Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 26th &27th December 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. Approbation (noun)

Meaning;  The act of approving

Synonyms: approval, assent

Antonyms: rejection, refusal

2. Envisage (verb)

Meaning; To conceive

Synonyms: visualise, conceive

Antonyms: real, actual

3. Confound(verb)

Meaning; To combine in a confused fashion

Synonyms: astound, baffle

Antonyms: explain, clearify

4. Divulge (verb)

Meaning; To make public or known

Synonyms: reveal

Antonyms: conceal

5. Humdrum (adjective)

Meaning; Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

Synonyms: boring

Antonyms: exciting

6. Connivance (verb)

Meaning; The process of conniving or conspiring.

Synonyms: indulge, conspire

Antonyms: reject, disapprove

   7.  Protracted (adjective)

                Meaning; Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

                Synonyms: long, endless

                Antonyms: short, brief

   8. Bluster (verb)

Meaning;  To speak or protest loudly

Synonyms: boasting, aggressiveness

Antonyms: pacify, calmness

   9. Erstwhile (Adjective)

                Meaning; Formerly; in the past.

Synonyms: former, past

                Antonyms: contemporary, ongoing

   10. Salutary (adjective)

Meaning; Effecting or designed to effect an improvement

                Synonyms: beneficial, advantageous

Antonyms: harmful, injurious

    11. Wariness (noun)

Meaning; vigilance or the condition of being alert

Synonyms: vigilance, attentiveness

Antonyms: hastiness, inattentiveness

     12.  Shorn (verb)

Meaning; To deprive of property; to fleece.

Synonyms: snatch, taken off

Antonyms: rendered, given

    13.  Perverse (Adjective)

                Meaning; Ignoring the evidence or the judge’s opinions.

Synonyms: irrational, illogical

Antonyms: logical, rational

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.