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English Questions – Synonyms Set 64

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  1. Decrepitude
    1) ablaze
    2) aglow
    3) hilarity
    4) feebleness
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Decrepitude – the state of being decrepit.

  2. Scorn 
    1) lambent
    2) condemn
    3) incandescent
    4) contentment
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Scorn – a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.

  3. Heralded 
    1) delectation
    2) sunlit
    3) clapped
    4) coruscating
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: Heralded – be a sign that (something) is about to happen.

  4. Gloomy 
    1) murky
    2) herd
    3) gleaming
    4) accumulate
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation: Gloomy – dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.

  5. Insensitive 
    1) vivid
    2) callus
    3) cluster
    4) garner
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Insensitive – showing or feeling no concern for others’ feelings

  6. Pester 
    1) cull
    2) glaring

    3) annoy

    4) flock

    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: Pester – trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.

  7. Exhort 
    1) corral
    2) amass
    3) limpid

    4) push

    Answer – 4) 
    Explanation: Exhort – strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.

  8. Pretend 
    1) lustrous
    2) congregate
    3) convene
    4) feign
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Pretend – behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.

  9. Flung
    1) converge
    2) assemble
    3) threw
    4) scintillating

    Answer – 3)

    Explanation: Flung – throw or hurl forcefully.


  10. Retaliate 
    1) pardon
    2) sympathize
    3) forgather
    4) avenge
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Retaliate – make an attack in return for a similar attack.





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