Daily Vocabulary Words 18 August 2023: 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.

Vocabulary Words With Antonyms & Synonyms

1. Consternation (noun)
Meaning; Amazement or horror

Synonyms: distress, anxiety
Antonyms: satisfaction, pleasure
2. Appalling (adjective)
Meaning; Horrifying and astonishing.

Synonyms: horrible, awful
Antonyms: pleasant, delightful
3. Incipient (adjective)
Meaning; In an initial stage; beginning

Synonyms: beginning, commencing
Antonyms: mature, developed

4. Incongruous (adjective)
Meaning; Not similar or congruent; not matching

Synonyms: incoherent, contradictory
Antonyms: compatible, consistent
5. Embrace (verb)
Meaning; To accept; to undergo; to submit to.

Synonyms: adopt, accept
Antonyms: exclude, reject
6. Scalding (adjective)
Meaning; An instance of scalding: a burn.

Synonyms: blazing
Antonyms: cold
7. Wanton (Adjective)
Meaning; Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.

Synonyms: outrageous
Antonyms: decent

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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.