Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 28th 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.  Operose (adjective)

Meaning;  tedious, wearisome.

Synonyms: laborious, hardworking

Antonyms: lazy, engaging

2. Diminution (noun)

            Meaning; A lessening, decrease or reduction.

            Antonyms; increase, expansion

            Synonyms; decrease, contraction

3. Affluent (adjective)

Meaning; Abundant; copious; plenteous.

            Synonyms: prosperous, rich

Antonyms: poor, impoverished

4. Cleave (verb)

Meaning; To split or sever something

Synonyms: split, divide

Antonyms: Unite, connect

5. Seminal (adjective)

Meaning; Highly influential

Synonyms: Influential, important

Antonyms: inessential, unsubstantial

6. Fuelled (verb)

Meaning; To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.

            Synonyms: encourage, boost

Antonyms: reduce, moderate

7. Dispel (verb)

Meaning;  To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.

Synonyms: dismiss, eliminate

            Antonyms: trigger, intensify

8. Scoff (verb)

            Meaning; To mock; to treat with scorn.

Synonyms: mock, ridicule

Antonyms: praise, applaud

9. Repudiate (verb)

Meaning; To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown.

Synonyms: abandon, deny

Antonyms: accept, approve

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.