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English Questions: Vocabulary test – 40

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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. A guitar in___________condition
    1) filthy
    2) immaculate
    3) unsterile
    4) tainted
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : immaculate – perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.

  2. Primary colours make for a ___________family room
    1) grave
    2) depressed
    3) cheerful
    4) melancholy
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : cheerful – noticeably happy and optimistic.

  3. Some___________thought that the controversy was all a publicity stunt
    1) shyness
    2) cynic
    3) modesty
    4) reservations
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : cynic – a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons.

  4. She rounded on Nathan with a devastating__________
    1) compatibility
    2) concord
    3) tirade
    4) unit
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : tirade – a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.

  5. The widening___________between Church leaders and politicians
    1) juncture
    2) fastening
    3) attachment
    4) schism
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : schism – a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.

  6. That’s too___________an explanation
    1) involved
    2) profound
    3) facile
    4) arduous
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : facile – gnoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial.

  7. The site is close to other prestige schemes which should make it_________to developers.
    1) hideous
    2) attractive
    3) counterclaim
    4) prerogative
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : attractive – pleasing or appealing to the senses.

  8. A partnership based on____________respect and understanding
    1) distinct
    2) unshared
    3) mutual
    4) dissociated
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : mutual – (of a feeling or action) experienced or done by each of two or more parties towards the other or others.

  9. His every utterance was given___________significance by his fans
    1) beam
    2) oracular
    3) descry
    4) glare
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : oracular – relating to an oracle

  10. The past year has been a___________test of the ability of British industry
    1) stern
    2) tolerant
    3) luminous
    4) rainless
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : stern – (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline.





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