English Questions: Vocabulary test – 2

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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are Starting new quizzes based on the some difficult words from Editorials, which is important for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.

1. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of venomous ?
   1) dangerous
   2) stout
   3) rugged
   4) unstable
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: venomous – dangerous , घातक
   
   
2. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of gallant ?
   1) quaggy
   2) ungentlemanly
   3) brave
   4) snug
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: gallant – brave, साहसिक
   
   
3. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of incisive ?
   1) mousy
   2) slow
   3) inarticulate
   4) incoherent
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: None of these
   incisive – sharp, तीक्ष्ण
   
   
4. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of lugubrious ?
   1) brisk
   2) gelid
   3) mournful
   4) elated
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: lugubrious – mournful, विषादमय
   
   
5. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of aesthetic ?
   1) prevalent
   2) prevalent
   3) mediocre
   4) beautiful
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: aesthetic – beautiful, सौन्दर्यपरक
   
   
6. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of resentments ?
   1) couthy
   2) bitterness
   3) pally
   4) couthie
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: resentments – bitterness, नाराज़गी
   
   
7. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of rhetoric ?
   1) rigid
   2) empty words
   3) full of words
   4) conciseness
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: rhetoric – empty words, शब्दाड़म्बर
   
   
8. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of inextricable ?
   1) underlying
   2) unable
   3) unpredictable
   4) unresolvable
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: inextricable – unresolvable, असमाधेय
   
   
9. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of hegemony ?
   1) weakness
   2) subordination
   3) modesty
   4) dominance
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: hegemony – dominance, प्रभुत्व)]
   
   
10. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of entrenched ?
    1) destruction
    2) provoke
    3) quit
    4) destroy
    5) None of these
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: None of these
    entrenched – established , स्थापित