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English Questions: Vocabulary test – 33

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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation inAffairsCloud.com. Here we are providing vocabulary test based on the some difficult words from THE HINDU EDITORIALS, which is important for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.

  1. She became__________in a dispute between the two women.
    1) manner
    2) Tiresome
    3) Embroiled
    4) intransigence
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Embroiled – involved in a difficult situation

  2. The buses were temporarily__________in that depot.
    1) directive
    2) gripping
    3) binding
    4) sheddded
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Shed – to get rid of something that is not wanted or is no longer necessary

  3. Organizations with__________hierarchical structures.
    1) resorting
    2) grim
    3) cited
    4) cumbersome
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Cumbersome – large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

  4. Six aircraft__________their loads in the sea.
    1) jettisoned
    2) orphanage
    3) irritant
    4) shunned
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Jettison – throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.

  5. A punch delivered on the referee’s_________.
    1) allegation
    2) blindside
    3) dissident
    4) nodal
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : a direction in which a person has a poor view of approaching traffic or danger.

  6. A__________of concentration in the second set cost her the match”
    1) crysis
    2) slump
    3) lapse
    4) stamp
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement.

  7. The investors should be__________for their losses.
    1) insight
    2) indictment
    3) steer
    4) reimburse
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : repay (a person who has spent or lost money).

  8. A textbook which detailed war__________.
    1) cementing
    2) atrocity
    3) partition
    4) brazen
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury

  9. This somewhat____________behavior requires an explanation.
    1) outcome
    2) rigor
    3) quest
    4) aberrant
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : departing from an accepted standard.

  10. They face____________fines and a possible jail sentence.
    1) stiff
    2) baron
    3) proverbial
    4) tinkered
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : severe or strong.





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