English Language

Vocabulary and Synonyms

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Vocabulary and synonyms are essential components of English language sections across competitive exams. This topic tests word associations, context meanings, and precise vocabulary skills. Regular practice helps test takers score higher in SSC, banking, and railway recruitment tests.

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Vocabulary and Synonyms Questions

Multiple choice softskills leadership

coercion

  1. below the threshold of conscious perception

  2. lively

  3. use of force to get someone to object

  4. remainder
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Multiple choice softskills leadership

coeval

  1. place under water

  2. active enmity

  3. living at the same time as

  4. give up (a position, right, or claim)
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Coeval means having the same age or living during the same time period, often used to describe contemporaries. The prefix 'co-' means together or same, and 'ev' relates to age or time. The other options describe submersion, enmity, or surrendering rights.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

cog

  1. willing to obey orders

  2. hostile feeling or intent

  3. tooth projecting from a wheel

  4. patiently submissiveness
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Explanation

A cog is a tooth on a wheel or gear that interlocks with other cogs to transfer motion in machinery. It's a fundamental mechanical component. The distractors describe obedience, hostility, and submissiveness, which have nothing to do with mechanical parts.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

cogent

  1. occupying a lower rank

  2. records arranged in yearly parts

  3. convincing

  4. elastic
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Cogent means convincing, compelling, or logically forceful in argument or reasoning. A cogent argument is one that is persuasive and well-reasoned. The other options describe hierarchy, records, and flexibility.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

cognate

  1. writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court

  2. attach

  3. having a common origin

  4. decide
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Cognate means having a common origin or source, especially used for languages or words that developed from the same ancestral language. The prefix 'co-' indicates shared origin. Options A is a legal writ, while B and D are simple verbs.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

cognitive

  1. following in time or order

  2. destroy

  3. having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes

  4. (of a sound) echoing
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Explanation

"Cognitive" relates to the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. Distractors like "following in time" (subsequent) are incorrect.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

coin

  1. support (a claim) with evidence

  2. irregularity

  3. make coins

  4. state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.
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Explanation

To coin means to make coins (mint money) or to invent a new word or phrase. Both meanings are valid, with 'make coins' being the literal, original meaning of minting currency. Option A 'support with evidence' refers to corroborate. Option D 'state of reacting readily' refers to compliance.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

coincidence

  1. substantial

  2. state of being nameless

  3. the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events

  4. returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner
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Explanation

Coincidence is the chance occurrence of two or more events at the same time that seem connected but have no causal relationship. It describes remarkable concurrences without apparent cause. Option A 'substantial' means considerable or significant. Option D 'returning to rightful owner' refers to restitution.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

colander

  1. include (as a member of a group)

  2. hostility

  3. utensil with perforated bottom used for straining

  4. impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction)
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Explanation

A colander is a kitchen utensil with a perforated bottom used for straining liquids from food, like washing vegetables or draining pasta. The holes allow water to pass while keeping solids. Option A 'include as member' refers to induct. Option D 'impatiently restless' refers to agitated or stir-crazy.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

collate

  1. tending to overthrow or ruin

  2. antiquated

  3. examine and compare in order to verify authenticity

  4. rise again
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Collate means to examine, compare, and verify (often documents or texts) by collecting and arranging them in order. It's used in printing, research, and verification. Option A 'tending to overthrow' refers to subversive. Option D 'rise again' refers to resurrect or reascend.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

collected

  1. yield (to something overwhelming)

  2. manlike

  3. composed

  4. keep
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Explanation

Collected means composed, calm, and self-possessed. Someone who is collected maintains their composure and does not get easily flustered or emotional.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

colloquial

  1. give or take milk at the breast or udder

  2. student of the history and science of humankind

  3. pertaining to conversational or common speech

  4. repay in kind (usually for bad treatment)
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Explanation

Colloquial means relating to conversation or conversational language. It refers to informal, everyday speech rather than formal or written language. Colloquialisms are informal expressions used in casual conversation.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

colloquy

  1. die or kill from lack of air

  2. having human form or characteristics

  3. informal discussion

  4. delay (in development)
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Explanation

Colloquy means a formal discussion or conversation, typically between two parties. It is often used in legal or diplomatic contexts for formal dialogue or consultation.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

colossal

  1. spread through or over (with a color or liquid)

  2. remedy to counteract a poison or disease

  3. huge

  4. inclined to silence
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Explanation

Colossal means extremely large, huge, or gigantic in size or extent. It is often used to describe things of enormous proportions, like the Colossus of Rhodes (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

coma

  1. silently showing ill humor or resentment

  2. obsolete

  3. deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow

  4. shy and reserved (of a person)
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Explanation

Coma means a state of deep, prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poisoning. In a coma, a person cannot be awakened and fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound.