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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are providing vocabulary test based on the some difficult words , which is important for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.
- Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of aeronautics ?
1) One who navigates the air, a balloonist
2) the art or practice of flying aircraft
3) A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air
4) The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and
mechanical properties
5) None of theseAnswer – 2)
Explanation : aeronaut n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
aeronautics n. the art or practice of flying aircraft.
aerostat n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
aerostatics n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and
mechanical properties. - Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of affiliate ?
1) Easy to approach
2) To act upon
3) A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt
4) Some auxiliary person or thing
5) None of theseAnswer – 4)
Explanation : affable adj. Easy to approach.
affect v. To act upon
affectation n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.
affiliate n. Some auxiliary person or thing. - Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of affix ?
1) Answering yes; to a question at issue
2) To fasten
3) A profuse or abundant supply of riches
4) An open insult or indignity
5) None of theseAnswer – 2)
Explanation : affirmative adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue.
affix v. To fasten.
affluence n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
affront n. An open insult or indignity. - Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of afoot ?
1) On fire, literally or figuratively
2) In progress
3) Said in a preceding part or before
4) Once more, after rest or interval
5) None of theseAnswer – 2)
Explanation : afire adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively.
afoot adv. In progress.
aforesaid adj. Said in a preceding part or before.
afresh adv. Once more, after rest or interval. - Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of aggrandize ?
1) A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time
2) To pile or heap together
3) To cause to appear greatly
4) To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome
5) None of theseAnswer – 3)
Explanation : afterthought n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
agglomerate v. To pile or heap together.
aggrandize v. To cause to appear greatly.
aggravate v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome. - Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of aggregate ?
1) The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
2) The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something
3) To make the first attack
4) An unprovoked attack
5) None of theseAnswer – 2)
Explanation : aggravation n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
aggregate n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
aggress v. To make the first attack.
aggression n. An unprovoked attack. - Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of agile ?
1) To give grief or sorrow to
2) Struck with terror and amazement
3) Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally
4) To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts)
5) None of theseAnswer – 3)
Explanation : aggrieve v. To give grief or sorrow to.
aghast adj. Struck with terror and amazement.
agile adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
agitate v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts). - Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of agrarian ?
1) Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land
2) An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general
3) Slight sickness
4) Delicate, ethereal
5) None of theseAnswer – 1)
Explanation : agrarian adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
aide-de-camp n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
ailment n. Slight sickness.
airy adj. Delicate, ethereal. - Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of albeit ?
1) Of similar nature or qualities
2) A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum
3) Cheerful willingness
4) Even though
5) None of theseAnswer – 4)
Explanation : akin adj. Of similar nature or qualities.
alabaster n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
alacrity n. Cheerful willingness.
albeit conj. Even though. - Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of albino ?
1) A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris
2) A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like
3) Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base
metals to gold
4) A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste
5) None of theseAnswer – 1)
Explanation : albino n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
album n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.
alchemy n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base
metals to gold.
alcohol n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
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