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English Questions: Vocabulary test – 38

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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. Their sins must be_________by sacrifice.
    1) prolonged
    2) advanced
    3) expiated
    4) conserved
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : expiated – make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing).निवृत्त करना

  2. I cannot___________what the circumstances will be in twenty years time.
    1) scorn
    2) envisage
    3) overlook
    4) disdain
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : envisage – contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event. (परिकल्पित)

  3. Bucks mark their territory by___________small trees.
    1) fraying
    2) agreement
    3) peace
    4) harmony
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : fraying – (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravel or become worn at the edge, typically through constant rubbing.(दंगा)

  4. I had to____________that I’d overreacted.
    1) contradict
    2) disacknowledge
    3) repudiate
    4) Concede
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : concede – admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it. (स्वीकार करना)

  5. She was an instant celebrity,____________by the media.
    1) overlook
    2) disregard
    3) fete
    4) neglect
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : feted – honour or entertain (someone) lavishly.

  6. They picked the missile up on the radar and had to take____________action.
    1) straightforward
    2) evasive
    3) direct
    4) forthright
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : evasive – tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly.

  7. He appealed to the crowd to____________violence.
    1) clutch
    2) snuggle
    3) fondle
    4) eschew
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : eschew – deliberately avoid using; abstain from.

  8. A___________supporter of the revolution.
    1) unenthusiastic
    2) fervent
    3) dispirited
    4) impassive
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : fervent – having or displaying a passionate intensity.(उत्कट)

  9. She knew that if she stated her____________she would not be able to see him.
    1) diverting
    2) boisterous
    3) amusing
    4) errand
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Errand – a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else’s behalf.

  10. A____________disregard for human rights.
    1) restrained
    2) disguised
    3) flagrant
    4) concealed
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : flagrant – (of an action considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive.(ज्वलंत)





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