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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Profess
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Honesty
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Humble
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Various
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To declare means to announce or state formally. 'Profess' can mean to declare or affirm openly, especially one's beliefs or feelings. This makes it the correct synonym. 'Honesty' is a quality, 'Humble' is an adjective, and 'Various' means diverse - none are synonyms for declare.
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Repel
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Charm
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Beautiful
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Pretty
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Allure means the quality of being attractive, fascinating, or tempting. 'Charm' directly expresses this same meaning - both words refer to the power to attract or fascinate. 'Repel' is the opposite (to push away), while 'Beautiful' and 'Pretty' are adjectives describing appearance rather than the quality of attraction itself.
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Stray
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Elegance
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Strain
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Dejection
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To exert means to apply force, influence, or effort. 'Strain' can mean to exert force or to make great physical or mental effort - when you strain, you are exerting yourself intensely. This makes 'Strain' a valid synonym. 'Stray' means to wander, 'Elegance' means grace, and 'Dejection' means sadness - none relate to exertion.
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Prolong
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Prediction
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Repentance
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Ban
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Regret means to feel sorrow or remorse about something. 'Repentance' is the feeling or expression of sincere regret or penitence for wrongdoing. This is the correct synonym. 'Prolong' means to extend, 'Prediction' means forecast, and 'Ban' means prohibit - none match the meaning of regret.
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Riddle
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Scold
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Queer
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Prolong
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Rebuke means to express sharp disapproval or criticism of someone. 'Scold' means to reprimand or criticize angrily, which is a direct synonym for rebuke. 'Riddle' means puzzle, 'Queer' means strange, and 'Prolong' means extend - none are synonyms for rebuke.
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Solemn
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Radical
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Sublime
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Prohibit
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Noble means having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles. 'Sublime' means of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration - in the context of character, it refers to elevated or noble qualities, making it a synonym. 'Solemn' means serious, 'Radical' means extreme, and 'Prohibit' means forbid.
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Treacherous
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Terse
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Disperse
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Lengthen
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Unfaithful means not loyal or trustworthy. 'Treacherous' means deceitful, untrustworthy, or betraying - this directly captures the meaning of unfaithfulness. 'Terse' means brief, 'Disperse' means scatter, and 'Lengthen' means extend - none relate to unfaithfulness.
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Puzzle
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Lonely
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Unanimous
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Terse
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Unison means simultaneous performance or agreement. 'Unanimous' means fully in agreement - while unison refers to doing things together in time or action, unanimous refers to being in complete agreement. These are conceptually related though not identical - both represent harmony or oneness.
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Spiteful
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Defame
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Basic
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Vehement
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Earnest means resulting from or showing sincere conviction. 'Vehement' means showing strong feeling and often intense passion - when someone is earnest, they are often vehement in their expression of belief. This captures the intensity and sincerity inherent in earnestness. 'Spiteful' means malicious, 'Defame' means slander, and 'Basic' means fundamental.
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Zeal
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Dull
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Ordinary
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Timely
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Zeal means great enthusiasm or passion for a cause, which directly aligns with the meaning of dedication as committed devotion to a purpose. Dull and ordinary are opposite in spirit to dedication, while timely relates to scheduling rather than commitment.
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Diversity
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Demarcated
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Elasticity
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Interpreted
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Resilience in economics refers to the ability to recover quickly from difficulties or crises. Elasticity captures this concept of flexibility and bounce-back ability perfectly. Diversity and demarcated refer to variety and boundary-marking respectively, while interpreted means understood.
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Disheartened
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Confused
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Saddened
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Weakened
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Enervated means feeling drained of energy or strength. Weakened captures this loss of power. Disheartened, confused, and saddened describe emotional states but don't specifically capture the physical/mental exhaustion that enervated implies.
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Promote
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Cherish
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Nourish
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Nurture
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Foster means to encourage or promote the development of something. Promote directly aligns with this meaning of advancing growth. Cherish means to treasure affectionately, nourish means to feed, and nurture means to care for - all related but promote best captures the active advancement aspect of foster.
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Brilliant
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Fresh
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Explanatory
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Picturesque
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Vivid means producing powerful feelings or distinct mental images through bright color or clear detail. Picturesque relates to visual appeal and being worthy of a picture, which captures the descriptive quality. Brilliant and fresh are related but not specific to visual description, while explanatory is about clarification rather than visual impact.
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Got rid of
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To Plant
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Stimulated
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None
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With advancement in science many diseases have been eradicated.