Daily Vocabulary for Bank Exams: 24th April 2019

2. STIMULATE (verb) प्रोत्साहित करना
Meaning: encourage or arouse interest or enthusiasm in.
Synonyms: rejuvenate, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize.
Antonyms: enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue.
Usage: The fraternity hosted a massive party over the summer to stimulate interest in their house and increase membership.

3. INHERENT (adjective) निहित
Meaning: existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.
Synonyms: intrinsic, innate, fundamental, basic.
Antonyms: superficial, exterior, extraneous, extrinsic.
Usage: Even as a youngster, Janice showed she had an inherent talent to be a great singer.

4. LAUREATE (noun) पुरस्कार विजेता
Meaning: a person who is honored with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement.
Synonyms: distinguished, victor, significant, glorious.
Antonyms: dishonorable, inglorious, insignificant, infamous.
Usage: Disease experts say the drugs developed by Monday’s Nobel laureates have had a major impact.

5. UNLEASH (verb) खोल देना
Meaning: to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled.
Synonyms: unchain, unfetter, unshackle, vent.
Antonyms: confine, enchain, fetter, bridle.
Usage: Since the owner decided to unleash her dog on the street, it was only a matter of minutes before it ran a few hundred feet in front of a car.

6. STIPULATE (verb) अनुबंध करना
Meaning: demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement.
Synonyms: specify, prescribe, enjoin, assign.
Antonyms: relinquish, surrender, yield, imply.
Usage: The software company’s policies stipulate employees must take two fifteen-minute breaks a day.

7. INCHOATE (adjective) प्रारंभिक
Meaning: just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.
Synonyms: budding, inceptive, incipient, nascent.
Antonyms: developed, full-fledged, evolved, ripened.
Usage: If only you could come up with a complete plan and not just an inchoate idea!

8. COERCION (noun) 
Meaning: the action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
Synonyms: force, compulsion, constraint, duress.
Antonyms: persuasion, agreement, approval, consent.
Usage: He denied he had made the confession under coercion and threat, as alleged by his father.

9. PERCOLATE (verb) टपकना
Meaning: to flow forth slowly through small openings.
Synonyms: exude, ooze, seep, strain.
Antonyms: gush, pour, stream, surge.
Usage: The water percolating through the soil may leach out minerals.

10. CONFABULATE (verb): बातचीत करना
Meaning: to talk informally
Synonyms: cackle, chat, patter, schmooze.
Antonyms: be silent, be quiet.
Usage: Guests gathered in the hallway to confabulate about the weather and make small talk.