Daily Vocabulary Words 22nd & 23rd May 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. Obstreperous(adjective)

Meaning; Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.a

Synonyms: loud, noisy

Antonyms: peace, calm

2. Conciliatory (adjective)

Meaning; Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions

Synonyms: pacifying, appeasing

Antonyms: fighting, antagonising

3. Protracted (adjective)

Meaning: Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

Synonyms: prolonged, sustained

Antonyms: intermittent, brief

4. Nudge (verb)

Meaning: To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.

Synonyms: stimulate, promote

Antonyms: discourage, demote

5. Unhinge(verb)

            Meaning: To mentally disturb.

Synonyms: disturb

Antonyms: pacify

6. Formidable (adjective)

Meaning: Causing fear, Difficult to defeat

Antonyms; weak, comforting

Synonyms; terrible, daunting

7. Fraught (adjective)

Meaning: A load; a burden

Synonyms: laden, full

Antonyms: devoid, empty

1. Relentless (adjective)

            Meaning; Unrelenting or unyielding in severity

Synonyms: continuous, persistent

Antonyms: sporadic, irresolute

2. Extort (verb)

Meaning; To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture

Synonyms: blackmail, compell

Antonyms: free, assist

3. Behest (noun)

Meaning; A command, bidding

Synonyms: order, instruction

Antonyms: follow, Question

4. Boulder (noun)

Meaning; A large mass of stone

Synonyms: stone

Antonyms: sand

5. Axiomatic (adjective)

Meaning; Evident without proof or argument.

Synonyms: manifest, unquestionable

Antonyms: doubtable, questionable

6. Onerous (adjective)

Meaning; imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort.

Synonyms: arduous

Antonyms: effortless

7. Fervour (noun)

Meaning; A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.

Synonyms: passion

Antonyms: impassiveness

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.