Vocabulary: 9 || SBI Clerk | NABARD | RRB | SSC
Dear students. Here we are posting sample in Vocabulary., which is common for SBI, IBPS, RBI, LIC, NICL and other competitive exams.
Scrutiny (Noun)
Definition: critical observation or examination.
Synonyms: careful examination, inspection, survey, scan
Usage: Every aspect of local government was placed under scrutiny.
Moor (Verb) past tense: moored; past participle: moored
Definition: make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor.
Synonyms: tie up, secure, make fast, fix firmly, fasten
Usage: Twenty or so fishing boats were moored to the pierside.
Reckons (Verb)
Definition: establish by calculation.
Synonyms: calculate, compute, work out, put a figure on
Usage: The cost to the company was reckoned at 1 crore.
Mere (Adj)
Definition: used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is.
Synonyms: trifling, meagre, bare, trivial, paltry
Usage: Questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals.
Encase (Verb)
Definition: enclose or cover in a case or close-fitting surround.
Usage: Each was encased in a plastic shrink-wrap.
Ballast (Noun)
Definition: heavy material, such as gravel, sand, or iron, placed in the bilge of a ship to ensure its stability. Usage: The hull had insufficient ballast.
Fruition (Noun)
Definition: the realization or fulfilment of a plan or project.
Synonyms: fulfilment, realization, actualization, materialization
Usage: The plans have come to fruition rather sooner than expected.
Thence (Adverb)
Usage: Studying maps to assess past latitudes and thence an indication of climate.
Batter (Verb) gerund or present participle: battering
Definition: strike repeatedly with hard blows.
Synonyms: pummel, pound, rain blows on, buffet
Usage: A prisoner was battered to death with a table leg.