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

diversion

  1. act of turning aside

  2. remorse

  3. platitude

  4. calmness
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Diversion literally means the act of turning aside from a course or diverting attention. Option A correctly identifies this core meaning of redirection. The other options are unrelated emotions or states.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

disparate

  1. basically different

  2. take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment

  3. rude

  4. occurring at the proper time or season
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Explanation

Disparate means fundamentally different or unlike in kind. Option A correctly captures this essence of basic difference. The other options define unrelated words: B is commandeer, C is impolite, and D means timely.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dispel

  1. scatter

  2. feel or express pity or sympathy for

  3. leap or spring

  4. isolation
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Explanation

Dispel means to drive away, scatter, or cause to vanish (like dispelling myths, fears, or clouds). It comes from Latin 'dispellere' (to drive apart). The other options refer to compassion (commiserate), physical leaping (saltate), or separation/segregation, which are unrelated meanings.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

disport

  1. amuse

  2. held in common

  3. cowlike

  4. worldly
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Explanation

Disport means to amuse oneself, frolic, or play in a lively manner (often used as 'disport oneself'). Option A is correct. The other options are unrelated: B means shared (communal), C describes cow-like behavior (bovine), and D refers to earthly/secular matters (mundane).

Multiple choice softskills leadership

disquietude

  1. uneasiness

  2. one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided

  3. boast

  4. conduct or language inciting rebellion
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Multiple choice softskills leadership

dissension

  1. disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group

  2. making up for

  3. wave around (a weapon)

  4. pass slowly through small openings
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Explanation

Dissension refers to disagreement that causes conflict or strife within a group. The correct option A accurately captures this meaning of internal division. Options B, C, and D are unrelated distractors testing similar-sounding vocabulary words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dissent

  1. disagree

  2. listing of information in tabular or book form

  3. swagger

  4. be violently disturbed
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Explanation

To dissent means to disagree with a majority opinion or official position. Option A correctly identifies this as a verb meaning to disagree. The other options are definitions for different vocabulary words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dissident

  1. dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government)

  2. self-satisfaction

  3. noisy quarrel

  4. pertaining to earthquakes
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Explanation

A dissident is someone who disagrees with or opposes established opinions, policies, or governments. Option A correctly defines this as 'dissenting' with an opinion, group, or government. The other options are unrelated.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dissimulate

  1. pretend

  2. trying to please

  3. human muscle

  4. careful in choosing
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Explanation

To dissimulate means to pretend or disguise one's true feelings or intentions. Option A correctly identifies this as meaning 'pretend.' The other options are unrelated vocabulary words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dissipate

  1. squander

  2. complete

  3. muscular

  4. excessive indulgence of one's own desire
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Explanation

To dissipate means to squander or waste something, often money, energy, or resources. Option A correctly captures this meaning. The other options are unrelated distractors.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

dissolution

  1. disintegration

  2. serving to complete something

  3. insolent

  4. sure of one's own righteousness
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Explanation

Dissolution refers to the process of disintegration or breaking apart, often of a formal organization, marriage, or structure. Option A correctly defines this as disintegration. The distractors are unrelated.