Schism(noun)

Definition: (noun) A separation or division into factions.

Synonyms: discord, split

Usage: Heretics were burned for attempting to create a schism in the Catholic Church.

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Mercurial (Adjective)

Definition: (adjective) Quick and changeable in temperament.

Synonyms: quicksilver, erratic, fickle, volatile

Usage: Her mercurial nature made it difficult to gauge how she would react.

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Moire (adjective) - English Word

Definition: (adjective) Having a wavy or rippled surface pattern. Used of fabric.

Synonyms: watered

Usage: As the lady sat down, the folds of her moire silk dress rustled about her.

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Sentient (adjective)

Definition: (adjective) Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.

Synonyms: animate

Usage: The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage.

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Smarmy (Adjective)

Definition: (adjective) Hypocritically, complacently, or effusively earnest.

Synonyms: fulsome, oleaginous, unctuous

Usage: His smarmy speech left no doubt that he actually felt superior to those he was meant to be praising.

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Spurious

Definition: (adjective) Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine.

Synonyms: specious, unauthentic

Usage: The professor explained to the student that her essay had received a "C" due to numerous examples of spurious reasoning.

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Excoriate

Definition: (verb) To censure strongly.

Synonyms: abrade, condemn, denounce

Usage: The newspaper printed an editorial that excoriated the administration for its inaction.

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Grovel

Definition: (verb) To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility.

Synonyms: cower, cringe, fawn

Usage: The prisoners groveled before the emperor, hoping that he would commute their sentences.

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Pompous

Definition: (adjective) Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity.

Synonyms: overblown, grandiloquent, portentous

Usage: He read the proclamation aloud in a pompous voice, although nobody was paying attention.

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Interesting Vocabulary Words in English

1. Agrestic: Someone who is rude, uncouth and uncultured.
2. Ubiquitous: Which seems everywhere or omnipresent.
3. Ecdysiast: A striptease artist.
4. Bailiwick: An area of interest, activity or authority.
5. Insinuation: A malicious implication.
6. Animadversion: A harsh critical remark.
7. Epistemology: Related to philosophy, which studies the science of how we know things.
8. Banal: Boring, rudimentary, something that is not original.
9. Godspeed: Success or fortune.
10. Schadenfreude: Sadistic pleasure derived from someone's misfortune.
11. Porphyrophobia: Fear of the color purple.
12. Senescence: Growing old or aging.
13. Euphony: Bearable or agreeable sound.
14. Quixotic: Extremely romantic and chivalrous.
15. Jocularity: Funny or joking speech; joking behavior
16. Mendacity: A pretense; a false appearance.
17. Obloquy: An oral or verbal abuse towards a person.
18. Ribaldry: Behavior inclining towards indelicacy.
19. Heebie-Jeebies: Nervous jitters.
20. Corpulent: Extremely fat.
21. Ennui: Boredom or joblessness.
22. Callipygian: Well toned buttocks.
23. Penultimate: Next to the last.
24. Kakistocracy: Government chosen by the worst class of citizens.
25. Uxorious: Extremely submissive to one's wife.
26. Ichthyophagous: One that feeds on fish.
27. Hebetudinous: One who lacks mental stimulation, dull-minded, very lethargic.
28. Mammiferous: Having mammary glands.
29. Tatterdemalion: A shabbily dressed person.
30. Jejune: Nothing interesting; rudimentary.
31. Solipsism: It is a philosophical belief that only the self exists.
32. Hedonism: A belief that happiness is the only good thing in life.
33. Hiatus: A break; a pause.
34. Hispid: Coarse bristle like hair, especially of animals or plants.
35. Perspicacious: To have a very good judgment.
36. Condign: A well deserved punishment.
37. Deipnosophist: A person with excellent dinner table conversation skills.
38. Eleemosynary: Pertaining to charity.
39. Pareidolia: A psychological phenomenon, wherein a person has the notion of seeing faces of people in clouds, hearing hidden messages and other such unusual feelings.
40. Pleonasm: Use of redundant words.
41. Syzygy: Linear alignment of 3 celestial bodies (the sun, the moon and the earth).
42. Tmesis: Separating parts of a word by using another word.
43. Pilgarlic: A bald head.
44. Sesquipedalian: Using long words.
45. Sciolism: Superficial and pseudo knowledge.
46. Stegophilist: A person who climbs buildings for the sake of fun.

