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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are creating question sample in antonyms and synonyms, which is BASED ON IBPS/SBI PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.
In each of the following questions four words are given, of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite meaning. Find out the two words which are the most nearly or same meaning.
- wretched
1) twisted
2) forced
3) miserable
4) increased
5) abysmal
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation : wretched miserable are the Synonyms - latent
1) dormant
2) recent
3) effeminate
4) desirable
5) rigid
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation : Latent and dormant are the synonyms - Haggle
1) tired
2) climb
3) decrease
4) bargain
5) taciturn
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 4)
Explanation : Haggle and bargain are the Synonyms - Irascible
1) determined
2) placid
3) reasonable
4) pliant
5) maiden
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation : irascible and placid are the antonyms
irascible means easily angered; placid means calm or serene - Prentention
1) stress
2) ambition
3) waste
4) strife
5) bemoan
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation : Prentention and ambition are the synonyms
pretension means an effort to establish, or ambition
- Salubrious
1) farfeiture
2) unhealthy
3) diminished
4) anguish
5) muster
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation : Salubrious and unhealthy both are the antonym - Smudge
1) gloat
2) residue
3) blur
4) celebrate
5) moribund
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation : Smudge and blur are the synonyms
a smudge is a blurry spot or streak
- Rhetoric
1) eloquence
2) entrenched
3) throng
4) superabundance
5) proclivity
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation : Rhetoric and eloquence both are the synonyms
Rhetoric – empty words, शब्दाड़म्बर
Meaning – the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
Usage – “he was considered to excel in this form of rhetoric” - Ubiquitous
1) prevalent
2) relinquish
3) superfluity
4) diction
5) unyielding
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation : Ubiquitous and prevalent both are the synonyms
Ubiquitous – omnipresent, सर्वव्यापी
Meaning – present, appearing, or found everywhere.
Usage – “his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family”
- Insubordinate
1) Servile
2) palpable
3) pragmatic
4) inculcating
5) Depressed
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation : insubordinate and Servile both are the antonym
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