Daily Vocabulary Words 26 & 27 May 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.

Vocabulary Words With Antonyms & Synonyms

1. Obfuscate (verb)
Meaning; To deliberately make more confusing

Synonyms: confuse
Antonyms: clearify
2. Plunge (verb)
Meaning; To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse.

Synonyms: dive, fall
Antonyms: ascend, rise
3. Atrophy (verb)
Meaning; To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

Synonyms; decline, dwindle
Antonyms; flourish, strengthen

4. Dawdle (verb)
Meaning; To spend (time) without haste or purpose.

Synonyms: delay, linger
Antonyms: expedite, hasten
5. Onslaught (noun)
Meaning; A fierce attack.

Synonyms: attack, aggression
Antonyms: support, protection

6. Wily (adjective)
Meaning; sly, cunning, full of tricks

Synonyms: clever, canny
Antonyms: ignorant, naive

7. Ablution (noun)
Meaning; The act of washing or cleansing the body

Synonyms: clean
Antonyms: pollution

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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.