Contextual Vocabulary
Select the correct vocabulary word to complete each sentence based on context.
Questions
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
He frowned at the sight of the ______ piece of article.
- marvellous
- terrific
- colossal
- prolix
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
Music is a/an ________ for my mind.
- whetstone
- onyx
- gemstone
- carbuncle
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
Our usual _______ in the garden was interrupted by the arrival of guests.
- trotting
- flouncing
- promenade
- swaggering
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
In the hotel, we were served by a/an ______ waiter.
- obsequious
- aggressive
- belligerent
- pugnacious
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
I admire the ____ behaviour of the sergeants.
- diabolical
- decorous
- fiendish
- servile
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
His _____ teaching enabled us to secure good marks in the exam.
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- pestiferous
- perspicuous
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
A ___ was written to the authorities concerned to cap the water leakage in the locality.
- writ
- missive
- cryptogram
- billet doux
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
Mere clairvoyance does not make a person a/an _____.
- ascetic
- augur
- angora
- abstainer
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
The notorious ____ was caught by the cops.
- squanderer
- mercenary
- swindler
- scrooge
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His co-workers despise his ______ behavior.
- penitent
- seraphic
- petulant
- somber
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
George writes _______ of poetry.
- reams
- sequels
- annals
- chronicles
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The police _______ the forest for the fugitives.
- ransacked
- rummaged
- combed
- torched
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John was penalised for driving the car in a/an _______ state.
- inebriated
- sombre
- sober
- solitary
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Raj _____ the evil spirit.
- excruciated
- exterminated
- exorcized
- extricate
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His ______ behaviour earned him more friends in the society.
- gregarious
- garrulous
- egregious
- obnoxious
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
Rajeev wanted me to talk cautiously when Ram was around. Because, he was the office _____.
- samaritan
- saviour
- snitch
- goon
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The criminals demanded _____ to release the abducted child.
- ransom
- hansom
- honorarium
- royalty
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The new residential township was well ______.
- contrived
- connived
- dismantled
- conspired
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Rajesh is a highly reserved and ______ person.
- gregarious
- laconic
- extrovert
- convivial
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A candidate is expected to show a _____ demeanor in a job interview.
- baleful
- soporific
- sedated
- shoddy
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He ________ at the door furiously, slamming it behind him.
- pounced
- blanched
- flounced
- staggered
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
The inspector said, 'You are _____ to pay the fine for driving the car rashly.'
- obliviated
- obliterated
- oblivious
- obligated
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
He ______ several reasons for the delay in completing the project.
- proffered
- adduced
- countermanded
- alluded
Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
The ______ proved the presence of a cancerous growth in the left arm.
- biopsy
- autopsy
- laproscopy
- epilepsy
Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.
The sudden arrival of guests _____ our holiday plans.
- scorched
- scotched
- torched
- ensconced