Synonyms Words Meaning Exercise Number -37

Exercise-37

Directions: In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given worth.

1. PROMISCUOUS

(a) Casual          (b) Selective          (c) Discriminate          (d) Pure

2. KEMP

(a) Professional  (b) Parasite        (c) Tent                           (d) Champion

3. UNCANNY

(a) Unmistaken (b) Strange           (c) Fearful                     (d) Internal

4. UNDULATE

(a) Retard            (b) Decrease        (c) Wave                        (d) Flood

5. VORACIOUS        (Section Officers, 1993)

 (a) Quick             (b) Angry             (c) Hungry                     (d) Wild

6. PESTER

 (a) Console         (b) Disturb          (c) Gratify                      (d) Torture

7. REDUNDANT

 (a) Rude              (b) Brutish           (c) Superfluous            (d) Coarse

8. INEVITABLE       (C.B.I. 1994)

 (a) Unavoidable  (b) Probable    (c) Expected                  (d) Fixed

9. VENDETTA

(a) Feud               (b) Friendship    (c) Mortal                       (d) Threat

10. SMEAR

(a) Encourage   (b) Quarrel          (c) Avoid                         (d) Mark

11. CALUMNIATE

 (a) Approve      (b) Slander          (c) Warn                     (d) Delay

12. PARVENU

 (a) Pretender   (b) Privileged     (c) Royal                     (d) Intelligent

 13. GRAND              (Clerks’ Grade, 1992)

 (a) Noble           (b) Aristocratic  (c) Great                    (d) Splendid

14. ATTRITION

 (a) Friction       (b) Decline           (c) Suffering              (d) Attraction

15. MURKY

 (a) Ugly             (b) Dishonest       (c) Dull                       (d) Lazy

16. LAPIDARY          (Stenographers’ Exam, 1995)

 (a) High-sounding     (b) Abusive     (c) Dignified       (d) Harmful                        

17. MOVING

 (a) Turning      (b) Shifting          (c) Toying                   (d) Taking

 18. MORDANT

(a) Mild              (b) Sarcastic       (c) Festering              (d) Depressed

 19. FOMENT

(a) Incite           (b) Restrict          (c) Rectify                 (d) Pacify

20. DAUB

 (a) Publish      (b) Advertise      (c) Paint                     (d) Propagate

Answers:-

1. (a)               2. (d)

3. (b)               4. (b) 

5. (b)               6. (b)

7. (c)               8. (a)

9. (a )              10. (d)

11. (b)             12. (a)

13. (d)             14. (a)

15. (a)             16. (c)

17. (b)             18. (b)

19. (a)             20. (c)

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