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

defunct

  1. dead

  2. book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form

  3. examination of a dead body

  4. hostility
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Defunct means no longer in existence, use, or operation - effectively dead or finished. It can apply to organizations, laws, or people. The other options are completely unrelated.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

degradation

  1. humiliation

  2. provide food and drink (for)

  3. great mass of falling snow and ice

  4. preceding events that influence what comes later
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Degradation can mean the state of being humiliated or debased, making 'humiliation' (A) the correct answer. The other options describe completely unrelated concepts - providing food/drink is hospitality, a snow mass is an avalanche, and preceding events are antecedents.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

delusive

  1. deceptive

  2. speed

  3. solemn wonder

  4. substance that prevents infection in a wound
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Delusive means deceptive or misleading, making 'deceptive' (A) the correct answer. The other options are unrelated - speed is rapidity, solemn wonder is awe, and an infection-preventing substance is an antiseptic.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

delve

  1. dig

  2. heavenly

  3. terrible

  4. contrast
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Delve means to dig or reach into, making 'dig' (A) the correct answer. The other options are unrelated - heavenly refers to the sky/divine, terrible means very bad, and contrast means difference.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dehydrate

  1. remove water from

  2. purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

  3. group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods

  4. antiquated
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Dehydrate means to remove water from something, making 'remove water from' (A) the correct answer. The prefix 'de-' means removal and 'hydr' relates to water. The other options are unrelated - purging is cleansing, avant-garde refers to innovative art, and antiquated means outdated.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

deify

  1. turn into a god

  2. purgative

  3. greediness for wealth

  4. song of praise or patriotism
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Deify means to treat someone or something as a god, making 'turn into a god' (A) the correct answer. The other options are unrelated - purgative means cleansing, greediness is avarice, and a song of praise is a hymn or anthem.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

deign

  1. condescend

  2. (of likings and interests) universal

  3. take vengence for something or on behalf of someone

  4. book of literary selections by various authors
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Deign means to condescend or do something in a way that shows one considers it beneath their dignity, making 'condescend' (A) the correct answer. The other options are unrelated - universal means widespread, avenge means take revenge, and an anthology is a collection of writings.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

deleterious

  1. harmful

  2. make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)

  3. reluctant

  4. student of the history and science of humankind
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Deleterious means causing harm or damage, making 'harmful' (A) the correct answer. The other options are unrelated - caulk means seal cracks, reluctant means unwilling, and an anthropologist studies human cultures.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

delineate

  1. portray

  2. burning

  3. prevent

  4. letdown in thought or emotion
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Delineate means to describe, portray, or outline something precisely, making 'portray' (A) the correct answer. The other options are unrelated - burning is combustion, prevent means stop, and depression is a letdown in mood.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

delude

  1. deceive

  2. casual and offhand

  3. secondary or minor occupation

  4. obsolete
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To delude means to deceive or mislead someone into believing something that is false. The correct answer A directly captures this meaning of fooling or tricking someone.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

delusion

  1. false belief

  2. yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war)

  3. of or like an uncle

  4. quality of being very old
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A delusion is a false belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument. Option A precisely captures this psychological concept of a persistent false belief.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

demagogue

  1. person who appeals to people's prejudice

  2. abstaining from sexual intercourse

  3. pointed tool used for piercing

  4. bony growth on the head of a deer
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A demagogue is a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by rational argument. Option A correctly identifies this manipulative characteristic of exploiting prejudice for popularity.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

demean

  1. disgrace

  2. place for burying the dead

  3. distorted

  4. iron block used in hammering out metals
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To demean means to conduct or behave oneself in a particular way, often with the sense of lowering dignity or causing disgrace. Option A correctly identifies the negative connotation of bringing shame or disgrace upon someone or something.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

demeanor

  1. behavior

  2. (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census)

  3. self-evident truth requiring no proof

  4. lack of caring
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Demeanor refers to a person's outward behavior, manner, or bearing - how they conduct themselves and appear to others. Option A correctly captures this meaning of observable behavior or conduct.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

demented

  1. insane

  2. severely critical

  3. sky blue

  4. imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)
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Demented means affected by dementia or showing signs of mental illness - effectively insane or mentally deranged. Option A correctly identifies this meaning of being mentally unsound or irrational.