Daily Vocabulary Words 24th & 25th July 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. Quaint (Adjective)

Meaning; Strange or odd; unusual.

              Synonyms: peculiar, strange

Antonyms: common, ordinary

2. Magnificence (noun)

Meaning; grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor

Synonyms: splendid, grandeur

Antonyms: mediocre, average

3. Recede (verb)

Meaning; To move back; to retreat; to withdraw

Synonyms: sink, fade

Antonyms: enhance, expand

4. Menace (verb)

Meaning; A perceived threat or danger

Synonyms: endanger

Antonyms: gaurd

5. Wager (noun)

Meaning; To bet something

Synonyms: challenge, bet

Antonyms: safeguard, protection

6. Outing (noun)

Meaning; A pleasure trip or excursion.

Synonyms: expedition

Antonyms: stay

7. Bonhomie (noun)

Meaning; A pleasant, friendly, good-natured manner

Synonyms: affability, friendliness

Antonyms: animosity, enmity

1. Delve (verb)

Meaning;  To dig, to excavate, to search deeply

Synonyms: probe, examine

Antonyms: neglect, ignore

2. Malaise (noun)

Meaning; A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness

Synonyms: unhappiness, uneasiness

Antonyms: hapiness, comfort

3. Salvage (verb)

Meaning; Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue.

Synonyms: save, recover

Antonyms: abandon, endanger

4. Akin (noun)

Meaning;  Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind

Synonyms: alike, similar

Antonyms: unlike, different

5. Usurp (verb)

Meaning; To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

Synonyms: seize, expropriate

Antonyms: give, surrender

6. Ardent (adjective)

Meaning; Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.

Synonyms: enthusiastic, excited

Antonyms: dull, apathetic

7. Trail (noun)

Meaning; The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed

Synonyms: trace

Antonyms: lead

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.