Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 25th 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. Abhorrent (Adjective)

Meaning; Contrary to something; discordant.

Synonyms: hateful, repugnant

Antonyms: delightful, pleasant

2. Pander (verb)

Meaning; An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.

Synonyms: gratify, satisfy

Antonyms: dissatisfy, deny

3. Petulant (adjective)

            Meaning; childishly irritable

Synonyms: grouchy, bad-tempered

Antonyms: genial, affable

4. Humdrum (adjective)

Meaning; Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

Synonyms: boring, dull

Antonyms: exciting, pleasing

5. Mayhem (noun)

Meaning; A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.

Synonyms: disorder, Chaos

Antonyms: peace, stability

6. Agony (noun)

Meaning; anguish, distress

Synonyms: suffering, pain

Antonyms: pleasure, satisfaction

7. Benignant (adjective)

Meaning; Kind; gracious; favorable

Synonyms: compassionate, benevolent

Antonyms: barbarous, atrocious

8. Gobsmacked (adjective)

Meaning; Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless

Synonyms: surprised

Antonyms: unsurprised

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.