Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 26th August 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. Rebuff (verb)

Meaning; A sudden resistance or refusal.

Synonyms: reject, deny

Antonyms: accept, approve

2. Elide (verb)

Meaning; To cut off

Synonyms: separate

Antonyms: separate

3. Forgo (verb)

Meaning; To do without, to abandon, to renounce

Synonyms: Renounce

Antonyms: adopt

4. Decimate (verb)

Meaning; To destroy 

Synonyms: destroy, annihilate

Antonyms: build, construct

5. Overcast (adjective)

Meaning; Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened

Synonyms: clouded, hazed

Antonyms: cloudless, clear

6. Evacuation (noun)

Meaning; The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection

Synonyms: eviction, deportation

Antonyms: retention, hold

7. Fructify (verb)

Meaning; To make productive or fruitful.

Synonyms: productive, fertile

Antonyms: unproductive, infertile

8. Gullible (adjective)

Meaning; Easily deceived

Synonyms: naive

Antonyms: cunning

9. Clamorous (adjective)

Meaning; Noisy, loud.

Synonyms: noisy

Antonyms: calm

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.