Daily Vocabulary Words 12 October 2023: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms

Daily Vocabulary Words 2023

For most banking Aspirants, vocabulary is a nightmare, but it carries a great amount of importance in every competitive exam. It is very important to have a good hold on the vocabulary to increase efficiency in the language section and also to increase your overall scores. That is why Adda247 has started a new initiative to improve the vocabulary of the aspirants with Visual vocabulary words and their meanings.

Vocabulary Words With Antonyms & Synonyms

1. Buffet (verb)
Meaning; To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.

Synonyms: hit, strike
Antonyms: Safeguard, Shield
2. Guise(noun)
Meaning; Misleading appearance; cover

Synonyms: semblance, appearance
Antonyms: reality, truth
3. Anchorage (Noun)
Meaning; A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor

Synonyms: Harbor
Antonyms: Undock

4. Bonhomie (noun)
Meaning; A pleasant, friendly, good-natured manner

Synonyms: affability, friendliness
Antonyms: animosity, enmity
5. Bastion (noun)
Meaning; A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.

Synonyms: citadel
Antonyms: vulnerable
6. Incur (verb)
Meaning; to bring upon oneself or expose oneself

Synonyms: bear, obtain
Antonyms: push, reject
7. Ameliorate (verb)
Meaning; To make better, or improve

Synonyms: alleviate
Antonyms: aggravate

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Importance of Vocabulary Words in the English Language

• The reading comprehension on which 50% of the English language section questions are based requires the candidate to have good reading skills and requires a good hold of the English vocabulary. A good vocabulary will give the candidates of a better understanding of comprehension which will benefit them in scoring maximum marks.
• A good vocabulary also helps a candidate to crack the interview round of the banking exams. The candidate can form a sentence perfectly if he/she has a good vocabulary.
• Apart from the reading comprehension section, there are multiple English tests where vocabulary can be used.