Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 27th & 28th March 2022 |

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.

Vacillate (verb)

Meaning; To sway unsteadily

Synonyms: oscillate, hesitate

Antonyms: firm, resolute

Buoyed (verb)

Meaning; To support or maintain at a high level.

Synonyms: bolster

Antonyms: depress

Parry (verb)

Meaning; To avoid, deflect

Synonyms: avoid, evade

Antonyms: confront, encounter

Dictum (noun)

Meaning; An authoritative statement

Synonyms: order, declaration

Antonyms: request, proposal

Personage (noun)

Meaning; A person, especially one who is famous or important

Synonyms: celebrity

Antonyms: nobody

Pique (noun)

Meaning; A feeling of enmity

Synonyms: displeasure

Antonyms: happiness

Breach (verb)

Meaning; A breaking out upon; an assault.

Synonyms: violate

Antonyms: abide

Ameliorate (verb)

Meaning; To make better, or improve,

Synonyms: improve, upgrade

Antonyms: reduce, diminish

Mettle (adjective)

Meaning; A quality of endurance and courage

Synonyms: valour, fortitude

Antonyms: cowardice, timidity

Abstruse (adjective)

Meaning; Difficult to comprehend or understand.

Synonyms: esoteric, obscure

Antonyms: obvious, apparent

Forge (verb)

Meaning; To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.

Synonyms: simulate, imitate

Antonyms: genuine, original

Scorn (verb)

Meaning; Contempt or disdain

Synonyms: disdain, disrespect

Antonyms: admire, respect

Vociferous (adjective)

Meaning; Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous

Synonyms: vigorous, powerful

Antonyms: effortless, easy

Rescind (verb)

Meaning; To repeal, annul, or declare void

Synonyms: abolish

Antonyms: approve

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.