Daily Vocabulary Words 20 and 21 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. Embezzlement (noun)

Meaning; The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

Synonyms: fraud, theft

Antonyms: honest, return

2. Unremitting (adjective)

Meaning; never slackening

Synonyms: ceaseless, enduring

Antonyms: ending, discontinuous

3. Hurl (verb)

Meaning; To throw

Synonyms: cast, toss

Antonyms: catch, hold

4. Ponder (verb)

Meaning; to consider (something) carefully and thoroughly

Synonyms: think, contemplate

Antonyms: ignore, dismiss

5. Tally (noun)

Meaning; To count something.

Synonyms: calculate

Antonyms: miscalculate

6. Bode (verb)

Meaning; To indicate by signs, as future events

Synonyms: forcast

Antonyms: ignore

7. Laureate (noun)

Meaning; One crowned with laurel/honour

Synonyms: victor

Antonyms: loser

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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.