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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are Starting new quizzes based on the some difficult words from Editorials, which is important for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.

  1. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of afire ?
    1) Once more, after rest or interval.
    2) Said in a preceding part or before.
    3) On fire, literally or figuratively.
    4) In progress.
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : afire – On fire, literally or figuratively.
    afoot – In progress.
    aforesaid – Said in a preceding part or before.
    afresh – Once more, after rest or interval.

  2. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of aggrandize?
    1) The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime.
    2) To cause to appear greatly.
    3) agglomerate v. To pile or heap together.
    4) To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : agglomerate v. To pile or heap together.
    aggrandize v. To cause to appear greatly.
    aggravate v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
    aggravation n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.

  3. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of aggrieve ?
    1) The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
    2) To make the first attack.
    3) An unprovoked attack.
    4) To give grief or sorrow to.
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : aggregate n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
    aggress v. To make the first attack.
    aggression n. An unprovoked attack.
    aggrieve v. To give grief or sorrow to.

  4. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of agile ?
    1) aghast adj. Struck with terror and amazement.
    2) Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
    3) To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
    4) Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : aghast adj. Struck with terror and amazement.
    agile adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
    agitate v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).
    agrarian adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.

  5. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of akin ?
    1) aide-de-camp n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
    2) Slight sickness.
    3) Delicate, ethereal.
    4) Of similar nature or qualities.
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : aide-de-camp n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
    ailment n. Slight sickness.
    airy adj. Delicate, ethereal.
    akin adj. Of similar nature or qualities.

  6. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of alacrity ?
    1) Cheerful willingness.
    2) Even though.
    3) A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
    4) A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : alacrity n. Cheerful willingness.
    albeit conj. Even though.
    albino n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
    album n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.

  7. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of amorous ?
    1) Friendship.
    2) Having a propensity for falling in love.
    3) Without determinate shape.
    4) A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : amity n. Friendship.
    amorous adj. Having a propensity for falling in love.
    amorphous adj. Without determinate shape.
    amour n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.

  8. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of amplitude ?
    1) ampersand n. The character.
    2) Living both on land and in water.
    3) An edifice of elliptical shape.
    4) Largeness
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : ampersand n. The character.
    amphibious adj. Living both on land and in water.
    amphitheater n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
    amplitude n. Largeness.

  9. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of amply ?
    1) Sufficiently.
    2) To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
    3) Diversion.
    4) Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : amply adv. Sufficiently.
    amputate v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
    amusement n. Diversion.
    anachronism n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

  10. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of anarchy ?
    1) One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
    2) To examine minutely or critically.
    3) Absence or utter disregard of government.
    4) Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : analyst n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
    analyze v. To examine minutely or critically.
    anarchy n. Absence or utter disregard of government.
    anathema n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.





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