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 softskills leadership

Advent

  1. conclusion of an oration

  2. search thoroughly

  3. arrival

  4. excessive indulgence of one's own desire
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Advent refers to the 'arrival' of a notable person, thing, or event. 'Conclusion of an oration' is a peroration, and 'search thoroughly' is to ransack.

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adventitious

  1. commit an offense

  2. speak violently or excitedly

  3. accidental

  4. sure of one's own righteousness
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Adventitious means happening or carried on according to chance rather than design; 'accidental'. 'Commit an offense' is to perpetrate, and 'sure of righteousness' is self-righteous.

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adversary

  1. everlasting

  2. voracious

  3. opponent

  4. outward appearance
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An adversary is one's 'opponent' in a contest, conflict, or dispute. 'Voracious' means wanting great quantities of food, and 'outward appearance' is a semblance.

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acetic

  1. physician specializing in children's diseases

  2. deviate

  3. vinegary

  4. lash
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Acetic relates to or contains acetic acid, which gives vinegar its characteristic taste; thus 'vinegary'. 'Physician for children' is a pediatrician, and 'deviate' is to digress.

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acidulous

  1. ancestry

  2. drink greedily

  3. slightly sour (in taste or manner)

  4. frown angrily
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Acidulous means 'slightly sour' in taste or sharp in manner. 'Ancestry' is lineage, and 'drink greedily' is to quaff or guzzle.

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acme

  1. having no equal

  2. hit with a sweeping motion

  3. peak

  4. quarrelsome
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Acme is the point at which someone or something is best, perfect, or most successful; a 'peak'. 'Having no equal' is peerless, and 'quarrelsome' is fractious.

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acne

  1. bad-tempered

  2. lover of luxury

  3. skin disease (on the face)

  4. leftover food
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Explanation

Acne is a common skin condition that causes pimples, blackheads, and blemishes, typically occurring on the face, back, and chest. It is not related to temperament, luxury, or food.

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acoustics

  1. (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value

  2. servile flatterer

  3. science of sound

  4. unpleasant high sharp sound
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Acoustics is the branch of physics that deals with the study of sound, including its production, transmission, and effects. The other options describe unrelated concepts.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

acquiesce

  1. in confusion

  2. logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion

  3. assent

  4. disorderly fight between two or more people
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Acquiesce means to accept or consent to something without protest, often reluctantly. It is synonymous with 'assent' or 'comply passively'. The other options are unrelated to this meaning.

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acrimonious

  1. self-imposed punishment for sin

  2. arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained

  3. stinging

  4. examine closely and critically
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Acrimonious means characterized by bitterness, anger, or harshness in speech, behavior, or relations. 'Stinging' captures this bitter, biting quality. The other options are unrelated.

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acrophobia

  1. strong inclination

  2. similarly timed

  3. fear of heights

  4. struggle confusedly
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Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. The suffix '-phobia' indicates fear, and 'acro-' means high or summit. The other options are unrelated meanings.

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actuarial

  1. hanging down from something

  2. providing a general overview

  3. calculating

  4. abusive
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Explanation

Actuarial relates to the calculation and assessment of risk, particularly in insurance and finance. Actuaries perform complex mathematical calculations to determine insurance premiums and financial risk. The other options are unrelated.

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actuate

  1. hanging

  2. not natural

  3. motivate

  4. contemptible
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Actuate means to put into action or motivate, often used as 'actuated by' meaning prompted or driven by something. It refers to causing someone or something to act. The other options are unrelated meanings.

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acuity

  1. enter into

  2. mob

  3. sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)

  4. sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull
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Explanation

Acuity refers to sharpness, particularly of the mind (mental acuity) or senses like sight (visual acuity) and hearing. It denotes the ability to perceive clearly and keenly. The other options are unrelated.

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acumen

  1. repentant

  2. of or suffering rabies

  3. mental keenness

  4. sordid
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Acumen is the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain. It refers to mental keenness, shrewdness, and sharp insight. The other options are unrelated.