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Vocabulary Use in Bank Exam

►-EPHEMERAL (ADJECTIVE): short-lived, fleeting

Synonyms: Temporary, Brief Antonyms: Permanent, perpetual

Example Sentence:

She promised she’d love me forever, but her “forever” was only ephemeral: she left me after one week.

►-EVINCE (VERB): to show, reveal

Synonyms: manifest, demonstrate Antonyms: conceal, hide

Example Sentence:

Christopher’s hand-wringing and nail-biting evince how nervous he is about the upcoming English test.

►-EXIGENT (ADJECTIVE): urgent, critical

Synonyms: crucial, acute Antonyms: easy, facile

Example Sentence:

The patient has an exigent need for medication, or else he will lose his sight.

►-FERAL (ADJECTIVE) wild, savage

Synonyms: ferocious, brutal Antonyms: domesticated, cultivated

Example Sentence:

That beast looks so feral that I would fear being alone with it.

►-FECUND (ADJECTIVE): fruitful, fertile

Synonyms: productive, prolific Antonyms: infertile, sterile

Example Sentence:

The fecund tree bore enough apples to last us through the entire season.

►-EXPIATE (ADJECTIVE): to make amends for, atone

Synonyms: correct, rectify Antonyms: charge , punish

Example Sentence:

To expiate my selfishness, I gave all my profits to charity.

►-INVETERATE (ADJECTIVE): stubbornly established by habit

Synonyms: addicted, habitual Antonyms: short-lived, temporary

Example Sentence:

I’m the first to admit that I’m an inveterate coffee drinker—I drink four cups a day.

►-INVECTIVE (NOUN): an angry verbal attack

Synonyms: denunciation, epithet Antonyms: praise, approval

Example Sentence:

My mother’s irrational invective against the way I dress only made me decide to dye my hair green.

►-ORDEAL (NOUN): A very unpleasant and prolonged experience.

Synonyms: Torture, Difficulty Antonyms: Comfort, Contentment

Example Sentence:

This book had a gory description about the ordeals faced by soldiers who came back defeated from the battle.

►-KNACK (NOUN): An acquired or natural skill at doing something.

Synonyms: Dexterity, Flair Antonyms: Ineptness, Inability

Example Sentence:

Although she has a knack for portrait painting, she takes to it only when she is in a good mood.

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Ostentatious

Definition: (adjective) Intended to attract notice and impress others.

Synonyms: pretentious, showy

Usage: His ostentatious displays of wealth did nothing to impress his neighbors, who were proud of their middle-class status.

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Dilettante (noun)

Definition:  A dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge.

Synonyms: sciolist

Usage:  He claimed to be serious about his paintings, but he was at heart a mere dilettante.

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Intaglio (noun)

Definition: (noun) A figure or design carved into or beneath the surface of hard metal or stone.

Synonyms: diaglyph

Usage: The intaglio was so incredibly detailed that it almost looked like a photograph.

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Impinge (Verb)

Definition:

have an effect, especially a negative one.

Synonyms:

Intrude, Infringe, Pry, Meddle, Disturb

Antonyms:

Dodge, Avoid

Example Sentence:

Human activities simply impinge in too many ways on the well-being of animal populations.

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Kudos

Kudos: Noun

Pronunciation: Koo-dohz 

Meaning: Glory or honour

Usage/Example:

The policeman received kudos for bravery in action.

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Impermeable

Meaning: 
Resistant to seepage


Impermeable: 
Adjective

Pronunciation:
Im-pur-mee-uh'-buh'l

Usage/Example:
The impermeable quality of plastic caused it to be used in an assortment of house-hold products.

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Brawl (Noun)

Definition:

nasty fight

Synonyms:

Fracas, Altercation, Feud, Melee, Ruckus, Quarrel

Antonyms:

Harmony, Peace, Calm

Example Sentence:

There was a brawl in parliament when the pact was debated.

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