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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Vulgar
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Smart
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Luscious
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Skill
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Luscious means highly attractive or appealing to the senses (especially taste), which is synonymous with appetising. Vulgar means crude, smart means clever, and skill means ability - none relate to being appetising.
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Knack refers to a special skill or aptitude for doing something, which relates to ability. Order means arrangement, method means a way of doing something, and chaos means disorder. While knack is related, it's more specific than general ability.
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Sugary
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Fresh
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Dilate
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Drops
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Sugary means sweetened or overly sweet, especially when describing speech that is trying to be pleasing but insincere - synonymous with honeyed. Fresh means new, dilate means to expand, and drops means falling - none relate to honeyed speech.
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Different
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Rule
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Antonyms
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None of these
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Drop
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Rot
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Amplify
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Illustrate
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Amplify means to make larger or increase in magnitude, which is synonymous with magnify. Drop means to fall, rot means to decay, and illustrate means to explain with examples - none relate to magnifying.
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Desert
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Bridle
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Estimate
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None of these
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To guess means to form an estimate or judgment without sufficient information. "Estimate" directly captures this meaning of making an approximate calculation or judgment. "Desert" means to abandon, "Bridle" means to restrain or control.
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Precis
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Outer
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Seemly
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Relevant
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An outline is a condensed summary or a brief statement of main points. "Precis" (pronounced pray-see) means exactly that - a concise summary of a text or speech. "Outer" refers to external surfaces, "Seemly" means appropriate or suitable.
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Deep
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Chief
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Digest
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None of these
B
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When used as an adjective, "major" means greater, more important, or chief in rank. "Chief" directly captures this meaning of being primary or principal. "Deep" relates to depth, "Digest" is a verb meaning to break down food or information.
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Begin
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Distrust
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Protect
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Delay
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Mistrust means to lack confidence or trust in someone or something. "Distrust" is a direct synonym - both describe the same attitude of suspicion or lack of faith. The other options (Begin, Protect, Delay) are unrelated in meaning.
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Rapid
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Quick
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Felicitous
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None of these
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Prosperous means successful, flourishing, or fortunate. "Felicitous" means well-chosen, suitable, or fortunate - particularly appropriate in this context. While "rapid" and "quick" suggest speed, they don't capture the success or good fortune aspect of prosperity.
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Sleep
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Endure
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Fitting
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None of these
B
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To brook means to tolerate, endure, or allow something (usually in negative contexts like "will not brook interference"). "Endure" captures this meaning of bearing with something or putting up with it. "Sleep" and "fitting" are unrelated.
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A tribute is something given or done as an expression of respect, honor, or admiration. "Gift" directly captures this sense - it's something offered to show appreciation or respect. "Mean," "Base," and "Stern" all have negative connotations opposite to tribute's positive nature.
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Substitute
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Fancied
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Support
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Petty
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To depute means to appoint or delegate someone to act on your behalf. "Substitute" directly relates - a substitute acts in place of someone else. The other options (Fancied, Support, Petty) don't capture this delegation or replacement meaning.
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Shrewd
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Wise
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Yield
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None of these
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To submit means to yield, surrender, or give in to authority or another's wishes. "Yield" is a direct synonym in this context. "Shrewd" and "Wise" relate to intelligence, not submission.
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Crass means coarse, gross, or lacking refinement - often referring to behavior or language that is insensitive. "Dense" can mean stupid or slow-witted, which overlaps with crass's lack of sophistication. "Harsh" and "Severe" are closer but don't fully capture the crude/vulgar aspect of crass.