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English Questions: Vocabulary test – 27

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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation inAffairsCloud.com. Here we are providing vocabulary test based on the some difficult words , which is important for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.

  1. You will miss a great opportunity if you__________instead of accepting the job offer!
    1) continue
    2) stay
    3) vacillate
    4) remain
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : vacillate – waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.

  2. Waving to someone is an_________way to say goodbye.
    1) genuine
    2) untypical
    3) emblematic
    4) simplify
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : emblematic – serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic.

  3. After drinking too much, Marcus became__________in a fight with a total stranger.
    1) embroiled
    2) blameless
    3) exonerated
    4) Pronounce
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : embroiled – involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.

  4. Richard didn’t understand the lesson so he asked his teacher to___________on the subject.
    1) condense
    2) expatiate
    3) abridge
    4) compress
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : expatiate – speak or write in detail about.

  5. When my boss said my job was__________, I knew I needed to look for another career opportunity.
    1) standard
    2) expendable
    3) reduced
    4) slashed
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : expendable – of relatively little significance, and therefore able to be abandoned or destroyed.

  6. The principal made an____________speech that turned out to be more heartfelt than the prepared statement he had lost.
    1) extemporaneous
    2) planned
    3) alinged
    4) prepared
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : extemporaneous – spoken or done without preparation.

  7. If you are serious about us as a couple, you must find a way to___________yourself from the relationship you are in now.
    1) creature
    2) involve
    3) extricate
    4) entangle
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : extricate – free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.

  8. The contest winner was__________when she learned she would receive the prize money that would allow her to go to college.
    1) exuberant
    2) depressed
    3) discouraged
    4) lifeless
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : exuberant – full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness.

  9. The teacher described her most troublesome student as a__________young man.
    1) grave
    2) serious
    3) facetious
    4) formal
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : facetious – treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.

  10. Though it was near-perfect, the antique collector could tell this book was a mere___________of the original.
    1) aboriginal
    2) archetypal
    3) autochthonous
    4) facsimile
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : facsimile – an exact copy, especially of written or printed material.





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