Brush up Vocabulary for Bank PO Exams :: SBI PO 2014 in focus

1.    Abstruse: difficult to understand

Usage: Abstruse argument/topic.

2.    Acclimatize:(v): adjust with climate or with any condition

Usage: Australian cricket team arrive two days early in order to acclimatize.

3.    Actuarial(adj): calculating

Usage: His actuarial skill is very good.

4.    Adroit (adj): skill full

Usage: He succeeded by his adroit diplomacy.

5.    Aegis(n): protection; support

Usage: Facilities were provided under the aegis of Red cross Society.

6.    Belabour(v): to explain excessively

Usage: I don’t want to belabor this point again.

7.    Blandishment(n):pleasant talks/action of flatter somebody

Usage: He refused to be moved by her blandishment.

8.    Banal(adj): dull, uninteresting

Usage: Banal remarks/ comments in the party.

9.    Bedlam(n):any place or situation of confusion

Usage: The children made the room and kitchen absolute bedlam.

10.  Bellicose(adj): quarrelsome; warlike

Usage: She has bellicose nature

11.  Cajole(v): to flatter

Usage: She was cajoled into accepting a part in play.

12.  Canny (adj): careful and showing good judgement,esp. in business or spending the money.

Usage: a Canny follow.

13.  Cardinal(adj): principal, chief, most important

Usage: A cardinal rule/reason.

14.  Careen(v): sway from side to side

Usage: Car careening down the hill.

15.  Carnage(n): killing many people

Usage: A scene of carnage.

16.  Digress (v): to leave to main subject/work

Usage: The speaker digressed from the topic during his presentation.

17.  Diligence(n): careful; hardworking

Usage: She shows great diligence in her school work.

18.  Discursive(adj): changing from one topic to another

Usage: The play was very discursive in style. Very few people could understand the story.

19.  Dotage(n):childish state due to old age

Usage: The old man becomes dotage in 70’s.

20.  Deranged (adj): insane; stupid

Usage: She has become completely deranged