Blackbook of English vocabulary : Steno 2020 Update

SSC Steno 2020 (IDIOMS)

SN Idioms Meaning
1 To make up for to replace something that is lost or
damaged
2 To cut corners To save money and economise
3 Under the weather Not feeling well
4 To get cold feet To become afraid to do something
5 The apple of someone’s eyes the person that someone loves and is
proud of
6 Once and for all Finally
7 Twist someone’s arm persuade someone to do something
8 To call the shots To have control
9 Dry run Rehearsal of an event
10 At a snail’s pace very slowly
11 Hang up your boots retire from playing a game
12 In high spirits joyful
13 Get your act together organise your work in a better way
14 Vanish into thin air disappear
15 Throw caution to the wind behave in a reckless manner
16 Hanging by a thread/a hair being in a dangerous position
17 Cross a bridge when you come to it deal with something when it happens,
and not worry about it beforehand

18 Pull yourself together control emotions and behave calmly

19 In the same boat sharing the same problem
20 The black sheep one who is not accepted as part of a
family or group because of one’s bad
conduct
21 Hit a dead end reach a situation that leads to nothing
further
22 Hit the nail on the head say something that is exactly right
23 Take one's hat off to someone show admiration for someone
24 Make a beeline for To move directly towards something
25 All ears ready to listen
26 Bury the hatchet make peace
27 Chill out Relax completely
28 Raise an alarm warn of a dangerous situation
29 Take a cue from someone be strongly influenced by someone
30 Hold one’s tongue To keep quiet
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SSC Steno 2020 (SYNO) SSC Steno 2020 (ANTO)

SN Word Synonyms SN Word Antonyms
1 HUGE big 1 Negligent Careful
2 Emblem Symbol 2 PRODUCE (verb) destroy
3 Carnage Slaughter 3 Hospitable Rude
4 SUPPORTING agreeing 4 BORING exciting
5 Batter Beat 5 Moderate Extreme
6 Deficient Lacking 6 HARMONY discord
7 TRANQUIL sober 7 Jubilant Depressed
8 TIMID humble 8 PREVAIL surrender
9 HOSPITABLE congenial 9 Feeble Strong
10 Stationary Fixed 10 APPRISE hide
11 HAMPER restrict 11 DISCARD accept
12 FORTHRIGHT outspoken 12 SUPERFICIAL genuine
13 COMMENCE initiate 13 ABSORB emit
14 LIBERTY freedom 14 CONSERVE destroy
15 CONSEQUENCE outcome 15 REVIVE damage
16 HARMONY peace 16 CONFINE liberate
17 VULNERABLE exposed 17 MODERN ancient
18 AUSTERE unadorned 18 SHALLOW deep
19 EXTRACT withdraw 19 AGILE lethargic
20 ASSIST facilitate 20 TUMULT calmness
21 CONSPICUOUS evident 21 VIGILANT inattentive
22 RELEASE Acquit 22 AUDACITY timidity
23 GRAB seize 23 IMPEDE expedite
24 TENSION strain 24 ACQUIT condemn
25 SCRAWNY skinny 25 COURTEOUS rude
26 Deficiency Shortage 26 Obstinate Flexible
27 DELEGATE nominate 27 Foreign Native
28 Haste Hurry 28 SHRINK expand
29 ALLEVIATE mitigate 29 INCORPORATE exclude
30 ASTONISH surprise 30 INCREASE diminish
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Idioms / Phrases asked in Steno 2022

SN Idioms / Phrases
1 To be in the driving seat
2 Hit the sack
3 to turn over a new leaf
4 Hit the nail on the head
Meaning
To be in charge or control of a situation
Go to sleep
To start behaving in a better way
Do something exactly right

k
5 Separate the wheat from the chaff To separate the valuable from the worthless

6 burnt his fingers got into trouble

oo
7 To win laurels To achieve honours and glory
8 Break a leg Good luck
9 Stir up a hornet's nest To raise controversy
10 argus-eyed Vigilant
11 chew the fat Gossip and make small talk
12 Two peas in a pod Look very similar in appearance or character

b
13 Break the ice To begin a conversation to relieve the
tension in an uncomfortable situation
14 To keep a good table To offer sumptuous food to one’s guests
15 apple of her mother’s eye A person of whom her mother is extremely
ck
fond and proud
16 By the skin of your teeth To just barely get by or make it
17 Bite the bullet To get something over with because it is
inevitable
18 Blow hot and cold Vacillating
19 By leaps and bounds Rapidly
la
20 At the eleventh hour At the last moment
21 got into hot water Landed in trouble
22 Take away your breath Astonishing
23 bore the palm Won
24 Break fresh/new ground To do something that was not done before
B

25 charley horse Cramp

26 Chicken hearted Someone who lacks courage and is easily
frightened
27 Go through fire and water To pass through all types of hardships

