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Etymology - 3 (Symbols and Corruptions)

Etymology - Symbols & Corruptions (Mod-2)

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Select the most appropriate option for the given word.

The word 'Halitosis' refers to

  1. a breath
  2. a swelling
  3. a process
  4. a technique
  5. a treatment
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Select the most appropriate option for the given word.

The word 'meteoric' symbolises

  1. mendacity
  2. heavens
  3. suddenness
  4. size
  5. length
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Select the most appropriate option for the given word.

The word 'browbeat' seemingly originated from something connected with

  1. highhandedness
  2. pigheadedness
  3. a swear word
  4. a silent gesture
  5. a street brawl
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Select the most appropriate option for the given word.

The organ 'spleen' is symbolically connected with

  1. wrath
  2. bile
  3. poison
  4. sleep
  5. stinginess
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Select the most appropriate option for the given word.

The word ‘quack’ refers to a medical charlatan who supposedly acts like a

  1. mammal
  2. fish
  3. pest
  4. a virus
  5. fowl
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Select the most appropriate option for the given word.

The word 'canny' is supposed to have originated from

  1. ability
  2. opportunity
  3. greed
  4. perseverance
  5. gluttony
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Select the most appropriate option for the given word.

The words facetious, façade, facsimile, facile, all refer to

  1. beauty
  2. presentation
  3. grimace
  4. looks
  5. sight
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Select the most appropriate option for the given word.

A 'hierocracy' refers to a

  1. domination
  2. belief
  3. succession
  4. government
  5. mob
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Against each word some suggested antonyms are given. Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the stem word.

HALCYON

  1. figurative
  2. hegemonic
  3. inane
  4. ordained
  5. tumultuous
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Against each word some suggested antonyms are given. Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the stem word.

CHERUBIC

  1. Dervish
  2. amenable
  3. fiendish
  4. avaricious
  5. cupid
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Against each word some suggested antonyms are given. Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the stem word.

GARGANTUAN

  1. bantam
  2. colossal
  3. extravagant
  4. astronomical
  5. magnanimous
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Against each word some suggested antonyms are given. Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the stem word.

PIQUANCY

  1. delicacy
  2. solidity
  3. acidity
  4. wholesomeness
  5. blandness
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Against each word some suggested antonyms are given. Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the stem word.

FROWARD

  1. sentient
  2. obdurate
  3. avid
  4. arbitrary
  5. accordant
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Against each word some suggested antonyms are given. Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the stem word.

BOHEMIAN

  1. debauch
  2. balderdash
  3. conformist
  4. emasculated
  5. audacious
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Direction: Against each word some suggested antonyms are given. Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the stem word.

INCIPIENT

  1. exuberant
  2. full-bodied
  3. explicit
  4. plentiful
  5. full-blown
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