Daily Vocabulary Words 18th May 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. Deplore (verb)

            Meaning;  To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

Synonyms: lament, complain

Antonyms: commend, compliment

2. Shrift (noun)

Meaning; The act of going to or hearing a religious confession

Synonyms: acceptance, acknowledgment

Antonyms: conceal, hide

3. Abort (verb)

Meaning; To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.

Synonyms: halt, stop

Antonyms: begin, continue

4. Clemency (noun)

Meaning; The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy

Synonyms: mercy

Antonyms: cruelty

5. Rubric (noun)

Meaning; An established rule or custom; a guideline

Synonyms: course

Antonyms: disperse

6. Anecdote (noun)

Meaning; An account that supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.

Synonyms: unreliable, uncertain

Antonyms: certain, reliable

7. Buffet (verb)

Meaning; To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.

Synonyms: bang, strike

Antonyms: shield, safeguard

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.