Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 8th 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:

Trepidation (noun)

Meaning; A fearful state; a state of concern or hesitation.

Synonyms: apprehension, fear

Antonyms: delight, happiness

Prune (verb)

Meaning; To cut down or shorten

Synonyms: cut

Antonyms: elongate

Discard (verb)

Meaning; to throw away, to reject.

Synonyms: dismiss, dump

Antonyms: retain, store

Revert (verb)

Meaning; To return; to come back.

Synonyms: return

Antonyms: depart

Wily (adjective)

Meaning; sly, cunning, full of tricks

Synonyms: clever, canny

Antonyms: ignorant, naive

Skulk (verb)

Meaning; To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself

Synonyms: hide

Antonyms: appear

Misprision (noun)

Meaning; Criminal neglect of duty or wrongful execution of official duties

Synonyms: contempt

Antonyms: tolerance

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.