Daily Vocabulary Words 21 March 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. Unsavoury (adjective)
Meaning; Of bad taste; distasteful.

Synonyms: unpleasant, disagreeable
Antonyms: pleasant, satisfying
2. Protracted (adjective)
Meaning; Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

Synonyms: long, endless
Antonyms: short, brief

3. Bluster (verb)
Meaning; To speak or protest loudly

Synonyms: boasting, aggressiveness
Antonyms: pacify, calmness

4. Consternation (noun)
Meaning; terror, combined with amazement; dismay

Synonyms: anxiety, disturbance
Antonyms: satisfaction, comfort
5. Erstwhile (Adjective)
Meaning; Formerly; in the past.

Synonyms: former, past
Antonyms: contemporary, ongoing
6. Laud(verb)
Meaning; Praise or glorification

Synonyms: hail, commend
Antonyms: criticise, denounce
7. Scrunch (verb)
Meaning; To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

Synonyms: compress, supress
Antonyms: expand, ease

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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.