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. Repel

  2. Charm

  3. Beautiful

  4. Pretty

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. Stray

  2. Elegance

  3. Strain

  4. Dejection

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. Prolong

  2. Prediction

  3. Repentance

  4. Ban

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. Solemn

  2. Radical

  3. Sublime

  4. Prohibit

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. Puzzle

  2. Lonely

  3. Unanimous

  4. Terse

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. Spiteful

  2. Defame

  3. Basic

  4. Vehement

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. Diversity

  2. Demarcated

  3. Elasticity

  4. Interpreted

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. Disheartened

  2. Confused

  3. Saddened

  4. Weakened

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. Promote

  2. Cherish

  3. Nourish

  4. Nurture

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. Brilliant

  2. Fresh

  3. Explanatory

  4. Picturesque

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

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.