IBPS Clerk Prelims: English Day 12

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1. COMMON
   A. strange
   B. uneasy
   C. quick
   D. fast
   
   Answer

   A. strange
   common means ordinary or familiar; strange means unfamiliar
   
   
2. BRAZEN
   A. bashful
   B. boisterous
   C. noisy
   D. heated
   
   Answer

   A. bashful
   brazen means to be defiant or insolent; bashful means to be shy
   or timid
   
   
3. EXPECT
   A. attend
   B. regret
   C. despair
   D. loathe
   
   Answer

   C. despair
   to expect is to wait for or to look forward to; to despair is to
   lose all hope
   
   
4. MALODOROUS
   A. acrid
   B. pungent
   C. fragrant
   D. delicious
   
   Answer

   C. fragrant
   malodorous means to have a bad smell; fragrant means
   smelling sweet or delicate
   
   
5. EXPOUND
   A. besmirch
   B. confuse
   C. confine
   D. condemn
   
   Answer

   B. confuse
   to expound means to explain; to confuse, or confound, is the
   opposite of expound
   
   
6. PIQUE
   A. value
   B. gully
   C. smooth
   D. soothe
   
   Answer

   D. soothe
   to pique means to excite or irritate; to soothe means to calm
   
   
7. ABATE
   A. free
   B. augment
   C. provoke
   D. wane
   
   Answer

   B. augment
   to abate means to reduce in degree or intensity; to augment
   means to increase
   
   
8. DEARTH
   A. lack
   B. poverty
   C. abundance
   D. foreign
   
   Answer

   C. abundance
   dearth means an inadequate supply or lack of something;
   abundance means an ample quantity, or wealth
   
   
9. PEAKED
   A. tired
   B. arrogant
   C. pointy
   D. ruddy
   
   Answer

   D. ruddy
   to be peaked is to appear pale or wan; to be ruddy is to have a
   healthy, red complexion
   
   
10. ABRIDGE
    A. shorten
    B. extend
    C. stress
    D. easy
    
    Answer

    B. extend
    to abridge means to shorten and to extend means to lengthen