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. Doleful

  2. Doll

  3. Search

  4. Maintain

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

Melancholy means a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. Doleful is a synonym that expresses sorrow or sadness. Doll is an unrelated noun, search is an action verb, and maintain means to preserve.

Multiple choice
  1. Arrest

  2. Out of date

  3. Excel

  4. Mournful

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

Antiquated means something that is old-fashioned or obsolete - out of date. Arrest means to detain, excel means to do well, and mournful means sad (which might be confused but is not the meaning of antiquated).

Multiple choice
  1. Pictorial

  2. Fatal

  3. Timely

  4. Home

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

Vivid means producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind - something pictorial or bright. Fatal means deadly, timely means occurring at a suitable time, and home is unrelated to vividness.

Multiple choice
  1. Focus

  2. Wizard

  3. Praise

  4. None

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

A magician is a person who performs magic tricks or illusions. Wizard is a synonym for someone with magical powers. Focus is concentration, praise is commendation, and none is a negative - none define magician.

Multiple choice
  1. Joy

  2. Strange

  3. Elegance

  4. Stupid

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

Grace can mean elegance, beauty of form, or courteous goodwill. Elegance captures this meaning of refined beauty. Joy is happiness, strange means unusual, and stupid means foolish - none match the meaning of grace.