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

Directions: Choose the one that best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Terminate

  1. Suspend

  2. Dismiss

  3. End

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

Terminate means to end or bring to a conclusion. Suspend means to temporarily halt, dismiss means to send away or reject, and interrupt means to break into something. End is the closest synonym to terminate. While terminate can imply a permanent ending, it fundamentally means to conclude something.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the word that does not belong to the group.

  1. hapless

  2. fortunate

  3. affluent

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

'Hapless' means unlucky or unfortunate, while 'fortunate', 'affluent', and 'fortuitous' all relate to having luck, wealth, or favorable circumstances. Therefore 'hapless' is the word that does not belong to this group of positively-associated words.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the one that best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Revise

  1. Edit

  2. Alter

  3. Correct

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

 Revise is to revisit to make a change or improvement. Alter means the change. Revise does not necessarily mean to correct (as if it were incorrect earlier). Revision of syllabus, for example,  does not mean correction or editing but it definitely means change. Reconsider does not necessarily lead to any change.