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 option that is the odd one.

  1. Worried and reflective

  2. Temperamental and obstinate

  3. Quiet and pacific

  4. Stormy and placid

  5. Lethargic and indolent
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The sets of words given in options (1), (2), (3) and (3) are synonyms within and therefore can be grouped together. Option (4) gives us a set of antonyms, marking it the odd one.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements represent the undesirable form of a quality?

  1. He is excited to go to religious meetings.

  2. He is a supporter of fanaticism in his religion.

  3. He is always enthusiastic while performing religious services.

  4. His parents persuaded him to attend a religious sermon.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The question asks for the UNDESIRABLE form of a quality. Options A, C, and D show normal or positive religious behaviors - being excited about meetings, enthusiastic about services, and being persuaded to attend sermons are all reasonable. Option B shows "fanaticism" which is clearly undesirable as it represents extreme, harmful religious behavior.

Multiple choice

Which cluster has all the words that belong to the headword ‘stock’?

  1. Uncommon, dairy, bear, market, merchandise

  2. Breed, inventory, bearish, abnormal, rare

  3. Reputation, confidence, standard, investment, cattle

  4. Commonplace, overused, extraordinary, store, commodity

  5. Family tree, equity, abnormal, choice, hoard
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

All of these words belong to the headword stock. The word stock can mean personal reputation or status. It can also mean confidence. To put stock in a statement is to have confidence in it. If a person’s stock is rising, his reputation is increasing. The relationship between stock and investment is obvious. Stock can also refer to animals raised on a farm.

Multiple choice

Which cluster has all the words that belong to the headword ‘currency’?

  1. Cash, moolah, note, dough, bills

  2. Knot, roll, bread, debt, letter

  3. Pitch, note, coins, racks, music

  4. Wastage, time, dough, pitch, salary

  5. Paper, cabbage, coinage, exchange, memory
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

All of these words belong to the headword currency. Moolah is an informal term for money. Dough is a slang word for money for the simple reason that it is associated with bread. Bread is also another word for money. We need bread to live and we need money or currency to buy it.