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
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premonition of evil
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phrase repeated throughout a song or poem
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having a backbone or spinal column
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living language (as compared to the official language)
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Foreboding means a premonition of evil or a strong feeling that something bad will happen. It's a sense of impending doom or misfortune. The other options define: refrain is a repeated phrase in poetry, vertebrate means having a backbone, and vernacular refers to everyday living language.
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frenzied
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venomous spider
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draftee
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highly skilled artist (esp. in music)
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Frenetic (also spelled phrenetic) means frenzied, frantic, or characterized by rapid and agitated activity. The other options define: tarantula is a venomous spider, conscrite is a draftee, and virtuoso refers to a highly skilled artist.
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madly excited
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slow
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dedicate
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(of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous
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Frenzied means madly excited, wild, or characterized by intense and often chaotic activity. The other options define: lethargic means slow, dedicate means to devote, and virulent means extremely harmful or poisonous.
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painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)
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make or become dull or discolored
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general agreement
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disease communicator
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Fresco is the art of painting on wet plaster (usually fresh), where the pigment becomes part of the wall surface as it dries. This technique has been used since ancient times, notably in Renaissance art. The distractors define: tarnish means to make dull, consensus is general agreement, and vector refers to a disease carrier.
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be annoyed or vexed
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linger
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self-important
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face
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Fret means to be annoyed, vexed, or worried, often about something minor or persistently. It can also mean to decorate with interlaced patterns. The distractors define: linger means to stay, vain means self-important, and front refers to a face or forward position.
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lacking in seriousness
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brownish yellow
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harmonious
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full of life
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Frivolous means lacking in seriousness, purpose, or value; not worthy of serious attention. It describes things that are trivial or silly. The other options define: jaundice is yellowish discoloration, harmonious means in agreement, and vivacious means full of life.
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play and jump about happily
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boredom
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treacherous plot
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of glass
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Frolic correctly means to play, skip, or jump about happily or cheerfully. The distractors are unrelated: ennui means boredom, machination refers to a treacherous plot, and vitreous means 'of glass'.
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prankish
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practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks
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take part in a conspiracy
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causing sharp pain to the mind
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Frolicsome means given to frolicking or playful, matching 'prankish' in meaning. The distractors define different concepts: totalism refers to abstaining from alcohol, conspire means to take part in a conspiracy, and poignant means causing sharp mental pain.
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fern leaf
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boldness
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great shock
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abusive
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A frond is correctly defined as a fern leaf - a large, divided leaf typical of ferns and palms. Nerve can mean boldness, paroxysm is a sudden shock or outburst, and scurrilous means abusive or insulting.
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bear fruit
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moderate
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voters represented by an elected official
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lively or animated
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Fructify means to bear fruit or become productive, which matches the given definition. Temperate means moderate, constituency refers to voters represented, and vivacious means lively or animated.
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thrift
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characteristic frame of mind
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supporter
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(of light or color) bright and distinct
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Frugality is correctly defined as thrift or carefulness with money and resources. Mindset refers to a frame of mind, adherent is a supporter, and vivid means bright and distinct.
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thwart
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speed of music
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explain
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clamorous
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Frustrate means to thwart, prevent, or hinder someone or something from achieving something. Tempo is speed of music, explicate means to explain, and vociferous means clamorous or loud.
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make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink
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of time
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complete
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popular fashion
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Fuddle correctly means to make someone confused or stupid, often through alcohol. Temporal means 'of time', consummate means complete, and vogue means popular fashion.
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fleeting or transitory
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gain time as by postponing an action
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infection (by contact)
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changeable
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Fugitive means fleeting, transitory, or quickly disappearing - not just 'a runaway.' Temporize means to gain time by postponing contagion refers to infection by contact, and vagarious means changeable or erratic.
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support on which a lever rests or pivots
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holding fast (as to a belief)
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pollute
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act of using one's will
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A fulcrum is indeed the support on which a lever rests or pivots. Tenacity means holding fast to a belief, befoul means to pollute, and volition is the act of using one's will.