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
  1. Decision

  2. Order

  3. Declaration

  4. Confidence

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

Direction can mean guidance, instruction, or command. Order in this context means an authoritative command or instruction, which matches direction. The other options (Decision, Declaration, Confidence) are related but not synonymous.

Multiple choice
  1. Practical

  2. Vivid

  3. Modest

  4. Lingual

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

Verbal relates to words or speech. Lingual means relating to the tongue or language, which connects to verbal expression. The other options (Practical, Vivid, Modest) describe different qualities unrelated to speech or language.

Multiple choice
  1. Dejection

  2. Systematisation

  3. Confidence

  4. Confusion

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

Classification is the act of arranging or organizing items into categories based on shared characteristics. Systematisation means organizing into a systematic or orderly structure, which matches this meaning. The other options (Dejection, Confidence, Confusion) are unrelated.

Multiple choice
  1. Derivation

  2. Ornament

  3. Judgment

  4. Admiration

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

Adornment refers to something that adds beauty or decoration. Ornament means a decorative object or detail used to make something more attractive, which is synonymous with adornment. The other options (Derivation, Judgment, Admiration) are unrelated.

Multiple choice
  1. Restricted

  2. Dul

  3. Lively

  4. Abundant

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

Limited means restricted, confined, or kept within bounds. Restricted means limited or constrained, which is a direct synonym. The other options (Dul - likely typo, Lively, Abundant) are unrelated or opposite in meaning.

Multiple choice
  1. Humour

  2. Grief

  3. Meal

  4. Exhilaration

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

Woe refers to deep sorrow, grief, or distress. Grief means deep sorrow, especially caused by loss, which is synonymous with woe. The other options (Humour, Meal, Exhilaration) are opposite or unrelated in meaning.

Multiple choice
  1. Endurance

  2. Individual

  3. Confusion

  4. Conveyance

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

Transmission refers to the act or process of conveying something from one place to another. Conveyance means the action of conveying or transporting, which matches this meaning. The other options (Endurance, Individual, Confusion) are unrelated.

Multiple choice
  1. Reveal

  2. Quit

  3. Like

  4. Relieve

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

Leave can mean to depart or go away from. Quit means to leave or exit from a place or situation, which matches this meaning of leave. The other options (Reveal, Like, Relieve) are different meanings.

Multiple choice
  1. Terminate

  2. Conceal

  3. Confusse

  4. Satisfy

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

Convince means to cause someone to believe something or to persuade. Satisfy in this context means to meet someone's requirements or convince them, which aligns with convincing. The other options (Terminate, Conceal, Confusse) are unrelated.

Multiple choice
  1. Rigid

  2. Pleasant

  3. Clever

  4. Sullen

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

Agreeable means pleasant, enjoyable, or willing to agree. Pleasant is the closest synonym among the options. Rigid means stiff, clever means intelligent, and sullen means bad-tempered - none of these match the meaning of agreeable.

Multiple choice
  1. Safety

  2. Situation

  3. Scarcity

  4. Statue

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

Status can mean a person's position, rank, or situation in society. Situation is the best fit among the options as status often refers to one's state or condition. Safety means protection, scarcity means shortage, and statue is a physical sculpture.

Multiple choice
  1. Poetic

  2. Repulsiveness

  3. Morality

  4. Depravity

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

Virtue refers to moral excellence, goodness, or righteous behavior. Morality is the closest synonym as it relates to principles of right and wrong conduct. Poetic refers to poetry, repulsiveness and depravity are opposite in meaning to virtue.

Multiple choice
  1. Great

  2. Elegant

  3. Shabby

  4. Rude

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

Genteel means polite, refined, and elegant in manner or appearance. Elegant is the correct synonym as it captures the refined, sophisticated quality of genteel. Great is too general, shabby means worn/dilapidated, and rude is the opposite of genteel.

Multiple choice
  1. Dear

  2. Competitive

  3. Poor

  4. Reasonable

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

Costly means expensive or commanding a high price. In British English, 'dear' is commonly used to mean expensive or costly. Competitive relates to pricing strategies, poor means lacking money, and reasonable means moderately priced - none match.

Multiple choice
  1. Advertere

  2. Ad-hoc-not-with-Joy

  3. Credere

  4. Adre

  5. Net

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

Advertising derives from the Latin word 'advertere' meaning 'to turn towards' or 'to pay attention to'. 'Ad' means 'toward' and 'vertere' means 'to turn'. This refers to directing attention toward something. Credere means 'to believe' and is unrelated to the etymology of advertising.