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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Discord
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Surrender
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Hardened
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Misery
B
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To capitulate means to cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand. Surrender is the direct synonym for giving up or yielding. Discord refers to disagreement, while misery refers to great unhappiness.
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Scold
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Boorish
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Change
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Goblet
B
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Churlish describes someone who is rude in a mean-spirited and surly way. Boorish is a synonym that describes rough and bad-mannered behavior. A goblet is a drinking vessel, and scold is a verb meaning to rebuke.
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Fleshy
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Rich red
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Lurch
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Map-maker
D
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A cartographer is a person who draws or produces maps. This makes map-maker the exact definition and synonym. The other options like fleshy or lurch have no connection to map production.
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Use of force
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Split
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Shallow
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Rude
A
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Coercion is the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats. Use of force accurately captures the essence of this term. Split and shallow are unrelated to the act of compelling someone.
D
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Clime is a poetic or formal term for a region considered with reference to its climate. Therefore, region is the most appropriate synonym among the provided options. It does not relate to volume (loud) or music (band).
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Ponder
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Gloom
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Darkness
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Easily burned
D
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Combustible describes a substance that is able to catch fire and burn easily. Easily burned is the direct definition of this adjective. Ponder is a verb meaning to think, which is unrelated.
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Great waterfall
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Hole
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Thought
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Cloy
C
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Cerebration is the working of the brain or the act of thinking. It comes from the root cerebrum, relating to the brain. A great waterfall is a cataract, which is a different word entirely.
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Repaying
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Close
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Stale
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Restrain
A
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Compensatory means intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury. Repaying captures the idea of making up for something through payment or action. Restrain means to hold back, which is the opposite of a compensatory action.
D
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A chasm is a deep fissure in the earth, rock, or another surface. An abyss is a synonym representing a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm. Candle and ready are unrelated nouns and adjectives.
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Remorse
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Puzzle
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Weaken
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Follow
A
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Compunction is a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad. Remorse is a direct synonym for this feeling of regret. Puzzle and weaken do not describe this emotional state.
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Greed
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Kinship
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Deny
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Spying
B
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Consanguinity is the property of being from the same kinship as another person; essentially, it means being related by blood. Kinship is the most accurate synonym. Greed and spying are unrelated behaviors.
A
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To chastise is to rebuke or reprimand someone severely, often as a form of punishment. Therefore, punish is the closest synonym among the options. Tight and slim are physical descriptions.
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Think over
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Armed band
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Fuse
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Might
B
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Historically, a cohort was a unit of 300 to 600 men in the ancient Roman army. In a broader sense, it refers to a group of people banded together, often an armed band. While it can mean companions today, armed band fits the classical definition.
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Endow
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Yielding
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Opposite
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Ask for
B
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Compliant describes someone who is inclined to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree. Yielding is a synonym that means giving way under pressure or being submissive. Endow means to provide with a quality or asset.
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Chief
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Radiating
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Speed
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Transfer
B
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Centrifugal refers to moving or tending to move away from a center. Radiating describes things that move out from a central point, making it the most suitable synonym here. Speed is a scalar quantity, not a direction of movement.