Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 6th May 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 Visual vocabulary words and their meaning.

1. Ambivalence (noun)

            Meaning; A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.

Synonyms: hesitancy, uncertainty

Antonyms: certainty, decisive

2. Reticence (noun)

Meaning; a silent and reserved nature

Synonyms: reluctance

Antonyms: frankness

3. Clinch (verb)

Meaning; To hold firmly; to clench

Synonyms: hold

Antonyms: release

4. Summon (verb)

Meaning; To call people together

Synonyms: convene

Antonyms: cancel

5. Peevish (adjective)

Meaning; Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable,

Synonyms: irritable

Antonyms: affable

6. Staid (adjective)

Meaning; Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

Synonyms: composed

Antonyms: frivolous

7. Clemency (noun)

Meaning; The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy

Synonyms: mercy

Antonyms: cruelty

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.