Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 31st March 2022

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 Visual vocabulary words and their meanings.

1. Painstaking (adjective)

            Meaning; Carefully attentive to details

Synonyms: careful

Antonyms: careless

2. Overture (noun)

Meaning; An approach or proposal

Synonyms: proposal

Antonyms: rejection

3. Unbeknownst (adjective)

Meaning; without the knowledge of

Synonyms: undiscovered, mysterious

Antonyms: discovered, known

4. Confound (verb)

Meaning; To perplex or puzzle

Synonyms: confuse

Antonyms: clearify

5. Coruscate (verb)

Meaning; To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle

Synonyms: sparkle, shimmer

Antonyms: dull, dim

6. Abysmal (adjective)

Meaning; extremely bad; terrible.

Synonyms: awful, bad

Antonyms: good, nice

7. Fidgety (adjective)

Meaning; Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless

Synonyms: uneasy, restless

Antonyms: calm, tranquil

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.