Daily Vocabulary Words 16 February 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.

Daily Vocabulary Words

1. Smug (Adjective)
Meaning; Irritatingly pleased with oneself, offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.

Synonyms: complacency, egotism
Antonyms: bashfulness, shyness
2. Furlough (noun)
Meaning; A leave of absence or vacation

Synonyms: recess, break
Antonyms: recall, travail

3. Wrest (verb)
Meaning; To seize.

Synonyms: snatch, grab
Antonyms: release, give

4. Pander (verb)
Meaning; To make illicit or illegal offer

Synonyms: gratify, indulge
Antonyms: refuse, dissatisfy
5. Woe (noun)
Meaning; Great sadness or distress

Synonyms: distress, unhappiness
Antonyms: pleasure, happiness
6. Vicious (adjective)
Meaning; Violent, destructive and cruel.

Synonyms: cruel, barbarous
Antonyms: civilized, generous
7. Wraps (verb)
Meaning; To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide

Synonyms: hide, conceal
Antonyms: reveal, disclose

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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 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.