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

Synonym: acrophobia

  1. fear of heights

  2. fear of water

  3. fear of being locked

  4. fear of distance
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Acrophobia is derived from Greek 'acros' meaning highest or topmost, and refers specifically to the fear of heights. Hydrophobia is fear of water, claustrophobia is fear of confined spaces, and no common phobia named for fear of distance exists.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Synonym of argent:

  1. Urgent

  2. Very important

  3. silver

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

Argent comes from Latin and refers to silver (still used in heraldry). It doesn't mean urgent, important, or goldish. The word is the root for 'Argentina' (land of silver) and appears in tincture terminology for coats of arms.

Multiple choice softskills communication

synonym of corporeal:

  1. realted to corporate world

  2. realted to physical body

  3. realted to imaginary world

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Corporeal comes from Latin 'corpus' meaning body, and refers to physical, tangible things related to the body. It's the opposite of spiritual or abstract. Option A is a common confusion with 'corporate' (business), but they have different roots.

Multiple choice softskills communication

nearest to deleterious:

  1. prone to deletion

  2. harmful

  3. eager to delete

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

Deleterious means causing harm or damage, often used for things with harmful effects (like deleterious substances). Options A and C are traps focusing on 'delete' in the word, but the meaning relates to harm, not deletion.

Multiple choice softskills creativity

Which spell is used to make fiery marks?

  1. Flagrate

  2. Lumos

  3. Finite

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

Flagrate is the spell that creates fiery marks, used by Hermione to mark doors in the Department of Mysteries. Lumos creates light, Finite ends spells, and Flagrante causes objects to burn with heat when touched. The similar names Flagrate and Flagrante are easy to confuse.

Multiple choice softskills communication

The phrase 'taken aback' derived from

  1. Surprise at being stabbed in the back

  2. Nautical language

  3. Being led backwards in a blindfold

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'taken aback' comes from nautical terminology. When a ship changes direction suddenly and the wind presses the sails against the mast, the vessel is 'taken aback' - caught off guard and unable to move forward. This term later entered general English to mean surprised or startled.

Multiple choice softskills communication

to legislate; ordain; decree; perform

  1. gyrate

  2. enact

  3. eulogize

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

'Enact' means to establish by law, make into legislation, or officially decree a policy or rule. Gyrate means to revolve or spin, eulogize means to praise highly, and impregnate means to fertilize or permeate.

Multiple choice softskills communication

to refer to specifically

  1. rescind

  2. deplete

  3. entwine

  4. cite
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

To 'cite' means to specifically mention or quote something as evidence, support, or authority. Rescind means to revoke, deplete means to exhaust, and entwine means to twist together.

Multiple choice softskills communication

"Julie thinks she's the bee's knees". What does this sentence mean?

  1. Julie thinks she is good for nothing

  2. Julie has a high opinion of herself

  3. Julie is a hypochondraic

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The idiom "the bee's knees" means something outstanding or excellent. When Julie thinks she's "the bee's knees," she has a very high opinion of herself and believes she is exceptional. This expression is used to describe someone who is conceited or arrogant about their abilities.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Annoy

  1. Pain

  2. Perturb

  3. Pester

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

"Pester" means to annoy persistently or repeatedly, which is the closest match to "annoy" in this context. "Perturb" is more formal and means to disturb or agitate mentally. "Pain" is a noun, not a verb action. "Bother" is a general synonym but doesn't capture the persistent, repetitive nature that "pester" specifically conveys.