Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 6th & 7th 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.

Visual Vocabulary Words:

1. Wane (verb)

            Meaning; A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity

Synonyms: dim, decrease

Antonyms: develop, enhance

2. Catastrophe (noun)

Meaning; any large and disastrous event of great significance

Synonyms: devastation, destruction

Antonyms: construction, creation

3. Skepticism (noun)

Meaning; Doubt or disbelief

Synonyms: apprehension

Antonyms: belief

4. Heed (noun)

Meaning; Careful attention

Synonyms: caution

Antonyms: disregard

5. Strife (noun)

Meaning; Bitter conflict, sometimes violent

Synonyms: conflict, disagreement

Antonyms: peace, agreement

6. Discernible (adjective)

Meaning; Possible to discern; detectable

Synonyms: apparent

Antonyms: ambiguous

7. Indigenous (adjective)

Meaning; Of or relating to the native inhabitants of a land.

Synonyms: local, native

Antonyms: foreigner, outsider

8. Arrant (adjective)

            Meaning; Utter; complete

            Synonyms: sheer, absolute      

            Antonyms: light, minor

9. Preponderance (noun)

Meaning; Excess or superiority of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing

Synonyms: prevalence

Antonyms: subservience

10. Caulk (verb)

Meaning; To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

            Synonyms: block, restrict

Antonyms: free, allow

11. Purge (noun)

Meaning; A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.

            Synonyms: expulsion, termination

Antonyms: keep, hold

12. Atrophy (verb)

Meaning; To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

            Synonyms; decline, dwindle

Antonyms; flourish, strengthen

13. Tenacious (Adjective)

            Meaning; Holding together; cohesive.

Synonyms: firm

Antonyms: loose

14. Erect (Verb)

            Meaning; To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

Synonyms; build

Antonyms; spoil

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.