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

eventual

  1. happening at last as a result

  2. retort

  3. achieve by cleverness or trick

  4. writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court
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"Eventual" describes something that happens at last or finally, as an ultimate outcome or result. Distractor B ("retort") means a sharp answer, C means to trick, D is a legal writ - none relate to ultimate outcomes.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

evince

  1. show clearly

  2. attractive

  3. unrestrained

  4. following in time or order
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"Evince" means to show or demonstrate clearly, especially a feeling, quality, or talent. Distractors B ("attractive"), C ("unrestrained"), and D ("following in time") are unrelated to displaying or revealing.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

evocative

  1. tending to call up (emotions, memories)

  2. something fit to be eaten

  3. (of a bird) sing

  4. behaving like a slave
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"Evocative" describes something that tends to call up emotions, memories, or strong associations. Distractor B means edible, C is about birds singing, D describes slave-like behavior - none relate to calling forth responses.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

evoke

  1. call forth (memory or feeling)

  2. deserts

  3. administrative division of a city

  4. sink to a lower level
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"Evoke" means to call forth or draw out, especially a memory, feeling, or response. Distractor B ("deserts") might mean punishment, C is about city divisions, D means sinking lower - none relate to calling forth.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

exalt

  1. raise in rank or dignity

  2. equal in extent

  3. tunnels in which rabbits live

  4. support (a claim) with evidence
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"Exalt" means to raise someone in rank, power, or dignity, or to hold them in very high regard. Distractor B means equal, C refers to rabbit tunnels, D means supporting with evidence.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

exasperate

  1. vex

  2. feel or express pity or sympathy for

  3. very cautious

  4. substantial
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"Exasperate" means to irritate, frustrate, or annoy someone intensely, often to the point of exhaustion. Distractor B means to feel pity, C means cautious, D means substantial - none relate to irritation.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

excise

  1. cut away

  2. small (often rural) community whose members share work and income

  3. accustom a baby not to nurse

  4. assist (someone in difficulty)
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'Excise' means to cut away or remove something, especially by cutting out. It can also refer to a tax on certain goods. The primary meaning involves cutting or removal. The other options define unrelated words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

excoriate

  1. scold with biting harshness

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

  3. pass safely through (a storm or difficult period)

  4. yield (to something overwhelming)
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'Excoriate' means to scold or criticize with biting harshness or severity. It can also literally mean to strip off skin. In usage, it describes severe verbal criticism. The other options are unrelated.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

exculpate

  1. clear from blame or guilt

  2. sympathy for the suffering of others

  3. eerie

  4. give or take milk at the breast or udder
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'Exculpate' means to clear from blame or guilt, to show someone is not responsible for something. It's often used in legal contexts to absolve someone. The other options define completely different words.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

execrable

  1. very bad

  2. harmonious

  3. of good upbringing

  4. die or kill from lack of air
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'Execrable' means extremely bad, detestable, or abhorrent. It describes something of very poor quality that's thoroughly unpleasant. The opposite would be excellent or admirable. The other options are unrelated.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

execrate

  1. curse

  2. overpowering

  3. raised mark from a beating or whipping

  4. advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women)
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'Execrate' means to curse, detest, or loathe something or someone intensely. It expresses strong hatred or abhorrence. The other options describe different concepts unrelated to this emotional verb.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

executive

  1. person having administrative authority

  2. listing of information in tabular or book form

  3. young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family)

  4. silently showing ill humor or resentment
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Explanation

An executive is a person who has administrative authority or holds a position of high responsibility in an organization or government. The other options do not match this meaning: listing information in tabular form refers to a table or register, a young animal is a whelp or kitten, and showing ill humor silently is called sullen.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

exegesis

  1. explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages

  2. self-satisfaction

  3. puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.)

  4. (of weather) hot
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Exegesis refers to a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of religious or biblical passages. It involves analyzing the meaning and context of scriptures. The other options are unrelated: self-satisfaction is smugness, a puff of air is a gust, and hot weather is simply described as hot or sultry.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

exemplary

  1. serving as a model

  2. trying to please

  3. sudden capricious idea

  4. act of finding the total
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Exemplary means serving as a desirable model or representing the best of its kind, like exemplary behavior or exemplary work. The other options don't match: trying to please is ingratiating, a sudden capricious idea is a whim, and finding the total is summation or calculation.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

exhale

  1. breathe out

  2. readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others

  3. neigh like a horse

  4. retired or disqualified because of age
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Explanation

Exhale means to breathe out, expelling air from the lungs, which is the opposite of inhale. The other options are incorrect: readily acting in accordance with others' wishes is compliant, neighing like a horse is whinnying, and being retired due to age is being superannuated.