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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are creating question sample in Word Usage, which is BASED ON SOME NEW PATTERNS which have been asked in many banking exams recently.
Directions : For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word/phrase from the alternatives that is most the appropriate substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
- Inundation – to cover with excess of water
1. soaked
2. wallowing
3. deluge
4. overwhelm
5. engulf
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 3
Explanation
Inundation – flooding,excess of outpouring
- Slander – make false and damaging statements about someone
1. backstabbing
2. soliloquy
3. misrepresent
4. calumny
5. hardline
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 4
Explanation
Slander – the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.
- Improvident – quality of being prone to rashness and recklessness
1. bigoted
2. prodigal
3. frugal
4. parsimonious
5. imprudent
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 5
Explanation
Improvident – not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless.
- Fastidious – overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
1. rigorous
2. extant
3. finicky
4. painstaking
5. detailed
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 3
Explanation
Fastidious – very concerned about matters of cleanliness.
- Pristine – (of a place) untouched or unused and not polluted by anyone
1. innate
2. buttonhole
3. corsage
4. serene
5. lively
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 1
Explanation
Pristine – in its original condition; unspoilt.
- Foxy – someone who cannot be trusted
1. senile
2. sagacious
3. canny
4. deceitful
5. pungent
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 4
Explanation
Foxy – cunning, deceiving or misleading others.
- Morsel – a small piece or amount of food; a mouthful.
1. slice
2. nibble
3. stray
4. slick
5. terse
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 2
Explanation
Morsel – crumbs, mouthful bite, pieces of grain
- Abrogate – evade (a responsibility or duty)
1. annul
2. abolish
3. dereliction
4. devour
5. peruse
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 3
Explanation
Abrogate – the shameful failure to fulfil one’s obligations
- Prodigy – an outstanding example of a particular quality.
1. sublunary
2. genius
3. sullied
4. immaculate
5. epitome
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 5
Explanation
Prodigy – a model, archetype, paradigm, ideal
- Cosmopolitan – familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures.
1. versed
2. carnal
3. telluric
4. worldly
5. fleshly
Answer & Explanation
Answer : 4
Explanation
Cosmopolitan – sophisticated, experienced, well travelled and knowing
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