Contextual Vocabulary

Select the correct vocabulary word to complete each sentence based on context.

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

He frowned at the sight of the ______ piece of article.

  1. marvellous
  2. terrific
  3. colossal
  4. prolix
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

Music is a/an ________ for my mind.

  1. whetstone
  2. onyx
  3. gemstone
  4. carbuncle
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. trotting
  2. flouncing
  3. promenade
  4. swaggering
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

In the hotel, we were served by a/an ______ waiter.

  1. obsequious
  2. aggressive
  3. belligerent
  4. pugnacious
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

I admire the ____ behaviour of the sergeants.

  1. diabolical
  2. decorous
  3. fiendish
  4. servile
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. perspicacious
  2. pertinacious
  3. pestiferous
  4. perspicuous
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. writ
  2. missive
  3. cryptogram
  4. billet doux
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

Mere clairvoyance does not make a person a/an _____.

  1. ascetic
  2. augur
  3. angora
  4. abstainer
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

The notorious ____ was caught by the cops.

  1. squanderer
  2. mercenary
  3. swindler
  4. scrooge
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

His co-workers despise his ______ behavior.

  1. penitent
  2. seraphic
  3. petulant
  4. somber
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

George writes _______ of poetry.

  1. reams
  2. sequels
  3. annals
  4. chronicles
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

The police _______ the forest for the fugitives.

  1. ransacked
  2. rummaged
  3. combed
  4. torched
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

John was penalised for driving the car in a/an _______ state.

  1. inebriated
  2. sombre
  3. sober
  4. solitary
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

Raj _____ the evil spirit.

  1. excruciated
  2. exterminated
  3. exorcized
  4. extricate
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

His ______ behaviour earned him more friends in the society.

  1. gregarious
  2. garrulous
  3. egregious
  4. obnoxious
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 _____.

  1. samaritan
  2. saviour
  3. snitch
  4. goon
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

The criminals demanded _____ to release the abducted child.

  1. ransom
  2. hansom
  3. honorarium
  4. royalty
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

The new residential township was well ______.

  1. contrived
  2. connived
  3. dismantled
  4. conspired
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

Rajesh is a highly reserved and ______ person.

  1. gregarious
  2. laconic
  3. extrovert
  4. convivial
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

A candidate is expected to show a _____ demeanor in a job interview.

  1. baleful
  2. soporific
  3. sedated
  4. shoddy
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

He ________ at the door furiously, slamming it behind him.

  1. pounced
  2. blanched
  3. flounced
  4. staggered
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.'

  1. obliviated
  2. obliterated
  3. oblivious
  4. obligated
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

He ______ several reasons for the delay in completing the project.

  1. proffered
  2. adduced
  3. countermanded
  4. alluded
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

The ______ proved the presence of a cancerous growth in the left arm.

  1. biopsy
  2. autopsy
  3. laproscopy
  4. epilepsy
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the exact word which fits into the blank according to the context.

The sudden arrival of guests _____ our holiday plans.

  1. scorched
  2. scotched
  3. torched
  4. ensconced

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