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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.
- I am too much of a gentleman to___________her age.
1) masquerade
2) slink
3) divulge
4) beard
5) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation : divulge – make known (private or sensitive information). - You could live here and look after me in my___________.
1) strength
2) dotage
3) dissemble
4) cache
5) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation : dotage – the period of life in which a person is old and weak. - A particularly__________story.
1) piquant
2) banal
3) humdrum
4) pabulum
5) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation : piquant – having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour. - 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 & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation : arraigned - House music is a___________of disco.
1) luminous
2) tedious
3) descendant
4) monotonous
5) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation : descendant – a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor. - Fiona could have smacked him for being so___________.
1) sapless
2) spineless
3) nerdy
4) brave
5) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation : spineless – having no spine or backbone; invertebrate. - he spoke in a hushed,___________whisper.
1) awed
2) tame
3) vitality
4) vapid
5) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation : awed – filled with awe or wonder. - 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 & Explanation
Answer – 4)
Explanation : anguishing - He had a reputation for being a___________man.
1) yield
2) tenacious
3) fruitage
4) outgrowth
5) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation : tenacious – tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely. - 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 & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation : spurt – gush out in a sudden and forceful stream.
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