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
  1. insert between

  2. sure of one's own righteousness

  3. accidental

  4. mass for the dead

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To interpolate means to insert or introduce something between other things or parts. The other options define different concepts: righteous (B) describes self-confidence in one's moral position, accidental (C) means by chance, and mass for the dead (D) refers to a requiem mass.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. motion

  2. boisterous merrymaking

  3. achieve by cleverness or trick

  4. shine erratically

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Revelry means lively, noisy, and high-spirited celebration or merrymaking. Motion is movement, achieving by trickery (C) is to wheedle, and shining erratically (D) means to flicker - none match the meaning of revelry.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. hit quickly with the flat part of the hand

  2. climactic

  3. act stupidly

  4. of glass

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To slap means to strike quickly with the palm or flat part of the hand. Climactic relates to a dramatic peak, acting stupidly is foolish behavior, and of glass means vitreous - none describe a slap.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. return to a former state (esp. after improvement)

  2. lover of luxury

  3. act of finding oneself in society

  4. discipline

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Orientation means the act of determining one's position or adapting to society. Returning to former state (A) is regression, lover of luxury (B) is sybarite, and discipline (D) is training - none match the social adaptation meaning.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. cover with a thin and shiny surface

  2. government ruled by old people

  3. act of reciting publicly

  4. noisy confusion

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A recital is the act of performing or reciting something publicly, like music or poetry. Covering with shiny surface (A) is plating, government by elderly (B) is gerontocracy, and noisy confusion (D) is tumult - none describe a recital.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. convert

  2. casual and offhand

  3. act or manner of using

  4. of substance

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Substantial means of considerable importance, size, or worth; essentially 'of substance'. Convert (488935) is a verb, casual (488936) means relaxed, and usage (488937) is the act of using. 488938 is the most direct match.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. sign or warning (of coming danger)

  2. plentiful

  3. act or manner of using

  4. renounce

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A threat is a statement or sign of an intention to inflict pain, injury, or damage. Plentiful (488940) means abundant, usage (488941) is the manner of use, and renounce (488942) means to give up.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. foul smelling

  2. apply a lubricant to

  3. action of moving secretly or unseen

  4. practicing self-denial

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

To lubricate is to apply a substance (like oil or grease) to minimize friction. Foul smelling (488943) is malodorous, 488945 describes stealth, and 488946 describes asceticism. Option 488944 is the literal definition.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. heat-producing

  2. not open to attack

  3. action of moving secretly or unseen

  4. congeal

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Stealth is the cautious and surreptitious ability to move or act in secret. Thermogenic (488947) produces heat, invulnerable (488948) is not open to attack, and congeal (488950) means to solidify.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. move or develop more slowly

  2. dirty mark with unclear edges made by rubbing

  3. abnormal

  4. parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

To lag means to fall behind or move more slowly than others. A smudge (488952) is a dirty mark, abnormal (488953) is a descriptor of deviation, and a palimpsest (488954) is a reused writing surface.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. loud resounding noise

  2. harass or trouble from all directions

  3. act of lying in wait to attack by surprise

  4. clear from blame

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

To vindicate means to clear someone from blame or suspicion, or to justify a claim or opinion. Loud resounding noise (A) is clamor, harass from all directions (B) is beleaguer, and lying in wait to attack (C) is ambush - none match vindication.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. of a sect

  2. caustic

  3. abstaining from sexual intercourse

  4. waver (in opinion)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sectarian relates to the differences or interests of a particular sect or group. Caustic (488964) means corrosive, 488965 refers to celibacy, and 488966 refers to vacillation. 'Of a sect' is the direct definition.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. waster

  2. good fortune and financial success

  3. abstaining from sexual intercourse

  4. supporter

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Prosperity refers to a state of being successful, especially in financial terms. A waster (488967) is someone who squanders, celibacy (488969) is abstaining from sex, and a supporter (488970) is an adherent. Good fortune is the correct definition.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. mental or physical ability

  2. slingshot

  3. abstruse

  4. too certain to be disputed

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Indisputable means too certain or well-established to be questioned or challenged. Mental or physical ability (A) is capacity, slingshot (B) is a weapon, and abstruse (C) means difficult to understand - none mean beyond dispute.