Vocabulary PYQ — Page 16

Choose the most appropriate option to complete the given sentence: After years of hard work, my sister's efforts finally __ when she got a promotion.

Match the words in List-I with their meanings in List-II: | List-I (Words) | List-II (Meanings) | |---|---| | (A) Prodigy | (I) one who looks serious or threatening | | (B) Theist | (II) attractive and sprightly | | (C) Vivacious | (III) a child or person of unusual or remarkable talent | | (D) Saturnine | (IV) one who believes in God's existence | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Select the correct antonym of the underlined word in the given sentence: His speech was filled with invective as he expressed his apprehension about the leader's integrity and commitment to the common cause.

Choose the correct option to complete the following sentence: The interior of the concert hall is a _______ feast to the eye. 1. veritable 2. hopeful 3. delicious 4. deceptive

Choose the most appropriate adjective to fill in the blank in the given sentence: Bravo! You have come up with such a _____ idea! 1. naive 2. brilliant 3. redundant 4. minute

Fill in blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate homonyms given in List-II: | List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Homonyms) | |---|---| | (A) I need an _________ to make a hole. | (I) augur | | (B) To prevent the entry of the miscreants the doors were _________. | (II) auger | | (C) This prediction does not _______ well for the life of the king. | (III) bard | | (D) William Shakespeare is the most famous _______. | (IV) barred | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Fill the blanks in the sentences in List-I with the appropriate idioms from List-II: | List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Idioms) | |---|---| | (A) I do use some strong language but I _________ using offensive words. | (I) I could feel it in my bones | | (B) _________________ when I realized that Misha had heard me berating her. | (II) draw the line at | | (C) _____________ that something was going to happen. | (III) I had a feeling of deja vu | | (D) ____________ when I met my friend at our old meeting point. | (IV) I wanted to curl up and die | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word: Candid

Fill in the blank in the given sentence with the correct option: The person who studies the structure and composition of the earth to know about its history and antiquity is called a

Select the correct antonym for the word: INIQUITOUS

Select the correct antonym for the word: BELLIGERENT

Select the correct synonym for the word: BENEDICTION

Select the word closest in meaning to the word: ARDUOUS from the options given below:

Match the words given in List-I with their corresponding definitions in List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | (Words) | (Definitions) | | (A) Meteorologist | (I) One who studies election and trends in voting | | (B) Cosmologist | (II) One who studies fossils and the history of life forms on the earth | | (C) Psephology | (III) One who studies and predicts atmospheric phenomena | | (D) Paleontologist | (IV) One who studies the universe, its origin, expanse etc. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following words does not refer to one of the movements of a horse?

Choose the correct synonym for the word: DISDAIN

Select the correct antonym for the word: Zenith

Select the correct synonym for the word: DISCONCERTING

Select the correct antonym for the word: PLACATE

Choose the most appropriate antonym for the underlined word: The clandestine meeting of the sworn enemies went unnoticed by the media.

Choose the most appropriate antonym for the word: Volatile

Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank in the following sentence: It is one of the tragic ______ of our age that the rocket which could have been a symbol of humanity's aspirations for the stars, has become a weapon of destruction.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate phrasal verb: I live in Central Delhi. Where do you ______ in Delhi?

Match the Idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II: | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | (Phrasal Verbs) | (Meanings) | | (A) apple of someone's eye | (I) make an unenthusiastic attempt | | (B) put all your eggs in one basket | (II) a person greatly loved by someone | | (C) go through the motions | (III) to admire greatly and be influenced by someone | | (D) sit at someone's feet | (IV) depend entirely on the success of one plan | Choose the correct answer from the options given below: