Daily Vocabulary Words 26th 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

Spite (noun)

Meaning; Ill will or hatred toward another

Synonyms: animosity, hate

Antonyms: kindness, love

Truncate (verb)

Meaning; To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.

Synonyms: cut, trim

Antonyms: stretch, extend

Jest (verb)

Meaning; To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner

Synonyms: mock, tease

Antonyms: compliment, commend

Enthuse (verb)

Meaning; to show enthusiasm

Synonyms: motivated, excited

Antonyms: demotivated, depressed

Misprision (noun)

Meaning; Criminal neglect of duty or wrongful execution of official duties

Synonyms: contempt

Antonyms: tolerance

Wily (adjective)

Meaning; sly, cunning, full of tricks

Synonyms: clever, canny

Antonyms: ignorant, naive

Ablution (noun)

Meaning; The act of washing or cleansing the body

Synonyms: clean

Antonyms: pollution

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.