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English Questions – Vocabulary test 52

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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 from THE HINDU EDITORIALS, which is important for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.

  1. He hid his pipe for fear of incurring his father’s___________.
    1) delirium
    2) content
    3) exuberance
    4) wrath
    5) geniality
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : wrath -extreme anger.

  2. Injury, consistently his___________, struck him down during the match.
    1) radient
    2) advantage
    3) nemesis
    4) abscond
    5) boon
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : nemesis – the inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall.

  3. He was seen as a___________, who would heal divisions in the party.
    1) terminator
    2) emcee
    3) presenter
    4) conciliator
    5) innkeeper
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : conciliator – a person who acts as a mediator between two disputing people or groups.

  4. Large areas of land are now littered with military___________.
    1) detritus
    2) neatness
    3) flounder
    4) stirring
    5) purity
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : detritus – waste or debris of any kind.

  5. The ironing board was set into the wall and___________at the bottom.
    1) hinged
    2) rousing
    3) fortify
    4) withdrawal
    5) surrendered
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : hinged – attach or join with or as if with a hinge.

  6. Random drug testing of employees is an unwarranted___________of privacy.
    1) avert
    2) invasion
    3) retreat
    4) reveal
    5) amenable
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : invasion – an unwelcome intrusion into another’s domain.

  7. All the men looked___________and handsome in white tie and tails.
    1) inelegant
    2) aficionado
    3) naive
    4) debonair
    5) clumsy
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : debonair – (of a man) confident, stylish, and charming.

  8. He seems to have led an___________, not to say ascetic life.
    1) parvenu
    2) insouciant
    3) abstemious
    4) deduction
    5) gluttonous
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : abstemious – indulging only very moderately in something, especially food and drink.

  9. During the later stages of___________the outer 100 km or so of the Moon melted.
    1)  shrinkage
    2) meek
    3) accretion
    4) resigned
    5) fragile
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : accretion – the coming together and cohesion of matter under the influence of gravitation to form larger bodies.

  10. A simple design that is glamorous without being___________.
    1) discreet
    2) reticent
    3) sheepish
    4) modest
    5) ostentatious
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : ostentatious – characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.





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