Daily Vocabulary Words 17 June 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. Deplore (verb)

Meaning; To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.

Synonyms: lament, complain

Antonyms: commend, compliment

2. Abort (verb)

Meaning; To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.

Synonyms: halt, stop

Antonyms: begin, continue

3. Rubric (noun)

Meaning; An established rule or custom; a guideline

Synonyms: course

Antonyms: disperse

4. Fret(verb)

Meaning; To be anxious, to worry.

Synonyms: bother

Antonyms: comfort

5. Traverse (verb)

Meaning; To travel across, often under difficult conditions.

Synonyms: span, cross

          Antonyms: hold, confine

6. Oversight (noun)

Meaning; An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.

Synonyms; failure, lapse

Antonyms; careful, attention

7. Kudos(noun)

Meaning; Praise; accolades.

Synonyms: praise, applaud

Antonyms: dishonor, criticise

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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.