English Questions – Synonyms Set 54 (SSC CGL)

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1. Vacillate
   1) abide
   2) abandon
   3) prevail
   4) waver
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: waver – move in a quivering way; flicker.
   
   
2. Emulate
   1) simulate
   2) bide
   3) retreat
   4) cutback
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: simulate – imitate the appearance or character of.
   
   
3. Abstain
   1) cater
   2) refrain
   3) cling
   4) contraction
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: refrain – stop oneself from doing something.
   
   
4. Culmination
   1) dwell
   2) coddle
   3) constriction
   4) climax
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: climax – the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; the culmination.
   
   
5. Prodigal
   1) condensation
   2) endure
   3) lavish
   4) cosset
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: lavish – sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.
   
   
6. Accrue
   1) accumulate
   2) hover
   3) foster
   4) abatement
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: accumulate – gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.
   
   
7. Dulcet
   1) mollycoddle
   2) punish
   3) lodge
   4) sweet
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: sweet – having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter.
   
   
8. Regress
   1) convict
   2) outlast
   3) backslide
   4) nourish
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: backslide – relapse into bad ways or error.
   
   
9. Elude
   1) escape
   2) outlive
   3) oblige
   4) persist
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: escape – break free from confinement or control.
   
   
10. Vindicate
    1) accuse
    2) perch
    3) justify
    4) pander
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: justify – show or prove to be right or reasonable.