Daily Vocabulary Words 20th & 21st November 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 meaning.

Daily Vocabulary Words

1. Ambivalence (noun)

            Meaning; A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.

Synonyms: hesitancy, uncertainty

Antonyms: certainty, decisive

2. Reticence (noun)

Meaning; a silent and reserved nature

Synonyms: reluctance

Antonyms: frankness

3. Peevish (adjective)

Meaning; Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable,

Synonyms: irritable

Antonyms: affable

4. Staid (adjective)

Meaning; Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

Synonyms: composed

Antonyms: frivolous

5. Clemency (noun)

Meaning; The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy

Synonyms: mercy

Antonyms: cruelty

6. Redact (verb)

Meaning; To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.

Synonyms: rectify

Antonyms: deteriorate

7. Grim (adjective)

Meaning; rigid and unrelenting

Synonyms: harsh, forbidding

Antonyms: soft, amiable

1. Traction (noun)

       Meaning; to get attention or to make a progress.

Synonyms: desirability, attraction

Antonyms: abhorrence, repulsion

2. Ramp (verb)

              Meaning; A leap or bound.

Synonyms: ascend, mount

Antonyms: descend, reduce

3. Precarity (noun)

Meaning; condition of existence without predictability

Synonyms: unpredictability, uncertainty

Antonyms: predictability, certainty

4. Heady (adjective)

Meaning; Exhilarating.

Synonyms: exciting, stimulating

Antonyms: tiring, boring

5. Throng (noun)

Meaning; A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.

Synonyms: crowd

Antonyms: alone

6. Wanton (Adjective)

Meaning; Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.

Synonyms: outrageous

Antonyms: decent

7. Plaudit (noun)

Meaning; A mark or expression of applause

Synonyms: commendation

Antonyms: criticism

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.