Vocabulary in Context
Practice selecting synonyms for highlighted words within contextual sentences to improve vocabulary comprehension skills
Questions
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
The day was SWALLOWED up by the factory and the machine sucked out most of the vigour from men's muscles.
- Wrecked
- Smashed
- Consumed
- Killed
- Wastage
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
The STAID and married couples dressed up in the best of their clothes, moved towards the church, duly scolding the young and rotten homeless folks.
- Decorous
- Composed
- Dignified
- Settled
- Formal
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
Most of the villagers had neither overshoes nor umbrellas. Hence, everyone DESIRED to get those in some way.
- Attracted
- Yearned
- Fancied
- Wished
- Aspired
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
The lean and ribbed young boy was brought home from tavern and scolded by his father for being drunk to INSENSIBILITY.
- Anesthesia
- Stupefaction
- Unconscious
- Lethargy
- Numbness
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
The interest of the people, all young and old in indoor games is revived due to the PROLIFERATION of fantastic high-end gaming devices.
- Amount
- Multiplicity
- Spread
- Expanse
- Amplification
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
His lack of proven literary ACCOMPLISHMENT was compensated by wit, charm and audacity of his character.
- Execution
- Capability
- Expertise
- Attainment
- Talent
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
In his stories, plays, poems and novels, Oscar Wilde displayed his genius as a RACONTEUR and coiner of epigrams as he spared none of his aquintances of one of these.
- Talker
- Anecdotist
- Chronicler
- Poet
- Biographer
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
The elegantly framed engraving hung on the palace wall illustrated the APPALLING degredation and meaningless activity endured by the prisoners of war.
- Alarming
- Terrifying
- Horrifying
- Intimidating
- Performance
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
Despite his uncompromising patriotism, one thing that he feared above all was the thought if ever the authorities got accustomed to the rumours of his CLANDESTINE activities.
- Fraudulent
- Illegitimate
- Surreptitious
- Veiled
- Undercover
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
He was driven towards his first literary success by his necessity to adopt writing as a DISCIPLINE for living.
- Practice
- Method
- Field
- Preparation
- Inculcation
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
Throughout the story that she read for past one week, there was a sense of FATALITY about where the protagonist's lifestyle must lead him to.
- Accident
- Inevitability
- Casualty
- Noxiousness
- Lethality
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
The output of volatile, but promising group of writers who gathered about the place was FEVERISHLY prolific and showed their true devotion to the muse.
- Frenziedly
- Passionately
- Erratically
- Hysterically
- Tensely
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
With SPITEFUL ferocity of beasts, both men fell upon each other for a mere loaf of bread.
- Hateful
- Malicious
- Hurtful
- Vindictive
- Malevolent
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
The disease that rotted their souls throughout life ACCOMPANIED them to their graves.
- Consorted
- Conducted
- Spooked
- Escorted
- Followed
Directions: The sentence below has a word in capitals. Select the synonym of the word as per the context.
The legendary river had set the stage for many historical battles in the past. Nonetheless, TURBULENT conditions occur even today for official licences pertaining to mining and territorial rights.
- Anarchic
- Mutinous
- Disorderly
- Violent
- Rowdy