Daily Vocabulary Words 21 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. Envisage (verb)
Meaning; To conceive

Synonyms: visualise, conceive
Antonyms: real, actual

2. Confound(verb)
Meaning; To combine in a confused fashion

Synonyms: astound, baffle
Antonyms: explain, clearify

3. Divulge (verb)
Meaning; To make public or known

Synonyms: reveal
Antonyms: conceal

4. Ablution (noun)
Meaning; The act of washing or cleansing the body

Synonyms: clean
Antonyms: pollution

5. Corpus (noun)
Meaning; A collection of writings, a body, a collection.

Synonyms: compilation, collection
Antonyms: sole, individual

6. Smidgen (noun)
Meaning; A very small quantity or amount.

Synonyms: bit
Antonyms: lot

7. Perfunctory (adjective)
Meaning; Done only to fulfil a duty, or in a careless or indifferent manner

Synonyms: careless
Antonyms: careful

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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.