Daily Vocabulary Words 24th & 25th August 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. Diminution (noun)

Meaning; A lessening, decrease or reduction.

Synonyms: curtailment, cut

Antonyms: accretion, addition

2. Vague(adjective)

            Meaning; Not clearly expressed

            Synonyms: Blur, faint

            Antonyms: certain, definit

3. Meed (noun)

Meaning; A payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement

            Synonyms: compensation

Antonyms: penalty

4. Skulk(verb)

Meaning; To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.

Antonyms: hustle, race

Synonyms: sneak, lurk

5. Vacillate (verb)

            Meaning; To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

Synonyms: oscillate, hesitate

Antonyms: resolute, stable

6. Hapless (adjective)

            Meaning; Very unlucky

Synonyms: unlucky

Antonyms: lucky

7. Ambit (noun)

            Meaning; The sphere or area of control

Synonyms: limit

Antonyms: open

1. Illicit (adjective)

Meaning; Not approved by law

Synonyms: Illegal, prohibited

Antonyms: Legal, approved

2. Outright (adverb)

Meaning; Wholly, completely

Synonyms: complete, absolute

Antonyms: partial, incomplete

3. Stark (Adjective)

Meaning; Hard in appearance; barren, desolate.

Synonyms; distinct, absolute

Antonyms; indistinct, soft

4. Cue (noun)

Meaning; An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.

Synonyms; signal

Antonyms; disarray

5. Pernicious (adjective)

Meaning; Causing much harm in a subtle way.

Synonyms: harmful

Antonyms: beneficial

6. Preponderance (noun)

Meaning; Excess or superiority of weight, influence

Synonyms: predominance

Antonyms: handful

7. Sprang (verb)

Meaning; To sprout, to grow, (figurative) to arise, to come into existence.

Synonyms: originate

Antonyms: suppress

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 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.