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 communication

DRABY

  1. to hold someone.

  2. an act which is very slow paced.

  3. The state of being dull

  4. a dorky person
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Drab (the spelling is 'drab', not 'draby') means the state of being dull, lacking color or brightness. It can describe boring, uninteresting, or lackluster appearance or situations. The other options are unrelated: holding someone would be restraining, slow-paced act would be leisurely, and dorky person refers to awkwardness.

Multiple choice softskills communication

SMUG

  1. perverted

  2. clever

  3. irritatingly pleased with oneself

  4. muddy or baggy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Smug means irritatingly pleased with oneself, showing excessive self-satisfaction or arrogance. It describes an annoying sense of superiority or complacency. The other options are unrelated: perverted means corrupted, clever means intelligent, and muddy or baggy describes physical appearance.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Virulent

  1. cumbersome

  2. Extremely infectious

  3. huge

  4. easily irritated or annoyed.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Virulent means extremely infectious, deadly, or poisonous. It describes something capable of causing severe disease or spreading rapidly, like a virulent virus or disease. The other options are unrelated: cumbersome means bulky, huge means large, and easily irritated describes quick temper.

Multiple choice softskills creativity

abash

  1. detest

  2. embarrass

  3. suspended

  4. shorten
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. 'Abash' means to make someone feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. If someone is abashed, they feel embarrassed or foolish. The word comes from 'abaisse' (to lower/humble).

Multiple choice softskills creativity

accrue

  1. come to one as a gain

  2. in taste or manner

  3. deliverance from a charge

  4. caustic
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. 'Accrue' means to accumulate or increase over time, or to come to someone as a gain or advantage. Common uses include: interest accrues on savings, benefits accrue from experience, or vacation days accrue. It refers to something growing or being added gradually.

Multiple choice softskills communication

"Flaming" is ______.

  1. Entering a chat room without an invitation

  2. Creating a raunchy or otherwise unsuitable moniker

  3. Asking for a moderator to get involved in a discussion

  4. Sending derogatory email or "verbally" attacking someone in a chat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Flaming refers to sending hostile, insulting, or derogatory messages in online communication. This typically happens in email, chat rooms, or forums when someone verbally attacks another participant. Option D correctly defines this behavior. The other options describe different online behaviors but not flaming.

Multiple choice softskills business skills

What does "ACK" mean when used on a message board?

  1. "Oh no!"

  2. "And careful knowledge"

  3. "Acknowledged"

  4. "After care is kept"…
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

ACK is short for acknowledged. It's commonly used in message boards and forums to indicate that a message has been received and understood. Option C correctly provides this meaning. The other options are incorrect interpretations of this common internet abbreviation.

Multiple choice softskills communication

obituary (adj.):

  1. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.

  2. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.

  3. A published notice of a death.

  4. Tending in different directions.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

An obituary is a news article that announces a person's death and provides biographical information about the deceased. While most commonly used as a noun, it can function attributively as in 'obituary notice' or 'obituary page'. The definition in option C correctly describes the core meaning.

Multiple choice softskills communication

mettlesome (adj.):

  1. Having nutritious properties.

  2. Having courage or spirit.

  3. Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.

  4. Writing in which the letters are joined together.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Mettlesome' is an adjective meaning having courage, spirit, or high-spiritedness. It derives from 'mettle' (spirit, ardor, courage). A mettlesome person is energetic, brave, and enthusiastic. Option B correctly captures this meaning of courage and spiritedness.

Multiple choice softskills communication

paraphernalia (n.):

  1. a schoolmaster

  2. Perplexity

  3. Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.

  4. A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Paraphernalia' refers to miscellaneous articles of equipment, personal items, or apparatus associated with a particular activity. Originally referring to a married woman's personal property (excluding her dowry), it now denotes miscellaneous equipment, gear, or accessories (e.g., 'drug paraphernalia', 'camping paraphernalia').

Multiple choice softskills leadership

repress (v.):

  1. To make drunk.

  2. To bring into a peaceful state.

  3. To underestimate.

  4. To keep under restraint or control.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

To repress means to subdue someone or something by force, or to restrain/prevent the expression of a feeling or impulse. Option 500539 accurately defines the word, whereas the other options describe intoxication, pacification, or miscalculation.

Multiple choice softskills communication

prudence (n.):

  1. Dependence on charity.

  2. Discord

  3. Caution

  4. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to thegrave.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Prudence' means caution, carefulness, or good judgment in practical matters. A prudent person exercises forethought and avoids unnecessary risks. It comes from the Latin 'prudentia' meaning foresight, wisdom. Option C correctly identifies it as caution.