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. jumble

  2. agent

  3. edit

  4. evade

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

Embroil means to involve someone in a difficult situation, conflict, or argument, creating confusion or complication. Jumble means to mix things together in a disordered way, which captures the sense of disorder that embroiling creates. The other options (agent, edit, evade) have unrelated meanings.

Multiple choice
  1. Pronominal

  2. Sidle

  3. Peregrination

  4. Bustle

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

Peregrination means a long, wandering journey or travel, often used in literary contexts. Pronominal relates to pronouns in grammar, sidle means to move sideways, and bustle means to move in an energetic or noisy manner. Only peregrination captures the concept of a journey.

Multiple choice
  1. Taciturn

  2. Buxom

  3. Torment

  4. Fawing

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

Buxom means having a full, well-developed figure, and lively or energetic in demeanor - capturing both the lively and jolly aspects mentioned. Taciturn means reserved or uncommunicative (opposite), torment means severe suffering, and fawning is an adjective (likely fawning) meaning obsequious or flattering.