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

dawdle

  1. loiter

  2. group sharing a common cause or opinion

  3. with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct)

  4. obedient
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To dawdle means to loiter, waste time, or move slowly and aimlessly. It describes spending time lazily or delaying when action is needed.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

decrepit

  1. weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use

  2. distortion

  3. make thin

  4. short story of an amusing or interesting event
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Decrepit describes something in a worn-out, damaged, or weak condition, typically from old age or extensive use. Option A is correct. Option B refers to distortion, Option C means to make thin, and Option D describes a short amusing story - none match the meaning of decrepit.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

decrepitude

  1. state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age

  2. a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played

  3. testify

  4. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
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Decrepitude is the state of being decrepit - in a condition of weakness or collapse due to old age or illness. Option A is the correct definition. Option B describes carillons (bells), Option C means to testify, and Option D describes anemia - all unrelated to decrepitude.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

decry

  1. express strong disapproval of

  2. destruction of life

  3. clothe

  4. substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness
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To decry means to express strong public disapproval of something. Option A is correct. Option B refers to destruction of life, Option C means to clothe, and Option D describes an anesthetic substance - none match the meaning of decry.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

deducible

  1. derived by reasoning

  2. fleshly

  3. essential quality

  4. acute pain
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Deducible means capable of being derived or inferred through logical reasoning. Option A correctly states 'derived by reasoning.' Option B means related to flesh, Option C means an essential quality, and Option D describes sharp pain - none relate to deducible.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

deface

  1. mar

  2. meat-eating

  3. rubbing away by friction

  4. sharp-cornered
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To deface means to spoil, damage, or mar the appearance of something, especially by marking it. Option A correctly states 'mar.' Option B describes meat-eating, Option C means erosion by friction, and Option D means having sharp corners - none match the meaning of deface.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

defalcate

  1. embezzle

  2. drunken revel

  3. not normal

  4. critical remark
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To defalcate means to embezzle or misappropriate funds, especially by someone in a position of financial trust. Option A correctly states 'embezzle.' Option B describes a drunken party, Option C means abnormal, and Option D is a criticism - none relate to defalcate.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

defame

  1. harm someone's reputation

  2. petty criticism

  3. daring

  4. lively
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To defame means to damage someone's reputation, typically by making false or malicious statements. Option A is correct. Option B means minor criticism, Option C means bold, and Option D means full of life - none match the meaning of defame.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

defeatist

  1. resigned to defeat or failure

  2. map-maker

  3. increase

  4. hostile feeling or intent
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A defeatist is someone who expects or accepts defeat without trying to avoid it, characterized by resignation to failure. Option A correctly defines this. Option B refers to a cartographer, Option C means to increase, and Option D describes hostility - none match the meaning.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

deference

  1. courteous regard for another's wish

  2. remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person)

  3. pertaining to the aurora borealis

  4. destroy
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Deference means showing courteous respect and regard for another person's wishes, judgment, or authority. It's about yielding out of respect. The other options define completely unrelated concepts.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

defoliate

  1. destroy leaves

  2. slingshot

  3. having the weight of authority

  4. consecrate
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Defoliate means to deprive a plant of its leaves, either naturally or artificially (as with herbicides in warfare). Option A is the core meaning. The other options are unrelated words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

defray

  1. provide for the payment of

  2. great waterfall

  3. having absolute unchecked power

  4. abnormal
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To "defray" means to provide money to pay for a cost or expense. Distractors like "great waterfall" (cataract) or "having absolute unchecked power" (autocratic) are incorrect.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

defrock

  1. strip a priest or minister of church authority

  2. calamity

  3. mechanism that imitates actions of humans

  4. irregularity
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Defrock means to formally remove a priest or minister from their religious office and authority, often as punishment. It's specifically religious in context. The other options are unrelated terms.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

deft

  1. neat

  2. shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match)

  3. self-governing

  4. state of being nameless
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Deft means skillful, quick, or neat in one's movements or actions. It describes dexterity and cleverness. The other options define unrelated terms.