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English Questions: Vocabulary test – 44

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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. I am too much of a gentleman to___________her age.
    1) masquerade
    2) slink
    3) divulge
    4) beard
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : divulge – make known (private or sensitive information).

  2. You could live here and look after me in my___________.
    1) strength
    2) dotage
    3) dissemble
    4) cache
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : dotage – the period of life in which a person is old and weak.

  3. A particularly__________story.
    1) piquant
    2) banal
    3) humdrum
    4) pabulum
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : piquant – having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour.

  4. Social workers were relieved it was not they who were___________in the tabloids.
    1) undimmed
    2) insipid
    3) arraigned
    4) clarion
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : arraigned

  5. House music is a___________of disco.
    1) luminous
    2) tedious
    3) descendant
    4) monotonous
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : descendant – a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.

  6. Fiona could have smacked him for being so___________.
    1) sapless
    2) spineless
    3) nerdy
    4) brave
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : spineless – having no spine or backbone; invertebrate.

  7. he spoke in a hushed,___________whisper.
    1) awed
    2) tame
    3) vitality
    4) vapid
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : awed – filled with awe or wonder.

  8. I spent the next two weeks__________about whether I’d made the right decision.
    1) uninspiring
    2) waterish
    3) unclouded
    4) anguishing
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : anguishing

  9. He had a reputation for being a___________man.
    1) yield
    2) tenacious
    3) fruitage
    4) outgrowth
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : tenacious – tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.

  10. late in the race he put on a___________and reached second place.
    1) constancy
    2) cohesion
    3) spurt
    4) perpetuity
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : spurt – gush out in a sudden and forceful stream.





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