BLACKBOOK

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ENGLISH
VOCABULARY
SSC Steno 2022 Update
(November 2022)
 BlackBook of English Vocabulary : Steno 2022 Update

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

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

6 burnt his fingers got into trouble

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

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11 chew the fat Gossip and make small talk
12 Two peas in a pod Look very similar in appearance or character

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
20 At the eleventh hour At the last moment
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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
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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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 BlackBook of English Vocabulary : Steno 2022 Update

Antonyms asked in Steno 2022 Synonyms asked in Steno 2022

SN Word Antonym SN Word Synonym

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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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