English Language
Vocabulary and Synonyms
18,261 Questions
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
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Humdrum means lacking excitement or variety, which is synonymous with dull. The other options describe weather, blame, or personality traits unrelated to monotony.
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Rush
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Shack
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Unworthy
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Sermon
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Ignoble refers to something not honorable in character or purpose, making unworthy the correct definition. It is often used to describe actions or motives that lack nobility.
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Perplexity
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Mongrel
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Crash
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Obstacle
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An imbroglio is an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation, which is best captured by the word perplexity. It implies a state of entanglement or confusion.
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Simple
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Stain
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Volcanic
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Flash
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To imbrue means to stain, typically with blood. It is a formal or literary term often used in contexts involving violence or physical marking.
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Disgraceful
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Small hill
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Rabies
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Idol
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Ignominious means deserving or causing public disgrace or shame, which matches disgraceful. It describes situations or actions that result in a loss of dignity.
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Large barrel
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Chief
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Not real
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Lurch
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Illusory means based on illusion and therefore not real. It describes something that appears to be true or possible but is actually false.
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Speed
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Thought
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Impending
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Abyss
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Imminent refers to something that is about to happen, making impending the correct synonym. It suggests an event is close in time.
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Husky
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Deceiving
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Title
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Corpse
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Illusive means deceptive or misleading, which aligns with the definition of deceiving. It describes something that creates a false impression.
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Infinite
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Imprison
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Creed
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Huge
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Immure means to enclose or confine someone against their will, which is synonymous with imprison. It often implies being walled in.
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Close
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Reckon
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Without Feeling
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Hinder
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Impassive means having or showing no emotion, which is equivalent to without feeling. It describes a stoic or unresponsive demeanor.
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Calmness
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Fill
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Pure
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Exempt
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Imperturbability refers to the quality of being unable to be upset or excited, which is synonymous with calmness. It describes a state of steady composure.
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Hard
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Limit
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Moving force
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Slander
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An impetus is a force that makes something happen or move more quickly, often described as a moving force. It acts as a stimulus or motivation.
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Fickle
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Violent
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Moving
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Nearing
B
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Impetuous means acting or done quickly and without thought or care, often associated with violent or rash behavior. Among the choices, violent is the closest descriptor for the intensity implied.
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Curse
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Region
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Split
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Lavish
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To imprecate means to utter a curse or invoke evil upon someone. It is a formal term for cursing.
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Offer as a sacrifice
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Drink
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Goal
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Heat
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To immolate means to kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning. It is historically associated with ritualistic sacrifice.