Visual Vocabulary Word: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms and Synonyms: 1st June 2021

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 the Visual vocabulary words and their meaning.

Visual Vocabulary Word:

1. Scoff (verb)

            Meaning; To jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision

Synonyms: mock, ridicule

Antonyms: compliment, praise

2. Vitiate (verb)

            Meaning; to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality

Synonyms: negate, degrade

Antonyms: upgrade, improve

3. Vindictive (adjective)

Meaning; Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged, vengeful.

Synonyms: avenging, resentful

Antonyms: Forgiving, Gentle

4. Acrimony (noun)

Meaning; A sharp and bitter hatred.

Synonyms: bitterness, hatred

Antonyms: compassion, love

5. Locus (noun)

Meaning; A place or locality, especially a centre of activity

Synonyms: location, condition

Antonyms: dislocation, disarrangement

6. Byzantine (adjective)

Meaning; Overly complex or intricate.

Synonyms: complicated, complex

            Antonyms: simple, straightforward

7. Splurge (verb)

Meaning; To spend lavishly

Synonyms: fling, disburse

Antonyms: hoard, preserve

8. Stirring (adjective)

Meaning; invigorating or inspiring

Synonyms: exciting

Antonyms: boring

9. Trouncing (verb)

Meaning; a thorough defeat.

Synonyms: crush, annihilate

Antonyms: victory, triumph

The motive of the Visual Vocabulary Word

We all know that visuals give a deep impact on our minds to learn something. In this new Visual Vocabulary Drive, We will be giving you new words daily with a visual and its meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and their usage that will familiarize you with a vast variety of words and will increase your overall vocabulary.  Candidates must check the vocabulary page daily for new words.

Importance of Vocabulary

• The reading comprehension from which 50% of the questions of the English language section are based,  does not only require the candidate to have a good reading skill but also 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 portions of the English test where vocabulary can be used.