Vocabulary for SBI PO, IBPS PO, RBI grade B officers, SSC CGL and UPSC civil services exams
Repercussions
⇒ After effect, consequences, result, side effecteg: The fate of the state election has repercussions nationally.
Wrest
⇒ Take something from someone when it is difficulteg: For the BJP, a failure to wrest Karnataka will be difficult to ingest.
Shrewd
⇒ Clever, intelligent, cunningeg: Siddaramaiah has shrewdly and cynically fanned linguistic caste emotions to paint BJP as a pro Hindu party
Embroiled
⇒ Involve in a dispute, cause troubleeg: Yeddyurappa has been given the cases he was embroiled in.
Ratchet up
Phrasal verb⇒ Increase by a fixed amount and seems unlikely to decrease again
eg: By ratcheting up tensions with Iran and further isolating venezula, the US has already sent oil prices soaring.
Vituperative
⇒ Full of hate, anger or insults; abusiveeg: The Prime Minister should rethink his propensity to make vituperative comments against opposition leaders.
Solace
⇒ A feeling of comfort that makes you less sad, comfort, peaceeg: The Congress can take some solace from this unusual development.
Belittle
⇒ To portray as less important, criticize, derogateeg: The Prime Minister took every opportunity to belittle Rahul Gandhi.
Amorphous
⇒ Having no pattern or structure, indeterminateeg: Mobs are amorphous units that confer anonymity on perpetrators.
Xenophobic
⇒ And reasonably hating anyone or anything foreign or strangeeg: The police say the trigger for the killings could be a rush of xenophobic messages circulating on WhatsApp.