Exercise-30
Directions: In each of the following questions, out of the choose the one which is nearest in meaning to the given word.
1.CONJURE
 (a) Damage                (b) Destroy                 (c) Revoke                 (d) Invoke
2. ACOLYTE (Stenographers’ Exam, 1999)
 (a) Helper          (b) Assistant               (c) Revoke                 (d) Servant                                    Â
3. UNTIE
 (a) Unfold                  (b) Unchain                (c) Undo                    (d) Unhinge
4. WRY
(a) Twisted         (b) Undeserved         (c) Sad                        (d) Smiling
5. ESCHEW
 (a) Adapt          (b) Oppress                (c) Avoid                  (d) Encourage
6. KNUCKLE (Clerks’ Grade, 1995)
 (a) Resign         (b) Surrender              (c) Face                      (d) Struggle                             Â
7. RIVAL
 (a) Enemy         (b) Claimant               (c) Competitor           (d) Partner
8. PROWESS
(a) Bravery         (b) Eagerness             (c) Keenness              (d) Understanding
9. VULPINE
(a) Crafty          (b) Wolfish                 (c) Hoggish               (d) Ravenous
10. IMBROGLIO (Central Excise, 1994)
 (a) Callous        (b) Coercion               (c) Confusion             (d) Compulsion                     Â
11. IMPASSE
(a) Stalemate      (b) Impossibility                    (c) Difficulty             (d) Confrontation
12. FIASCO
 (a) Treat with screen (b) Preach noisily                   (c) Formalize             (d) Praise inordinately
13. COZEN
 (a) Ridicule       (b) Cheat                               (c) Convince               (d) Flatter
14. SCHISM
(a) Split          (b) Conspiracy                       (c) Revolt                  (d) Ritualism
15. DISINTER
(a) Bury          (b) Unearth                             (c) Befool                   (d) Disguise
16. TERSE
(a) Local                    (b) Shrewd                             (c) Holy                      (d) Compact
17. BRACE
(a) Waste                    (b) Support                             (c) Define                   (d) Confine
18. BAFFLE
 (a) Insult                    (b) Frustrate                          (c) Defame                 (d)  Antagonize
19. CONSOLIDATE (Transmission Executives, 1994)
(a) Contrive                (b) Connive                            (c) Unite                     (d) Conspire              Â
20. BAWDY
(a) Crude                    (b) Vulgar                               (c) Proud                    (d) Arrogant
ANSWERS
1.(d)Â Â Â 2. (b)
3. (c)Â Â 4. (a)
5. (c)Â Â 6. (b)
7. (c)Â Â 8. (a)
9. (a)Â Â 10. (c)
11. (a)Â 12. (b)
13. (b)Â Â 14. (a)
15. (c)Â Â 16. (d)
17. (b)Â Â 18. (b)
19. (c)Â Â Â 20. (b)
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