Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 4th January 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.

Visual Vocabulary Words:

1. Relegate (verb)

Meaning; exile, banish, remove, or send away.

Synonyms: degrade, downgrade

Antonyms: upgrade, promote

2. Sanctify (verb)

            Meaning; To free from sin; to purify.

            Synonyms: consecrate, hallow

            Antonyms: Disapprove, profane

3. Abstruse (adjective)

            Meaning; Difficult to comprehend or understand

Synonyms: esoteric, obscure

            Antonyms: clear, apparent

4. Petulance (verb)

Meaning; Rudeness, insolence

            Synonyms: cynicism, viciousness

Antonyms: politeness, kindness

5. Farce (noun)

Meaning; A ridiculous or empty show.

            Synonyms: travesty, charade

Antonyms: reverence, sobriety

6. Delve (verb)

Meaning; To dig, to excavate, to search deeply

Antonyms; neglect, ignore

Synonyms; probe, examine

7. Paranoid (noun)

            Meaning; Someone suffering from paranoia(irrational distrust of others)

Synonyms: suspicious, distrustful

Antonyms: secure, trustful

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.