Daily Vocabulary Words 22 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. Shimmering (adjective)
Meaning; A gleam or glimmer.

Synonyms: Twinkling, Flashing
Antonyms: Boring, Tedious
2. Travail (verb)
Meaning; To weary through excessive labour.

Synonyms: engage, toil
Antonyms: drop, leave
3. Decry (verb)
Meaning; To denounce as harmful.

Synonyms: condemn, criticise
Antonyms: praise, applaud

4. Spurt(noun)
Meaning; A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.

Synonyms: rise, increment
Antonyms: diminish, decrease
5. Furtive (adjective)
Meaning; Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.

Synonyms: fraud
Antonyms: reliable
6. Obstreperous (adjective)
Meaning; Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.

Synonyms: blusterous
Antonyms: calm
7. Laureate (noun)
Meaning; One crowned with laurel/honour

Synonyms: victor
Antonyms: loser

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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.