Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 14th & 15th November 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. INCENSE (verb)

Meaning; To anger or infuriate.

Synonyms: infuriate, anger

Antonyms: please, placate

2. FRENZY (noun)

Meaning; A state of wild activity or panic

Synonyms: agitation

Antonyms: repose

3. GAUNT (adjective)

Meaning; lean, angular and bony

Synonyms: thin, weak

Antonyms: fat, strong

4. SCURRY (verb)

Meaning; To run with quick light steps

Synonyms: rush, scuttle

Antonyms: crawl, amble

5. LARGESSE (noun)

Meaning; Generosity in the giving of gifts or money.

Synonyms: generosity

Antonyms: meanness

6. PROCLIVITY (noun)

Meaning; A predisposition or natural inclination

Synonyms: inclination, leaning

Antonyms: disinclination, antipathy

7. GUTTED (verb)

Meaning; With the most important parts destroyed

Synonyms: empty, ransacked

Antonyms: filled, prosperous

8. HIATUS (noun)

Meaning; A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

Synonyms: suspension, interruption

Antonyms: continuation, juncture

9. LEVERAGE (noun)

Meaning; By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.

Synonyms: influence, dominance                                                      

Antonyms: impotence, powerlessness

10. ADHERE (verb)

Meaning; To be attached or devoted by the personal union, in belief, on principle

Synonyms: follow, stick

Antonyms: deviate, ignore

11. PREDATORY (adjective)

Meaning; Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.

Synonyms: Greedy, exploitative

Antonyms: Selfless, supportive

12. CUMBERSOME (adjective)

Meaning; Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious

Synonyms: complex, complicated

Antonyms: systematic, straightforward

13. EXHORT (verb)

Meaning; To urge; to advise earnestly

Synonyms: adjure

Antonyms: discourage

14. EXPUNGE (verb)

Meaning; obliterate or remove completely.; 

Synonyms: abolish, eliminate

Antonyms: renovate, revamp

15. NIGHTMARE (noun)

Meaning; Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or
great displeasure.

Synonyms: dread, phobia

Antonyms: Gratifying, Pleasant

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.