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
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To confirm
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To angle
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To force
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None
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To hit
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To straight
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To content
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To part
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Strike commonly means to hit, beat, or deliver a blow. To hit captures this meaning well. Straight, content, and part are unrelated to strike.
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To street
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To spread
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To come
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To Move
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Stretch means to extend, spread, or draw out to full length. To spread means to extend over a surface or area, which captures the sense of extending or expanding. Street (a road), come, and move are not synonyms.
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Importance
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Earnest
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Afflicted
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None of these
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Stress can mean importance, significance, or emphasis placed on something. Importance directly captures this meaning. Earnest means sincere, afflicted means troubled, and neither relates to stress.
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To attack
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To Urgent
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To Struggle
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To saunter
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Strive means to struggle, make great efforts, or strive towards a goal. To struggle captures the sense of making effortful attempts. Attack is not synonymous, urgent is an adjective, and saunter means to stroll lazily.
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To stand
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To thrash
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To stove
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None of these
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Strafe means to attack with repeated machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft. To thrash means to beat soundly or defeat decisively, which captures the sense of violent, repeated attacking. Stand and stove are unrelated.
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To clear
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To wash
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To music
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To part
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Anxious
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Picture
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Prepare
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None of these
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To ramble
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To tough
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To stout
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None
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Stroll means to walk in a leisurely, relaxed manner. To ramble means to walk for pleasure without a fixed route or destination, which is very similar in meaning. The other options are unrelated.
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To over
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To cover
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To Lurch
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None
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Stumble means to trip or momentarily lose one's balance while walking. To lurch means to make a sudden, unsteady movement, often swaying or staggering. Both describe unsteady, awkward movement, making them valid synonyms in this context.
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To make useless
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Make useless to
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Useless make to
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None
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Stultify means to cause someone or something to lose effectiveness or purpose, essentially rendering them pointless or useless. To make useless accurately captures this meaning of depriving something of value or function.
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Packed off
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Packed up
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Up packed
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None
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To deafen
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To stump
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To entitle
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To foolish
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To walk
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To loose
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To stop
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None
D
Correct answer
Explanation
The verb 'stuff' means to fill something tightly with a material or substance. None of the given options ('to walk', 'to loose' [typo for 'lose'], 'to stop') represent this meaning. Therefore 'None' is the correct choice as no valid synonym is provided.