English Questions – Synonyms Set 53 (SSC CGL)

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1. Irrepressible
   1) irresistible
   2) languid
   3) dictate
   4) acclaim
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: irresistible – too attractive and tempting to be resisted.
   
   
2. Murky
   1) bleak
   2) radiant
   3) gradient
   4) loyal
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: murky – dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.
   
   
3. Immerse
   1) senile
   2) drown
   3) evident
   4) venerate
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: immerse – dip or submerge in a liquid.
   
   
4. Reticence
   1) shipshape
   2) uncluttered
   3) chipper
   4) liberation
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: liberation – the action of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release.
   
   
5. Vernal
   1) languish
   2) endure
   3) verdant
   4) autumnal
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: verdant – (of countryside) green with grass or other rich vegetation.
   
   
6. Abettor
   1) devotion
   2) briskness
   3) accomplice
   4) assuage
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: accomplice is the best choice for abettor which means a person who helps another commit a crime.
   
   
7. Adjunct
   1) appendage
   2) bitterness
   3) perplex
   4) persist
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: appendage is the best choice for adjunct which means a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.
   
   
8. Infringe
   1) lively
   2) absolve
   3) exculpate
   4) spirited
   5) encroach
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: encroach – intrude on (a person’s territory, rights, personal life, etc.).
   
   
9. Estranged
   1) inane
   2) insensate
   3) renown
   4) nudge
   5) Remove
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: Remove – take (something) away or off from the position occupied.
   
   
10. Enliven
    1) virtuous
    2) shorten
    3) frolicsome
    4) austere
    5) chiseled
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: frolicsome – lively and playful.