Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 16th April 2022

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.

1. Steep (verb)

Meaning; To soak or wet thoroughly.

Synonyms: bathe

Antonyms: dry

2. Billow (verb)

Meaning; To swell out or bulge.

Synonyms: bloat

Antonyms: stabilize

3. Deficiency (noun)

              Meaning; An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health

Synonyms: insufficiency

Antonyms: abundance

4. Clinch (verb)

Meaning; To make certain; to finalize.

Synonyms: finalize, conclude

Antonyms: unsettle, release

5. Shimmering (adjective)

Meaning; A gleam or glimmer.

Synonyms: Twinkling, Flashing

Antonyms: Boring, Tedious

6. Travail (verb)

Meaning; To weary through excessive labour.

Synonyms: engage, toil

Antonyms: drop, leave

7. Decry (verb)

Meaning; To denounce it as harmful.

Synonyms: condemn, criticise

Antonyms: praise, applaud

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.