Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 1st September 2021

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 the Visual vocabulary words and their meaning.

Visual Vocabulary Words:

1. Assuage (verb)

Meaning; To pacify or soothe

Synonyms: pacify, appease

Antonyms: incite, aggravate

2. Abandon (verb)

Meaning;  To leave behind; to desert

Synonyms: drop

Antonyms: hold

3. Expunge (verb)

Meaning; To erase or strikeout.

Synonyms: erase, annihilate

Antonyms: renovate, restore

4. Undulating (adjective)

Meaning; Moving up and down like waves; wavy.

Synonyms: waving

Antonyms: calm

5. Stung (verb)

Meaning; To hurt

Synonyms: hurt, pain

Antonyms: heal, cure

6. Scrap (verb)

Meaning; To discard.

Synonyms: discard, abandon

Antonyms: save, repair

7. Adroit (adjective)

Meaning; Deft, dexterous, or skillful

Synonyms: expert, apt

Antonyms: naive, inexperienced

8. Hapless (adjective)

Meaning; Very unlucky; ill-fated. 

Synonyms: unfortunate

Antonyms: fortunate

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.