Daily Vocabulary Words 18th July 2022: 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. Entrench (verb)

Meaning; To invade; to encroach

Synonyms: encroach, infringe

Antonyms: leave, free’

2. Hovel (noun)

Meaning; A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

Synonyms: hut, slum

Antonyms: fort, bunglow

3. Consternation (noun)

Meaning; Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties

Synonyms: disquiet, dismay

Antonyms: peace, tranquility

4. Lashed (verb)

Meaning; To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.

Synonyms: castigate, fluminate

Antonyms: praise, commend’

5. Whine (verb)

Meaning; To make a sound resembling such a cry.

Synonyms: moan

Antonyms: pleasure’

6. Sway (verb)

Meaning; To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward;

Synonyms: swing

Antonyms: steady’

7. Scuttle (verb)

Meaning; denigrate or destroy one’s position or property

Synonyms: destroy, sink

Antonyms: construct, save

1. Clinch (verb)

Meaning; To make certain; to finalize.

Synonyms: finalize, conclude

Antonyms: unsettle, release

2. Shun (verb)

Meaning; To avoid, especially persistently.

Synonyms: avoid, ignore

Antonyms: welcome, care

3. Slugfest (verb)

Meaning; A game or match in which heavy hits are exchanged

Synonyms: spoil

Antonyms: leave

4. Shimmering (adjective)

Meaning; A gleam or glimmer.

Synonyms: Twinkling, Flashing

Antonyms: Boring, Tedious

5. Travail (verb)

Meaning; To weary through excessive labour.

Synonyms: engage, toil

Antonyms: drop, leave

6. Decry (verb)

Meaning; To denounce as harmful.

Synonyms: condemn, criticise

Antonyms: praise, applaud

7. Steep (verb)

Meaning; To soak or wet thoroughly.

Synonyms: bathe

Antonyms: dry

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.