English Language
Vocabulary and Synonyms
17,324 Questions
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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Recall
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Receive
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Face
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Curse
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Recall means to remember or bring back to mind, which is a direct synonym. Receive means to get, face means to confront, and curse means to use offensive language - none relate to remembering.
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Elegant
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Blunt
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Deviate
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Decent
B
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Blunt can mean rude in the sense of being abruptly direct or tactless in speech. Elegant and decent are opposites of rude. Deviate means to depart from a course, unrelated to rudeness.
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Reduce
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Save
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Accumulate
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Lavish
B
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Save is the best synonym for economise, meaning to reduce expenditure or avoid waste. Reduce is related but economise specifically implies saving. Lavish is an antonym (meaning wasteful).
B
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Lurid means sensational in the sense of vivid, shocking, or graphic in a way that provokes strong reactions. Old, sample, and miracle are unrelated to the concept of something being sensational.
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Supercilious
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Angry
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Annoyed
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Humble
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Haughty means arrogantly superior and disdainful. Supercilious shares this exact meaning of behaving as though one is better than others, often with a contemptuous or superior attitude. Humble is actually an antonym, while angry and annoyed are related emotions but don't capture the superiority aspect.
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Clever
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Berserk
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Correct
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Oppose
B
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In this context, wild describes something uncontrolled, frenzied, or violently agitated. Berserk perfectly captures this meaning of being in a state of wild, uncontrolled excitement or anger. While wild has other meanings (like natural or untamed), berserk is the closest match for the frenzied state.
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Counsel
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Concise
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Juicy
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Sweet
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Advise means to give guidance, recommendations, or suggestions to someone. Counsel is a direct synonym, meaning to give professional or authoritative advice. The other options are unrelated: concise means brief, and juicy/sweet are completely different words.
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Describe
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Witness
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Leap
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Grow
B
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Testify means to give evidence as a witness in court or formally declare something to be true. Witness can be a synonym in the sense of serving as a witness or giving testimony. The verb witness means to observe something firsthand, which is what you do when you testify.
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Receive
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Assimilate
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Assemble
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Emit
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Welcome
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Ostracize
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Funny
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Abuse
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Idle
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Ugly
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Strict
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Vigilant
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Laze means to spend time in a lazy or idle manner. Idle is the perfect synonym, meaning to not be active or working. Vigilant is nearly opposite (alert/watchful), strict means demanding obedience, and ugly refers to appearance.
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Relieve
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Refuse
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Deny
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Compel
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Mitigate means to make something less severe, serious, or painful. Relieve is a direct synonym meaning to ease, alleviate, or reduce suffering. Compel means to force (opposite direction), and refuse/deny both mean to reject rather than lessen.
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Incapable
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Stupid
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Tired
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Strong
B
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Silly means showing a lack of good sense or foolish. Stupid is a close synonym meaning lacking intelligence or common sense. While silly can be lighthearted, in this context it aligns with foolishness. Strong and tired are unrelated, and incapable means unable rather than foolish.
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Conceit
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Disloyalty
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Stage
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Truth
B
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Perfidy means deceitfulness, untrustworthiness, or betrayal of trust. Disloyalty captures this meaning of lacking faithfulness or allegiance. Truth is the opposite concept, conceit means excessive pride, and stage is unrelated to betrayal.
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Peculiar
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Average
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Refine
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Ordinary