuracy and detail.) and painstaking manner.
Synonyms: fastidiously
Usage: it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling
Disband (V): बरख़ास्त करना – cause to break up or cease to function; stop functioning
or cohering as a unit
Synonyms: dissolve
Usage: the principal disbanded the political student organization
Dismantle (V): तोड़ डालना – take apart into its constituent pieces
Synonyms: break apart, break up, disassemble, take apart
Antonym: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
Usage: f you dismantle a computer to see what it looks like inside, you better know
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how to put it back together, or you might be looking at the inside of your room for
awhile.
Ratified (V): मंजूर करना – approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
Synonyms: sanctioned
Usage: When a constitutional amendment is voted into law, it is said to be ratified, or
formally accepted.
Setback (N): an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is
thwarting or frustrating.
Synonyms: black eye, blow, reversal, reverse
Usage: Nawaz Shareef advisers are well aware that even small gestures can lead to
setbacks
Pulpit (N): मंच – a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence
to the person on it
Synonyms: ambo, dais, podium, rostrum, soapbox, stump
Usage: If you go into a church and see a minister speaking from a high platform, he’s
speaking from the pulpit.
Referendum (N): जनमत-सग्रं ह – a legislative act is referred for final approval to a
popular vote by the electorate
Some Detail: A referendum is an official vote on a specific issue. It’s often part of a
larger election.
Topic: Stamping down on prejudice
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The revival of the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014, and the Union
Cabinet’s approval for provisions that make discrimination (भेदभाव – unfair
treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice)against people living with
the virus punishable, are positive steps. Such laws, however, can only deliver benefits
within the overall constraints (बाध्यता – A constraint is a limit or restriction; the state
of being physically constrained) imposed by an underfunded public health system.
Where the legislation can make some difference, with active monitoring by
HIV/AIDS support groups, is in ensuring that acquiring the infection does not mean
an end to education, employment, access to housing and healthcare due to
discrimination. The success of the anti-discrimination aspects hinges on (पर थनभभर करना –
be contingent on) the readiness of governments to accept the inquiry findings of
ombudsmen, to be appointed under the law, and provide relief. Since the new law is
intended to both stop the spread of the disease and help those who have become
infected get antiretroviral therapy as well as equal opportunity, it will take a high
degree of commitment to providing effective drugs to all those in need. In August,
the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare put the number of people getting free
treatment nationally at 9,65,000, of which 53,400 are children. This must be viewed
against the most recent estimate last year, that 2.1 million people live with HIV in
India, of whom 7,90,000 are women. Regional variations in access to diagnosis and
treatment must be addressed.
The legislation and the structure of complaints redress (उपाय – make reparations or
amends for) that its proposals should provide some relief to thousands of families
that face discrimination in admitting children to school, an infected individual
getting a job, or treatment in hospital. Unlike many other diseases, however,
HIV/AIDS has received global attention and funding, thus building up pressure on
governments to come up with supportive policies. Communities will now have the
opportunity to ensure that the strongest element of theprospective (प्रत्याथशत – of or
concerned with or related to the future) law, assuring confidentiality of HIV status, is
enforced. A breach (अथतक्रमण – act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or
promises) could invite imprisonment and a fine. Yet, the proposals approved by the
Cabinet fail on one important count: the insurance industry is allowed to
use actuarial calculations to limit access to products to people with HIV. The
Centre’s initiative is palpably (प्रत्यक्ष – capable of being perceived; especially capable
of being handled or touched or felt)weak, since a universal system would not
discriminate against people with any form of illness, and would fullyembrace (ग्रहण
करना – To embrace something is to welcome it with open arms, hold, hug, accept
completely.)the goal of health and welfare for all. National AIDS Control
Organisation data for 2015 indicate that while there is an overall decline in HIV
prevalence among visitors to antenatal clinics, there was a rise in nine States. The
government must get down to business and close such gaps.
Meaning of difficult words & Phrases used in the passage:
Discrimination (N): भेदभाव – unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of
prejudice
Synonyms: favoritism, favouritism
Some Detail: Discrimination means distinguishing between two or more people or
things. Usually, discrimination means an unfair system that treats one group of
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people worse than another.
Usage: Age discrimination is against the law in every other field of work.
Constraint (N): बाध्यता – A constraint is a limit or restriction; the state of being
physically constrained
Synonyms: restraint
Usage: Obama says a major source of the slowdown in labor productivity has been
self-imposed constraints.
Hinge on (V): पर क्तनभकर करना – be contingent on
Synonyms: depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge upon, ride, turn on
Usage: Your result will hinge on your homework
Redress (N): उपाय – make reparations or amends for
Synonyms: compensate, correct, right
Antonym: wrong
Usage: They claim there is little redress for them in cases of unfair and inappropriate
removals.
Prospective (Adj): प्रत्याक्तशत – of or concerned with or related to the future
Synonyms: future (yet to be or coming)
Antonym: retrospective (concerned with or related to the past)
Usage: prospective earnings
Breach (N): अक्ततक्रमण – act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
Synonyms: break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate
Antonym: keep, observe
Some Detail: A breach is a violation of a law, duty, or promise. If you’d contracted to
mow your neighbor’s lawn and don’t do it, he can sue you for breach of contract.
Usage: Russia has declined to consent to this, putting America in technical breach of
the deal.
Actuarial (Adj): बीमांक्तकक – of or relating to the work of an actuary (A person who
compiles and analyzes statistics and uses them to calculate insurance risks and
premiums.)
Palpable (Adj): प्रत्यक्ष – capable of being perceived; especially capable of being
handled or touched or felt
Synonyms: tangible, perceptible: easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the
mind
Antonym: impalpable (imperceptible to the senses or the mind)
Usage: Post Uri attack the Surgical Strike which was done by India in POK, and
Pakistan is denying that India did not do such types of any strike, it is nothing but a
palpable lie.
Embrace (V): ग्रहण करना – To embrace something is to welcome it with open arms,
hold, hug, accept completely.
Synonyms: adopt, espouse, sweep up
Usage: So her script embraces the little moments that make up a relationship.
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