Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 30th August 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. Spurn (verb)

            Meaning; To reject

Synonyms: refuse, avoid

Antonyms: accept, agree

2. Augur (verb)

Meaning; To anticipate, to foretell

Synonyms: predict, foreshadow

Antonyms: assure, certify

3. Bulwark (noun)

Meaning; A defensive wall or rampart.

Synonyms: restriction, barrier

Antonyms: passage, gateway

4. Heckle (verb)

Meaning; To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal

Synonyms: ridicule

Antonyms: praise

5. Banishment (noun)

Meaning; The state of being banished, exile

Synonyms: deportation

Antonyms: repatriation

6. Contour (noun)

Meaning; An outline, boundary or border

Synonyms: shape, lineation

Antonyms: shapeless, damaged

7. Deflate (verb)

Meaning; To reduce the amount

Synonyms: devalue, decrease

Antonyms: revalue, increase

8. Conundrum (noun)

Meaning; A difficult question or riddle

Synonyms: dilemma

Antonyms: solution

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.