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. Daze

  2. Fancy

  3. Dramatic

  4. None of these

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

An illusion is a false idea, belief, or perception that doesn't match reality. Fancy can refer to imagination, fantasy, or a mental image, which is related to illusion in the sense of something that exists in the mind rather than reality, making it the best match.

Multiple choice
  1. Collect

  2. Coward

  3. Heap

  4. Group

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

Crowd means a large group of people gathered together. Group refers to a number of people or things considered together, which is the closest in meaning to crowd among the options. Collect is a verb meaning to gather, while Coward is a person lacking courage and Heap means a pile.

Multiple choice
  1. Future

  2. Violent

  3. Forceful

  4. Freedom

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

Fierce means savagely hostile, aggressive, or violent in behavior. Violent is a direct synonym meaning using or involving physical force intended to hurt. Future and Freedom are unrelated concepts, while Forceful means strong but not necessarily violent.

Multiple choice
  1. Yield

  2. Resist

  3. Tolerate

  4. Aspire

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

Yearn means to have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something unattainable or distant. Aspire means to direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something, which captures the same sense of strong desire. Yield means to give way, Resist means to oppose, and Tolerate means to allow.

Multiple choice
  1. Indifferent

  2. Matchless

  3. Hopeful

  4. Careless

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

Unique means being the only one of its kind or unlike anything else. Matchless means having no equal or being unrivaled, which is the closest synonym. Indifferent means having no interest, Hopeful means optimistic, and Careless means not giving sufficient attention.

Multiple choice
  1. Essential

  2. Construction

  3. Preliminary

  4. Basis

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

Foundation refers to the lowest load-bearing part of a building or the underlying basis or groundwork for something. Basis means the underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process. Essential means necessary, Construction is the building process, and Preliminary means coming before.

Multiple choice
  1. Progress

  2. Deteriorate

  3. Repulse

  4. None of these

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

Decline means to become smaller, fewer, or less, or to decrease in quality. Deteriorate means to become progressively worse, which aligns with decline's meaning of decreasing in quality or value. Progress means improvement, Repulse means to drive away, and None of these is incorrect.

Multiple choice
  1. Respect

  2. Response

  3. Injury

  4. Relief

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

Respite means a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant. Relief means the alleviation of pain or distress, which is the core meaning of respite. Respect and Response are unrelated, and Injury is the opposite of relief.

Multiple choice
  1. Loss

  2. Defeat

  3. Discuss

  4. Development

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

Damage means physical harm that impairs value or usefulness. Loss is the closest synonym as it refers to the act of losing something or the damage that results in losing value. Defeat is losing in competition, Discuss means to talk about, and Development means growth.

Multiple choice
  1. Weakness

  2. Timid

  3. Tolerance

  4. None of these

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

Frailty means the condition of being weak, either physically or in character. Weakness is the direct synonym meaning the state or quality of being weak. Timid means shy, Tolerance means acceptance, and None of these is incorrect.