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

annihilate

  1. full of pores

  2. rendering

  3. destroy

  4. slight knowledge
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Explanation

Annihilate means to destroy completely or utterly wipe out something. The other options (full of pores, which refers to porous; rendering, which is a different term; or slight knowledge) are not related to the meaning of complete destruction.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

anoint

  1. person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others

  2. fame

  3. consecrate

  4. kill from lack of air
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Explanation

To anoint means to consecrate or apply oil to someone as part of a religious or ceremonial rite. The other options (pretentious person, fame, or suffocation) are unrelated to the ceremonial meaning of anointing.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

anomaly

  1. after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death)

  2. capable of being repaired

  3. irregularity

  4. self-satisfied
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Explanation

An anomaly is an irregularity or deviation from what is standard, normal, or expected. The other options (posthumous, capable of being repaired, or self-satisfied) are unrelated concepts that do not define anomaly.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

antagonism

  1. self-evident truth

  2. quick clever reply

  3. hostility

  4. half-stifled(suppressed) laugh
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Explanation

Antagonism means active hostility, opposition, or strong dislike toward someone or something. The other options (self-evident truth, quick clever reply, or stifled laugh) are unrelated words that do not express hostility or opposition.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

anthology

  1. expressing possibility

  2. rebound

  3. book of literary selections by various authors

  4. rise or fly high in the air
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Explanation

An anthology is a collection of literary works, such as poems, stories, or essays, by various authors assembled in one book. The other options (grammatical mood, rebounding, or ascending) do not match the meaning of a literary collection.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

anthropoid

  1. dose (of liquids)

  2. list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to present

  3. manlike

  4. serious
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Explanation

The word anthropoid comes from Greek anthropos (human) + eidos (form), meaning resembling humans or manlike. Option A confuses it with dosage terms, option B describes a repertoire, and option D means grave or solemn in manner.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

anthropologist

  1. heterogeneous mixture

  2. fret

  3. student of the history and science of humankind

  4. moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol)
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Explanation

An anthropologist is a scientist who studies humans, their societies, cultures, and biological development. Option A describes a heterogeneous mixture, option B means to worry or be agitated, and option D refers to temperance regarding alcohol.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

antecedents

  1. suitable for drinking

  2. revoke

  3. preceding events that influence what comes later

  4. complain or whine tearfully
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Explanation

Antecedents are preceding events, circumstances, or ancestors that influence what comes later. Option A means potable, option B means to rescind, and option D means to cry plaintively.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

antediluvian

  1. powerful

  2. drive away

  3. antiquated

  4. ignore or behave coldly toward
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Explanation

Antediluvian literally means before the flood (from Biblical deluge), figuratively meaning antiquated or extremely old-fashioned. Option A means strong, option B means to repel, and option D means to shun.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

anticlimax

  1. abstract

  2. fully filled

  3. letdown in thought or emotion

  4. temporary stay
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Explanation

An anticlimax is a disappointing decline in tension or emotion after an exciting buildup. Option A means theoretical, option B means completely filled, and option D means a brief halt.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

antiquated

  1. practical (as opposed to idealistic)

  2. resting

  3. obsolete

  4. nonstandard grammatical construction
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Explanation

Antiquated means old-fashioned or no longer in use, making it 'obsolete'. 'Practical' is pragmatic, and 'nonstandard grammatical construction' is a solecism.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

antiquity

  1. move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)

  2. deserving blame

  3. quality of being very old

  4. entreat
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Explanation

Antiquity means the quality of being ancient or extremely old. Option A means to strut confidently, option B means culpable, and option D means to plead urgently.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

antiseptic

  1. mischievous trick

  2. (of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life

  3. substance that prevents infection in a wound

  4. lawyer in the lower court of law
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Explanation

Antiseptic refers to a substance that prevents infection in wounds or destroys microorganisms. Option A means a prank, option B defines realism in art, and option D names a type of lawyer.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

antithesis

  1. talk idly

  2. hold back (the natural expression of)

  3. contrast

  4. anxious
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Explanation

Antithesis refers to a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else, hence a 'contrast'. 'Talk idly' is to prattle, and 'hold back' is to stifle.

Multiple choice softskills leadership

apathy

  1. unsafe

  2. retaliation

  3. lack of caring

  4. point or time at which the sun is farthest from the equator
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Explanation

Apathy means lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern - essentially a state of not caring. The other options refer to: precarious (A), reprisal (B), and solstice (D).