Daily Vocabulary Words 25th 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 meanings.

Daily Vocabulary Words

1. Clout (noun)

            Meaning; Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

Synonyms: influence, dominance

Antonyms: insignificance, irrelevance

2. Stint (noun)

Meaning; A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.

Synonyms: duty, job

Antonyms: leisure, pastime

3. Daunting (adjective)

            Meaning; Discouraging; inspiring fear

Synonyms: unsettling, dismaying

Antonyms: settling, comforting

4. Tactical (adjective)

Meaning; of, or relating to tactics

Synonyms: planned, strategic

Antonyms: unplanned, spontaneous

5. Shamble (verb)

Meaning; To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.

Synonyms: Stride, tread

Antonyms: unmoving, immobile

6. Scoff (verb)

Meaning; Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

Synonyms: ridicule, contemn

Antonyms: praise, compliment

7. Fleece (verb)

Meaning; To con or trick (someone) out of money.

Synonyms: cheat, occupy

Antonyms: grant, offer

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.