Synonyms Exercises
Synonyms Exercises :
QUESTION PAGE
DIRECTIONS : Pick out the nearest correct meaning or synonym of the words given below.
1. ADVICE : (ANSWER : B - counsel also means legal adviser.)
(a) council (b) counsel (c) practice (d) proposal
2. MISERABLE : (ANSWER : C - abject means helpless, miserable, despicable situation, obstruct means to hinder, abstract is the literal opposite of concrete, real.)
(a) object (b) obstruct (c) abject (d) abstract
3. QUOTE : (ANSWER : D - sight means scene, sue means to file a Suit.)
(a) sight (b) sigh (c) sue (d) cite
4. HARMONY : (ANSWER : C - cemetery means graveyards, hierarchy means a system of society in which people are graded into different classes according to certain norms, harmony is when many things work together in the same mode)
(a) cemetery (b) ceremony (c) symmetry (d) hierarchy
5. UNLAWFUL : (ANSWER : D - illicit means not sanctioned by law, elicit means to draw a response with difficulty, illegitimate means illegal/ unlawfu)
(a) elicit (b) draw (c) litigation (d) illicit
6. HAUGHTY : (ANSWER : B - arrogant means revealing an exaggerated sense of own importance, adamant means firmly or stubbornly, determinedly)
(a) imperial (b) arrogant (c) adamant (d) empire
7. WISE : (ANSWER : C - judicious means having good sense, momentous means most important, pragmatic means practical, treating in a sensible and realistic way)
(a) momentous (b) pragmatic (c) judicious (d) delay
8. LOQUACIOUS : (ANSWER : C - Verbose means using or containing more words than are needed, ambiguous means having more than one meaning)
(a) Victorian (b) bombastic (c) verbose (d) ambiguous
9. COURAGEOUS : (ANSWER : D - fearless means lack of fear, fickle means unstable, often changing, not constant, not faithful, Insipid means tasteless)
(a) fickle (b) insipid (c) timorous (d) fearless
10. WATCHFULNESS : (ANSWER : D - )
(a) supervision (b) custody (c) superintendence (d) vigil
11. ATTACHMENT : (ANSWER : A - )
(a) affinity (b) influence (c) causation (d) appendage
12. WEARY : (ANSWER : B - )
(a) sad (b) fatigued (c) sentimental (d) emotional
13. BEQUEST : (ANSWER : C - )
(a) parsimony (b) matrimony (c) heritage (d) patrimony
14. GULLIBLE : (ANSWER : C - )
(a) credible (b) believable (c) credulous (d) fallible
15. BRAVERY : (ANSWER : C - Onslaught means attack. Arrogant means full of pride.)
(a) onslaught (b) arrogant (c) fortitude (d) nepotism
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