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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Injure means to cause harm or damage. Trample means to step heavily on something, causing crushing damage or injury. This is a specific way of causing injury, making it a reasonable synonym in this context.
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Stubborn
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Hilarious
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Be happy
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Worship
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Fun means enjoyment or amusement. Hilarious means extremely funny or causing great amusement, which is an intensified form of fun. This represents a strong synonym relationship with an intensity difference.
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Dreadful
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Despair
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Respect
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Dead
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Dreadful means causing fear or great distress, making it a valid synonym for fearful. Despair refers to hopelessness, not fear. Respect and Dead are unrelated concepts.
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Spelt
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Vale
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Glory
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Contract
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Crenate
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Approhension
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Blunt
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Declare
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Home is a valid synonym for house, as both refer to a dwelling place. Inter is a prefix, Mine is possessive, and Highs is unrelated.
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Inquiry
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Reply
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Repeat
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Example
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To inqire is to ask a question.
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Give
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Benefit
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Spoil
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Distress
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Grievance means a complaint, wrong, or hardship suffered. Distress means suffering, pain, or trouble. Both words refer to negative experiences or states - a grievance causes distress. Among the options, distress is the closest in meaning as both relate to suffering or hardship.
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Evil means profoundly immoral, wicked, or wrong. Bad is a direct synonym meaning not good, of poor quality, or immoral. The relationship is straightforward - bad is the most common and simple synonym for evil. Other options (truth, injury, detach) are unrelated in meaning.
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Propitious
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Regard
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Prosperity
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Fate
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Prosperous means successful, flourishing, or wealthy. Propitious means favorable, auspicious, or likely to lead to success. While they're not identical, both relate to positive outcomes and good fortune. Prosperous is the actual state of success, while propitious means conditions that favor success. Among the options, propitious is the closest synonym.
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Shine means to emit light or reflect light. Light can be both a noun (illumination) and a verb (to illuminate or ignite). As a verb, 'to light' is very similar to 'to shine' - both mean to produce or reflect brightness. Among the options, light is the only word with this similar meaning.
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See means to perceive with your eyes. Look means to direct your gaze or turn your eyes toward something. While 'see' emphasizes the perception itself, 'look' emphasizes the action of directing attention. Both verbs relate to using your eyes and are closely related in meaning.
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Extant
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Cease
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Erect
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Idle means not active, not working, or lazy. Lazy is a direct synonym meaning unwilling to work or use energy. Both words describe a state of inactivity or lack of effort. Mar, some, and learnt are completely unrelated meanings.
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Capital
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Genius
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Liberation
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Frocks
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Emancipation means being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions. Liberation is the direct synonym as it also refers to the act of setting someone free. Capital means wealth, Genius refers to exceptional ability, and Frocks are items of clothing.