Daily Vocabulary Words 25 & 26 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. Despotic (adjective)
Meaning; Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.

Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic
Antonyms: democratic, liberal

2. Smattering (noun)
Meaning; A small number or amount of something.

Synonyms: few, handful
Antonyms: loads, many

3. Proclivity (noun)
Meaning; A predisposition or natural inclination

Synonyms: tendency, inclination
Antonyms: deviation, divergence

4. Inviolable (adjective)
Meaning; Not violable; not to be infringed.

Synonyms: unbreakable
Antonyms: breakable

5. Gobsmacked (adjective)
Meaning; Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless

Synonyms: surprised
Antonyms: unsurprised

6. Ramping (noun)
Meaning; A steady change in value.

Synonyms: raise, heighten
Antonyms: fall, condemn

7. Xenophobic (adjective)
Meaning; Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers or

foreigners

Synonyms: ethnocentric, racist
Antonyms: permissive, lenient.

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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.