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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Ample
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Frugal
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Scanty
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Sparse
A
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Explanation
Meager means thin; lean; emaciated; or of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate. Ample means large in size, extent, scope, etc.; spacious; roomy; more than enough; abundant.
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Jealousy
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Jealesy
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Jealasy
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Jelousy
A
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Explanation
Jealousy means 'resentfully suspicious of a rival or a rival's influence'.
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Ardor
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Distress
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Fervor
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Passion
B
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Zeal means intense enthusiasm, as in working for a cause; ardent endeavor or devotion; ardor; fervor. Except 'distress' all the other options mean the same. Distress means to cause sorrow, misery, or suffering to; pain.
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Data about information
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Data about data
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Information about data
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None of these
B
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Explanation
Metadata means 'data about data'.
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Unite
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Disarray
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Scatter
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Chaos
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Scatter is a synonym of diffuse.
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dote : like
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lag : stray
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vex : please
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earn : desire
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recast : explain
A
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Upbraid means reprove sharply, a stronger form of reproach. Dote in showing excessive love or fondness. It is a stronger form of liking.
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invisible : see
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erratic : control
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flammable : burn
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noxious : escape
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industrial : manufacture
C
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Explanation
That which is fragile will easily break; that which is flammable will easily burn.
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transparent : penetrate
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onerous : struggle
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feckless : succeed
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pliant : yield
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illusory : exist
D
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Explanation
That which is evanescent disappears quickly. That which is pliant yields quickly.
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Ugly
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Discredit
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Order
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None of these
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Revolting means causing disgust or strong distaste. Ugly is an approximate synonym in the sense that something revolting is visually or morally offensive, though more precise synonyms would be disgusting or repulsive. Discredit and Order are unrelated.
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Equivocal
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Stop
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Stress
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None of these
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Ambiguous and equivocal are direct synonyms, both meaning having more than one possible meaning or interpretation. The other options (Stop, Stress) are unrelated to the concept of ambiguity.
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Decree
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Danger
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Develop
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None of these
A
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Explanation
Both mean mandate/ command
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Insert
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Irritating
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Polymerization
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None of these
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Aggravating means causing irritation or annoyance, making irritating a direct synonym. Insert means to place something, and Polymerization is a chemical process - neither relates to the meaning of aggravating.
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Emblem
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Embargo
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Concrete
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Settlement
D
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Explanation
Disposition primarily means a person's inherent qualities or temperament. Settlement can be a synonym only in specific legal contexts (disposing of a case), but Emblem and Embargo are completely unrelated. This is a weak synonym match.
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Oasis
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Grade
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Torpid
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Turbine
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Missile
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Mislead
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Comer
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None of these
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Delude means to mislead or deceive someone, making mislead a direct synonym. Missile is a weapon, Comer is not related to deception, and None of these is incorrect since mislead is the correct answer.