English Questions – Synonyms Set 64

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1. Decrepitude
   1) ablaze
   2) aglow
   3) hilarity
   4) feebleness
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Decrepitude – the state of being decrepit.
   
   
2. Scorn 
   1) lambent
   2) condemn
   3) incandescent
   4) contentment
   
   Answer & Explanation

   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 & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Heralded – be a sign that (something) is about to happen.
   
   
4. Gloomy 
   1) murky
   2) herd
   3) gleaming
   4) accumulate
   
   Answer & Explanation

   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 & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Insensitive – showing or feeling no concern for others’ feelings
   
   
6. Pester 
   1) cull
   2) glaring
   3) annoy

   4) flock
   

   Answer & Explanation

   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 & Explanation

   Answer – 4) 
   Explanation: Exhort – strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
   
   
8. Pretend 
   1) lustrous
   2) congregate
   3) convene
   4) feign
   
   Answer & Explanation

   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 & Explanation

   Answer – 3)

   Explanation: Flung – throw or hurl forcefully.

   
   
10. Retaliate 
    1) pardon
    2) sympathize
    3) forgather
    4) avenge
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Retaliate – make an attack in return for a similar attack.