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
  1. feeling

  2. sadness

  3. step of a change

  4. work

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The word 'labor' refers to practical work, especially hard physical work. The other options refer to emotions, transitions, or feelings, which do not define labor.

Multiple choice
  1. able

  2. knowing something is happening

  3. real, proper

  4. scared

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Being 'aware' means having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact, which is best described as 'knowing something is happening.' The other options describe capability, authenticity, or fear.

Multiple choice
  1. more powerful

  2. clearly true

  3. happening before

  4. from over

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The word 'prior' means existing or coming before in time, order, or importance, so 'happening before' is the correct definition. The other options describe power, truth, or origin.

Multiple choice
  1. very short response

  2. sense, feeling

  3. paper

  4. place, location

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A 'site' is an area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed, or more generally, a place or location. The other options describe communication, perception, or physical materials.

Multiple choice
  1. rare

  2. on the side of

  3. having many parts

  4. not changing, not moving

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The word 'stable' means firmly established and not likely to change, fail, or move. This is directly captured by 'not changing, not moving.'

Multiple choice
  1. most important

  2. exact

  3. clearly true

  4. very large

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The word 'precise' means marked by accuracy and detail, which is synonymous with 'exact.' The other options describe importance, truth, or size.

Multiple choice
  1. talk at the same time

  2. match

  3. be friendly with

  4. give helpful things

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

To correspond means to be analogous or to match up with something else in character, form, or function. While it can also refer to communicating via letters, matching is the most accurate definition among the choices provided.

Multiple choice
  1. shrink, become small

  2. focus on

  3. have the same main point

  4. figure out what something is

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

To concentrate means to direct all of your attention, effort, or focus onto a single activity or subject. While it can also mean to gather in high density, focusing on something is its most common everyday definition.

Multiple choice
  1. make into a shape

  2. grow

  3. change often

  4. differ

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D Correct answer
Explanation

To vary means to differ or be different from something else in size, amount, or degree. While it can involve change, its core meaning is to exhibit differences or diversity.

Multiple choice
  1. show something hidden

  2. start moving

  3. grow slowly

  4. write about

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To expose means to reveal or show something that was previously hidden, protected, or secret. This can refer to physical objects being uncovered or secrets being brought to light.

Multiple choice
  1. continue

  2. join

  3. figure out what something is

  4. make dirty

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To sustain something means to strengthen or support it physically or mentally, or to cause it to continue for a period of time. Therefore, "continue" is the closest definition among the choices. The other options describe joining, identifying, or polluting, which are unrelated to sustaining.

Multiple choice
  1. Bigger

  2. Better

  3. Worse

  4. Greater

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D Correct answer
Explanation

In Arabic, 'Akbar' is the superlative form of 'Kabir' (great), meaning 'Greater' or 'Greatest'. This title was given to Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad, who became known historically as Akbar the Great.

Multiple choice
  1. To hug

  2. To kill

  3. To preserve

  4. To cut

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A Correct answer
Explanation

In Hindi, the word chipko literally means to cling or to hug. This refers to the practice of protestors hugging trees to protect them from loggers.

Multiple choice
  1. temporize

  2. demur

  3. chronicle

  4. transpire

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A Correct answer
Explanation

To temporize is to delay making a decision or taking action in order to gain time or stall. Demur means to object or show reluctance, while chronicle means to record events, and transpire means to happen or become known.

Multiple choice
  1. idyllic

  2. bucolic

  3. pastoral

  4. gregarious

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Gregarious describes a person or animal that is highly sociable and enjoys the company of others. The other three options (idyllic, bucolic, and pastoral) all relate to peaceful, rustic, or country-like settings.