Daily Vocabulary Words 09 August 2023: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms

Daily 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.

Vocabulary Words With Antonyms & Synonyms

1. Internment (noun)
Meaning; Confinement within narrow limits

Synonyms: detain, restrain
Antonyms: free, liberate

2. Suffuse (verb)
Meaning; To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.

Synonyms: spread
Antonyms: collect

3. Joust (noun)
Meaning; To engage in mock combat or To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue

Synonyms: contest
Antonyms: support

4. Lukewarm (adjective)
Meaning; Not very enthusiastic

Synonyms: chilled, unheated
Antonyms: warm, heated

5. Scurry (verb)
Meaning; To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

Synonyms: scuttle, rash
Antonyms: stroll, crawl

6. Fraught (adjective)
Meaning; A load; a burden

Synonyms: laden, full
Antonyms: devoid, empty

7. Corroborate (verb)
Meaning; To confirm or support something with additional evidence

Synonyms: verify, validate
Antonyms: reject, ignore

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Importance of Vocabulary Words in the English Language

• The reading comprehension on which 50% of the English language section questions are based requires the candidate to have good reading skills and requires a good hold of the English vocabulary. A good vocabulary will give the candidates of a better understanding of 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.