Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 12th&13th September 2021

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 the Visual vocabulary words and their meaning.

Visual Vocabulary Words:

1. Ingress (verb)

            Meaning; The act of entering.

Synonyms: approach, enter

Antonyms: withdraw, exit

2. Hiatus (noun)

Meaning; An interruption, break or pause.

Synonyms: pause, break

Antonyms: closure, end

3. Demur (verb)

Meaning; To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose

Synonyms: object

Antonyms: confirm

4. Sojourn (noun)

Meaning; A short stay somewhere

Synonyms: stay, stopover

Antonyms: progress, advance

5. Splurge (verb)

Meaning; To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money

Synonyms: fling, disburse

Antonyms: preserve, hoard

6. Foray (noun)

Meaning; A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare

Synonyms: invasion

Antonyms: withdrawal

7. Cozen (verb)

Meaning; To cheat; to defraud

Synonyms: cheat, deceive

Antonyms: reveal, expose

8. Contrite (adjective)

Meaning; Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow

Synonyms: remorseful, regretful

Antonyms: unrepentant, ignorant

9.  Leap (verb)

            Meaning; To jump.

Synonyms: jump, vault

Antonyms: Decline, decrease

10. Inglorious (adjective)

Meaning; Ignominious; disgraceful

Synonyms; disgraceful, shameful

Antonyms; respectful, appreciable

11. Splinter (verb)

Meaning; To break, or cause to break, into factions.

Synonyms: shatter, break

Antonyms: unification, join

12. Fraught (adjective)

Meaning; Distressed or causing distress

Synonyms: worried, distressed

Antonyms: calm, quiet

13. Joust (noun)

Meaning; To engage in mock combat on horseback or To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue

Synonyms: contest

Antonyms: support

14. Shrug (noun)

Meaning; To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern.

Synonyms: disregard

Antonyms: agree

15. Gutted (verb)

Meaning; With the most important parts destroyed

Synonyms: empty, ransacked

Antonyms: filled, prosperous

16. Amnesty (noun)

Meaning; Forgetfulness

Synonyms: forgiveness

Antonyms: conviction

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 a 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.