Daily Vocabulary Words 18th August 2022: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms |

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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

Feeble (adjective)

Meaning; Deficient in physical strength

Synonyms: weak, unwell

Antonyms: strong, well

Purloin (verb)

Meaning; To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.

Synonyms: steal, loot

Antonyms: donate, contribute

Environ (verb)

Meaning; To surround; to encircle

Synonyms: surround, encircle

Antonyms: free, liberate

Carnage (noun)

Meaning; Death and destruction.

Synonyms: bloodshed

Antonyms: peace

Coherence (noun)

Meaning; The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.

Synonyms: consistency, unity

Antonyms: inconsistency, disunity

Plaintive (adjective)

Meaning; Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.

Synonyms: painful, wistful

Antonyms: delightful, pleasant

Quaint (Adjective)

Meaning; Strange or odd; unusual.

Synonyms: peculiar, strange

Antonyms: common, ordinary

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 the 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.