Vocabulary for SSC CGL/CAT/BANK PO - 10 July 2014

1. Marauders

Meaning - a person who marauds in other words a raider or a person who raids

Synonyms - raider, plunderer, pillager, looter, robber, pirate, freebooter, buccaneer, corsair, rover, bandit, brigand, rustler, highwayman, ravage

2. Avid

Meaning - having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something or having an eager desire for something

Synonyms - keen, eager, enthusiastic, ardent, passionate, devoted, dedicated, fervent, fervid, zealous, fanatical, voracious, insatiable

Antonym - Undesirous

3. Denounce

Meaning - inform against or publicly declare to be wrong or evil

Synonyms - condemn, criticize, attack, censure, castigate, decry, revile, vilify, besmirch, discredit, damn, reject, proscribe.

4. Insolent

Meaning - showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Synonyms - impertinent, impudent, cheeky, ill-mannered, bad mannered, unmannerly, rude, impolite, uncivil, lacking civility, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, contemptuous, presumptuous

Antonyms - polite, respectful

5. Unrighteousness - failing to adhere to moral principles

6. Pubescent

Meaning - relating to or denoting a person at or approaching the age of puberty

Synonyms - teenage, teen aged, adolescent, young, juvenile

7. Penance

Meaning - punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing

Synonyms - atonement, expiation, self-punishment, self-mortification, self-abasement, reparation, amends, penalty, punishment

8. Eternal

Meaning - lasting or existing forever without end and sometimes this word is also used to emphasize expressions of admiration, gratitude, etc.

Synonyms - everlasting, never-ending, endless, without end, perpetual, undying, immortal, deathless, indestructible, imperishable, immutable, abiding, permanent, enduring, infinite, boundless, timeless.