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Antonyms asked in Steno 2022 Synonyms asked in Steno 2022

SN Word Antonym SN Word Synonym

Blackbook
1 Renegade Follower 1 Cumbersome Clumsy
2 Malice Goodwill 2 Vice Immorality
3 Adipose Stringy 3 Fortitude Bravery
4 Perceive Neglect 4 Camouflage Disguise
5 Dazzling Lackluster 5 Knave Rogue
6 Rabble Elite 6 Lucky Auspicious
7 Privilege Disadvantage 7 Erudite Scholarly
8 Propitious Inauspicious 8 Bewildermen Confusion
9 Wisdom Imbecility 9 Aplomb Self-
10 Confused Lucid 10 Courage Valour
11 Extravagant Economical 11 Audacious Brave
12 Acumen Stupidity 12 Bibliophile Booklover
13 Vain Modest 13 Fastidious Careful
14 Prudent Imprudent 14 Facile Oversimplifie
15 Enigmatic Comprehensi 15 Rendezvous Pre-
ble Arranged
16 Distrustful Ingenuous 16 Flagitious Criminal
17 Boundaries Cores 17 Flaw Defect
18 Emigration Immigration 18 Utmost Greatest
19 Languid Energetic 19 Dissipated Disappeared
20 Permission Hindrance 20 Magnanimou Chivalrous
21 Diligent Inactive 21 Sycophant Flatterer
22 Admire Ridicule 22 Yield Produce
23 Callous Sensitive 23 Organising Coordinating
24 Precedence Disruptions 24 Gregarious Sociable
25 Infinite Evanescent 25 Abandon Relinquish
26 Gracious Rude 26 Hegemonic Supremacy
27 Abide Reject 27 Imbued Filled
28 Primeval Recent 28 Capable Suitable
29 Solitude Company 29 Obligation Duty
30 Blitz Obtuse 30 Ignominy Dishonour
31 Defile Clean 31 Omission Deletion
32 Savoury Sweet 32 Exaggeration Amplification
33 Anxieties Placidity 33 Seizure Capture
34 Fame Disgrace 34 Confess Acknowledge
35 Woeful-Eyes Cheerful 35 Nimble Agile
36 Terse Polite 36 Observe Watch
37 Native Exotic 37 Clairvoyant Prophetic
38 Intrinsic Extraneous 38 Miscellaneou Various
39 Reluctant Eager 39 Delegate Representati
40 Haughty Humble 40 Naughty Impish
41 Denounced Defended 41 Lucid Comprehensi
42 Fanatical Liberal 42 Gullible Naive
43 Compunction Remorse
44 Catalyst Activator

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SSC Selection Post 2020 [ONE WORD SUBSTITUTIONS] 
SN Many Word (SSC Selection Post 2020) One Word
1 A list of books Catalogue
2 A state of perfect balance Equilibrium
3 Unable to be heard Inaudible
4 A person who walks around in his or her sleep Somnambulist
5 A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution Dormitory
6 A disease that is found in a particular place and is difficult to get Endemic
rid of

f
7 A speech made without preparation Extempore

y
8 A quiet person who prefers to spend time alone Introvert
9
10
11 o
A collection of bees

r
A group of birds of one kind

k a
A disease which spreads with contact
Swarm
Flock
Contagious
12
13

o u l
Incapable of being read
Having complete power
Illegible
Omnipotent

o
14 One who is incapable of making mistakes or being wrong Infallible

b
15 A person who is trained to travel in space Astronaut

b
16 Work for which no salary is paid Honorary
17
18

k c a
The main body of an aircraft
The production of silk and the rearing of silkworms for this
Fuselage
Sericulture

c
purpose

o
19 One who can use both the hands with ease Ambidextrous

a
20 A person who is abnormally anxious about his health Hypochondriac
21

l
B sh
SN
V
A period of ten years

Idioms/Pharases
SSC Steno 2019 [IDIOMS/ PHRASES]
Meaning
Decade

i
1 A stuffed shirt Pompous person
2
3
4

g l
Bugs me
Make my mouth water
To break a leg
Irritates me
Are very tasty and appetising
To wish good luck

n
5 Eager beaver A keen and enthusiastic person
6 Hoping against hope Hoping in a hopeless situation

E
7 Walks the talk. To do what one says
8 In a tight corner. In a difficult situation
9 The tip of an iceberg. Something which is a small part of
something much bigger
10 From the horse’s mouth. To hear directly from someone who knows
11 Keep at arm’s length Avoid making friends with someone
12 Chip off the old block One who resembles a parent strongly
13 Head in the clouds Cut off from reality
14 Cool your heels Unwillingly wait for something or someone
15 Bend over backwards Try to accommodate and please someone
16 Achilles’ heel. Weakness
17 Go to the dogs. Be ruined
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18 Chicken feed. Very little money

