Daily Vocabulary Words 17th & 18th October 2022: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms

Daily Vocabulary Words: 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.

Daily Vocabulary Words

1. Articulate (verb)

     Meaning; Clear; effective.

Synonyms: effective, persuasive

Antonyms: hesitant, uncertain

2. Tumble (noun)

Meaning; A fall, especially end over end

Synonyms: fall, drop

Antonyms: rise, ascend

3. Astute (adjective)

Meaning; Shrewd or crafty.

Synonyms: crafty, canny

Antonyms: inept, foolish

4. Crusade (verb)

Meaning;  To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause.

Synonyms: campaign, struggle

Antonyms: submit, promote

5. Confine (verb)

            Meaning; To restrict

Synonyms: imprison, enclose

Antonyms: liberate, free

6. Incredulous (adjective)

Meaning; Difficult to believe; incredible

Synonyms: Skeptical

Antonyms: credulous

7. Brace (verb)

Meaning; To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.

Synonyms: strengthen, fortify

Antonyms: drain, debilitate

Importance of Vocabulary Words in the English Language

• The reading comprehension from which 50% of the English language section questions are based requires the candidate to have good reading skills and requires a good hold on 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.