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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Belief
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Discouragement
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Blessing
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Fortune
B
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Explanation
Dissuasion is the action or process of persuading someone not to take a particular course of action. Discouragement is the direct synonym.
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Wise
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Stong
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Delicate
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Bulky
C
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Diaphanous means light, delicate, and translucent. Delicate is the best fit among the provided options.
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unconscionable
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notorious
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incongruous
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egregious
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invincible
A
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Unconscionable means unscrupulous.
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happening by chance and at a favourable time
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feeling or expressing great pleasure
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very greedy for wealth
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showing excessive pride in oneself
A
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Providential describes an event that happens at a favorable time, often as if by divine intervention or good fortune.
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a very typical example
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pure in quality
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virginity
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childish behaviour
D
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Puerility refers to behavior that is childish, silly, or immature. It comes from the Latin word for boy.
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chagrin
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relating to or producing oil or fat
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very generous
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stupid
B
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Sebaceous refers to glands that secrete sebum, which is an oily or fatty substance that lubricates the skin and hair.
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a curse
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to complain habitually
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to attack with harsh criticism
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depreciatory
C
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To inveigh means to speak or write about something with great hostility or to attack it with harsh criticism.
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Affable
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Courteous
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Hypercritical
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Enthusiastic
C
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Captious means fond of catching others in mistakes; quick to find fault. Hypercritical means too critical; too severe in judgment; hard to please.
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Toxic
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Harmless
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Overflowing
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Obnoxious
A
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Deleterious means harmful to health or well-being; injurious. Toxic means acting as a poison; poisonous.
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Invigorate
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Rejuvenate
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Debilitate
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Elevate
C
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Enervate means to deprive of strength, force, vigor, etc.; weaken physically, mentally, or morally. Debilitate means to make weak or feeble; enervate.
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Deliberate
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Cautious
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Unrehearsed
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Irrelevant
C
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Explanation
Impromptu means without preparation or advance thought; offhand. Thus, option 3.
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Spirited
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Meddlesome
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Vulnerable
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Hale
A
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Mettle means quality of character or temperament; esp., high quality of character; spirit; courage; ardor. Mettlesome means full of mettle. Spirited means full of spirit; lively; energetic; animated.
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Associate
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Amend
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Arrogant
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Avarice
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Admonish
A
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Explanation
To affiliate means to officially attach or connect to an organization, which is synonymous with associate. The other options do not share this meaning.
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Confrontation
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Murky
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Sloppy
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Sleeve
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Slain
A
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Explanation
An encounter is a meeting or a clash, making confrontation the most appropriate synonym among the choices. The other words are unrelated in meaning.
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Blatant
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Biography
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Braid
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Bust
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Burn
B
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Explanation
A memoir is a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge, making biography the correct synonym. The other options are irrelevant.