Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 17th & 18th October 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:

Quagmire (noun)

Meaning; A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation

Synonyms: dilemma, predicament

Antonyms: solution, contentment

2. Proffer (verb)

Meaning; An offer made

Synonyms: propose, offer

Antonyms: reject, deny

3. Unruly (adjective)

Meaning; Wild; uncontrolled

Synonyms: uncontrollable, wild

Antonyms: controllable, obedient

4. Juvenile (adjective)

Meaning; Young; not fully developed

Synonyms: young

Antonyms: adult

5. Telltale (adjective)

Meaning; Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known.

Synonyms: indicative, signifying

Antonyms: secretive, uninformative

6. Damning (adjective)

Meaning; Condemning.

Synonyms: destructive, catastrophic

Antonyms: favorable, optimistic

7. Concomitant (adjective)

Meaning; Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.

Synonyms: attendant, associate

Antonyms: indifferent, unrelated

8. Nibble (verb)

Meaning; To eat with small, quick bites.

Synonyms: bite

Antonyms: leave

9. Jeopardize (verb)

Meaning; To put in jeopardy, to threaten.

Synonyms: endanger, risk

Antonyms: shelter, protection

10. Dilemma (noun)

Meaning; A difficult circumstance or problem.

Synonyms: Difficulty, predicament

Antonyms: clearity, precision

11. Lopsided (adjective)

Meaning; Not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other.

Synonyms: unbalanced, irregular

Antonyms: balanced, regular

12. Brevity (noun)

Meaning; The quality of being brief in duration, short in size

Synonyms: shortness

Antonyms: lengthiness

13. Resounding (noun)

Meaning; Emphatic.

Synonyms: invincible, impenetrable

Antonyms: penetrable, vulnerable

14. Doom (noun)

Meaning; An undesirable fate

Synonyms: destruction, catastrophe

Antonyms: appreciation, admiration

18. Burnish (verb)

Meaning; To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.

Synonyms: brighten, shine

Antonyms: tarnish, dull

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.