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

Directions: Choose that option as your answer which by itself or in association with other words is capable of forming words related to the word given below.

Date

  1. Fruit, time, line, informed

  2. Period, span, vegetable, lice

  3. Until, claw, inscription, less

  4. Era, happening, rendezvous, from
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

All the words in option 1 can be linked with the lead word (date). Date is a fruit; date is a time; dateline and update connect the other two words. 

Multiple choice

Direction: Choose that option as your answer, which by itself or in association with other words is capable of forming words related to the word given below.

Eld

  1. Age, antiquity, olden times, past

  2. Rest, calm, peace, tranquility

  3. House, home, residence, cottage

  4. Thrifty, stingy, miser, paraimonious
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Eld means age, old age and antiquity. All the words in option 1 are linked to the main word. Clue can be found from a related word 'elder'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose that option as your answer which by itself or in association with other words is capable of forming words related to the words specified in the given options.

Egg

  1. cup,head,discourage,calm

  2. fail,beater,incite,caution

  3. fear,roll,shell,group

  4. lieu,frozen,ovum,milk
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 All the words in option 2  are related to the lead word (egg). We use the phrase 'to walk on eggs' for caution, 'egg on' means to incite or urge someone. 'To lay an egg' is also a phrase used when someone fails.  Eggbeater is also linked to the main word.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose that option as your answer which by itself or in association with other words is capable of forming words related to the word given below.

Goose

  1. Herd, gander, neck, step up

  2. Bird, berry, geyser, predict

  3. Ruin, bumps, egg, anthropoid

  4. Gosling, prod, grass, flesh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Goose is a web -footed swimming bird with longer neck and legs than most ducks. The male is known as gander. We use the phrase ' to goose up' to mean ' to step up or increase'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Pick the odd one out.

  1. Noisy

  2. Stentorian

  3. Quiescent

  4. Obstreperous
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 Noisy, stentorian and obstreperous all mean 'loud noise'. Quiescent mans 'quiet, rest'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that represents a relationship not similar to the one exhibited by the given capitalized question pair of words.

ADDLED: PERSPICACIOUS

  1. Adroit : Gauche

  2. Acrid : Sweet

  3. Haughty : Affable

  4. Obtuse : Astute
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Addled and perspicacious are antonymous (one is keen understanding; the other is confused). Likewise, all options are antonymous, except that in option 2, the relationship is reversed ( negative: positive).