19 Cloak and dagger Mysterious
20 Dressed to kill. Dressed to attract attention
21 Added insult to injury To say something that makes a bad
situation even worse
22 Crying over spilt milk Feeling sorry over a mistake that cannot be
changed
23 Too close for comfort. So close to be a cause for worry because of
being unwelcome

f
24 Let your hair down To take it easy and relax

y
25 Be a blessing in disguise Something good that seems bad at first

o
26 Laughing stock An object of ridicule
27
28
Put our heads together

k a r
Pulled the chestnuts out of fire.
Consult and work together
Accomplishing a difficult job for someone

l
else

o
29 Cock and bull story. Improbable story
30

o b u
By hook or by crook. By any means, good or bad

SN
kb c a
Idioms/Pharases
SSC Selection Post 2020 [IDIOMS/ PHRASES]
Meaning
1
2

a c o
Take in their stride
At each other’s throats
Handle calmly
Arguing angrily

l V
3 Roll up your sleeves Get ready to do something difficult
4 Pass the buck Blame someone for what you did wrong

B sh
5
6
7
See eye to eye
Be on a high alert
Make both ends meet
Have similar views
Be watchful and ready to take action
Manage expenses with just enough funds
8
9

l i
Be in the eye of a storm
An eye wash
Be in the middle of a difficult situation
A deception

g
10 To look after To take care
11 Vanish into thin air To completely disappear

E n
12
13
14

15
Judge a book by its cover
To have cold feet
Kill two birds with one stone

Actions speak louder than words

Rely on outward appearances
To be too frightened to do something
Accomplish two different things at the same
time
Intentions can be judged by people’s
actions
16 On the face of it What appears on the surface
17 Spick and span Very neat and clean
18 Make up one’s mind Decide firmly
19 A hairbreadth escape A narrow escape
20 Worth its weight in gold Very valuable
21 Hold out To endure a difficult situation
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SSC Selection Post 2020 [SYNONYMS] SSC Selection Post 2020 [ANTONYMS]
SN Word Synonyms SN Word Antonyms
1 Accomplish Achieve 1 Accomplish Achieve
2 Protest Oppose 2 Protest Oppose
3 Mammoth Enormous 3 Mammoth Enormous
4 Determined Resolved 4 Determined Resolved
5 Survey Examine 5 Survey Examine
6 Rough Coarse 6 Rough Coarse
7 Perceive Notice 7 Perceive Notice
8 Receive Get 8 Receive Get
9 Dispute Quarrel 9 Dispute Quarrel

f
10 Timid Shy 10 Timid Shy

y
11 Bleak Grim 11 Bleak Grim
12
13
14
Supreme
Discontent
Courteous

k o a r
Head
Dissatisfaction
Polite
12
13
14
Supreme
Discontent
Courteous
Head
Dissatisfaction
Polite

l
15 Certain Sure 15 Certain Sure

o
16 Disrupt Break 16 Disrupt Break
17
SSC
SN
Quarantine

o u Isolation
Steno 2019 [SYNONYMS]
Word

b Synonyms
17
SSC
SN
Quarantine Isolation
Steno 2019 [ANTONYMS]
Word Antonyms

b
1 Mortal Deadly 1 Dejected Cheerful
2
3
Hapless

k
Tenacity

c a Unlucky
Firmness
2
3
Horrendous
Discreet
Pleasant
Heedless

c
4 Accustomed Habituated 4 Flaunt Cover

o
5 Enthusiasm Zeal 5 Dignified Ordinary

a
6 Mundane Commonplace 6 Tiresome Energising

l V
7 Promising Bright 7 Establish Destroy
8 Shrewd Judicious 8 Voluntary Mandatory

B sh
9 Submerge Drown 9 Speculate Dismiss
10 Puzzled Confused 10 Vulnerable Secure
11 Dubious Uncertain 11 Seize Release

i
12 Tend (V) Care for 12 Obsolescence Modernity

l
13 Sustain Support 13 Divest Give
14 Inimical Hostile 14 Ennui Excitement

g
15 Whirl (V) Spin 15 Penury Wealth
16 Shudder Shiver 16 Uncouth Refined

n
17 Defect Flaw 17 Retrieve Damage
18 Ardent Passionate 18 Aggravate Alleviate

E
19 Thwart Curb 19 Graceful Awkward
20 Tousled Disarranged 20 Denounce Compliment
21 Predicament Dilemma 21 Ignorance Knowledge
22 Inventory Catalogue 22 Affiliation Detachment
23 Consult Discuss 23 Freedom Captivity
24 Eminent Renowned 24 Ominous Auspicious
25 Erroneous Inaccurate 25 Impede Facilitate
26 Valuable Precious 26 Ruthless Compassionate
27 Deference Compliance 27 Shun Cherish
28 Denial Dismissal 28 Acknowledge Decline
29 Explicit Clear 29 Genuine Dubious
30 Violation Breach 30 Ominous Auspicious