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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Intimidate means to frighten or overawe someone, especially to make them do something. Frighten is the closest synonym meaning to cause fear in someone. Stab and Wild don't convey the psychological pressure.
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Show
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Land
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Drunken
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Anointed
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Inebriate means to make someone drunk or intoxicated. Drunken means affected by alcohol, which is the closest synonym in context. Show and Land are unrelated. Anointed means consecrated with oil.
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Show up
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Come back
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Face
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Crop up
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Turn up means to arrive or appear at a place. Show up is the correct synonym meaning to arrive or appear. Come back means to return, Crop up means to appear unexpectedly (usually for problems). Face means to confront.
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Lynch means to kill someone, typically by hanging, without legal trial. Kill is the closest synonym meaning to cause death. Grow, Dry, and Shy are completely unrelated.
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Far
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Excursion
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Anger
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Mount
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Foray means a sudden attack or raid, or a brief visit to unfamiliar territory. Excursion is the closest synonym meaning a short journey or trip. Far is distance, Anger is emotion, Mount is a verb or noun.
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Canny means shrewd, careful, and showing good judgment, especially in practical matters. Clever is the closest synonym among the options, as both refer to intelligence and quick-thinking.
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A venue is the location or place where an event occurs, such as a concert venue, sports venue, or meeting venue. Place directly corresponds to this meaning of location.
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Candid means truthful, straightforward, and honest in expression. Frank is a synonym meaning open and direct in speech, often referring to honest communication without hesitation.
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Worry
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Unbiased
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Natural
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Small
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Neutral means not supporting either side in a conflict, disagreement, or debate. Unbiased refers to the same concept - fairness without prejudice or favoritism toward any particular position.
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Pious means devoutly religious, showing reverence for God, and morally virtuous. Pure in this context refers to moral cleanliness and virtue, which is the closest match among the options to the religious devotion aspect of piety.
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Weak
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Vain
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Brand
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Reputation
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Prestige means respect, admiration, and status that someone or something has because of their achievements, quality, or position. Reputation directly captures this concept of public standing and regard.
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Wretched means very unhappy, miserable, or in a poor condition. Poor in this context refers to being in a pitiable or miserable state, which is the closest synonym to wretched among the given options.
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Gratify means to give pleasure or satisfaction to someone, to indulge or please them. Indulge is the correct synonym, meaning to allow someone to have or do what they want, especially when it's enjoyable.
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Restraint means the act of holding back, controlling, or limiting something. Restriction is the closest synonym, referring to the act of limiting or controlling behavior, actions, or access.
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Repeal means to officially revoke, cancel, or withdraw a law or regulation. Cancel is the correct synonym here, meaning to annul or make void something that was previously established.