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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Bad odour
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Colouring agent
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Detoxify
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Treacherous
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Perfidious describes someone who is deceitful and untrustworthy. It is a formal term for being treacherous or showing a lack of loyalty. It has nothing to do with odors or chemicals.
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Sentimental
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Volatile
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Humiliate
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False
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Spurious refers to something that is not genuine, authentic, or true. It is often used to describe false claims, fake documents, or invalid reasoning. It is a synonym for 'false'.
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Vulnerable
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Attribute
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Falsehood
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Ignorance
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To impute is to represent something, especially something undesirable, as being caused or possessed by someone. It is a synonym for 'attribute' or 'assign'. It is often used in legal or financial contexts.
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To move jerkily
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Swindle
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Wonderstruck
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Lavish
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While 'bounce' often means to rebound, it also describes a springy, energetic, or jerky physical movement. Among the given choices, 'to move jerkily' is the only one describing a physical motion. The other options like 'swindle' or 'lavish' are unrelated.
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Low esteem
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Songs to make child sleep
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Japanese folk lore
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To delay
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A lullaby is a quiet, soothing song intended to help a child fall asleep. It is a common cultural practice worldwide. The other options, such as Japanese folklore or delaying, do not define the term.
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Concealed
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Intense
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Aggressive
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Fertile
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Fervid means intensely enthusiastic or passionate. It describes feelings or beliefs that are held with great heat or intensity. It is related to the word 'fervent'.
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Hidden
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Guilty
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Snobbish
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Hostile
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Belligerent describes a person or group that is hostile, aggressive, or engaged in a conflict. It comes from the Latin word for 'war'. 'Hostile' is the most accurate synonym among the choices.
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Cut of a limb
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Cultured
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Echo
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Pious
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To reverberate is to be repeated several times as an echo, usually because sound waves are reflecting off surfaces. It can also metaphorically refer to the continuing effects of an event. 'Echo' is the direct synonym.
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Lordliness
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Expanded
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Cynical
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Able to walk
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Ambulatory is an adjective that means related to walking or capable of walking. In a medical context, an ambulatory patient is one who is not confined to a bed. It is derived from the Latin 'ambulare', meaning to walk.
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Of or relating to an apocalypse
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Teetotaler
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Hauteur
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Classification
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Taxonomy is the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms. It involves naming and organizing things into groups based on shared characteristics. It is not related to teetotalers or hauteur.
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Lonely
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Infamous
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Shrewd
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Volatile
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Nefarious describes actions or people that are extremely wicked, villainous, or criminal. While 'infamous' means well-known for a bad quality, it is the closest synonym provided for someone who performs wicked deeds. It is the opposite of virtuous.
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Great physical beauty
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Head over heels
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Stubbornness
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Mass gathering
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Pulchritude is a formal or literary term for physical beauty. It is often used to describe someone's aesthetic attractiveness. It is not related to stubbornness or mass gatherings.
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Being too showy
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Deceptive beauty
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Copious
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Deserving
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Flamboyant describes a person or thing that is very showy, dashing, or colorful in a way that attracts attention. It implies a certain level of exuberance and style. It is the opposite of being modest or plain.
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Putting forth (or in favour of tomorrow)
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Deserving blame
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Passionate
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Dormant
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Procrastination is the act of delaying or postponing tasks. The word comes from the Latin 'pro' (forward) and 'crastinus' (of tomorrow), literally meaning to put things off until tomorrow. It is a common habit of avoiding work.
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Childlike way
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Successful
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Nostalgic
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Gloomy and gusty weather
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Winsome describes an attractive or appealing appearance or character, often suggesting a sense of innocent or childlike charm. It is a positive adjective used to describe someone's engaging personality.