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

disbar

  1. make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession

  2. congeal

  3. sharply painful to the body or mind

  4. morose
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Explanation

To disbar means to expel a lawyer from the bar or legal profession, typically due to misconduct. Option A is correct. Options B, C, and D refer to thickening (B), pain (C), and mood (D) - all unrelated to legal proceedings.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

disburse

  1. pay out (as from a fund)

  2. combine

  3. having a sharp biting taste

  4. half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning
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Explanation

Disburse means to pay out money from a fund or sum. Option A is the correct definition. The other options are unrelated: combine (B), taste (C), and mythological creatures (D).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

discernible

  1. distinguishable

  2. partnership

  3. temporary encampment

  4. stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly
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Explanation

Discernible means distinguishable or perceptible - something that can be seen, recognized, or understood. Option A is correct. Options B, C, and D describe business relationships (B), camping (C), and walking (D).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

discerning

  1. mentally quick and observant

  2. persuade by flattery

  3. fantastic

  4. scholar
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Explanation

Discerning means showing good judgment and keen perception - mentally quick and observant in making distinctions. Option A is correct. The distractors are persuasion (B), fantasy (C), and academic (D).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

disaffected

  1. disloyal

  2. monastery or convent

  3. stubborn intolerance

  4. small body revolving around a larger one
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Explanation

Disaffected means disloyal, dissatisfied, or no longer supportive - especially toward authority or an established system. Option A is correct. Options B, C, and D describe religious buildings (B), intolerance (C), and astronomy (D).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

disapprobation

  1. disapproval

  2. half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood)

  3. suffering from indigestion

  4. satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger)
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Explanation

Disapprobation means strong disapproval or condemnation, typically directed at someone's behavior or actions. It comes from the Latin 'disapprobare' meaning to disapprove. The other options are unrelated definitions of different words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

diligence

  1. steadiness of effort

  2. collarbone

  3. be unfaithful

  4. rescue (goods or property) from loss
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Explanation

Diligence means careful, persistent work or effort; steady application to duties. It describes someone who works hard and consistently. Option B describes 'clavicle', option C is 'faithless', and option D is 'salvage' - all unrelated words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dilute

  1. make (a liquid) less concentrated

  2. split or sever

  3. become engaged to marry

  4. displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
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Explanation

To dilute means to make a liquid thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent, reducing its concentration. Option B is 'sever', option C is 'betrothed', and option D describes 'sanctimonious' - all unrelated definitions.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

din

  1. continued loud noise

  2. disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments

  3. be cautious (of)

  4. place of refuge
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Explanation

A din is a continued loud, confused noise or uproar that makes it hard to hear individual sounds. Option B is 'clemency', option C is 'beware of', and option D is 'asylum' - all unrelated definitions.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dingy

  1. (of things and place) dirty and dull

  2. body of customers

  3. two-chambered as a legislative body

  4. optimistic
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Explanation

Dingy describes something (especially a place or thing) that looks dirty, shabby, and in poor condition - lacking freshness or brightness. Option B is 'clientele', option C is 'bicameral', and option D is 'optimistic' - all incorrect.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dint

  1. means

  2. relating to the highest point

  3. quarrel

  4. diminish
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Explanation

Dint means 'by means of' or 'through' - as in the phrase 'by dint of hard work'. It refers to the means or effort by which something is achieved. Option B is 'zenith', option C is 'quarrel', and option D is 'diminish' - all unrelated.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dire

  1. warning of disaster

  2. cut off with shears

  3. every two years

  4. scornfully mocking
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Explanation

Dire means warning of or indicating disaster, terrible, dreadful, or urgent - as in 'dire consequences' or 'dire straits'. Option B is 'shear', option C is 'biennial', and option D is 'sneering' - all incorrect.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

disabuse

  1. correct a false impression

  2. small exclusive group of people

  3. one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)

  4. satisfy to the full
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Explanation

To disabuse means to correct a false impression or persuade someone that their belief is mistaken - as in 'disabuse someone of an idea'. Option B is 'clique', option C is 'bigot', and option D is 'satiate' - all incorrect.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dislodge

  1. remove (forcibly)

  2. retort

  3. grandiloquent, pompous speech

  4. contemptible
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Explanation

To dislodge means to force something out of its fixed position. Option A 'remove (forcibly)' correctly captures this meaning. The other options are unrelated words that do not define dislodge.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dismember

  1. cut into small parts

  2. something fit to be eaten

  3. fond of books and reading

  4. sordid
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Explanation

To "dismember" means to cut, tear, or pull off the limbs of a member, or to divide into pieces. Distractors like "something fit to be eaten" (edible) are incorrect.