Vocabulary PYQ — Page 25

Select the word that is the most appropriate antonym of the word: Exultant.

Match the adjectives given in List-I with the appropriate nouns from List-II: | List-I (Adjectives) | List-II (Nouns) | |---|---| | (A) Sensational | (I) Food | | (B) Over-cooked | (II) News | | (C) Fertile | (III) Life | | (D) Healthy | (IV) Land | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Fill in the blanks in List-I with the appropriate Phrasal Verbs from List-II: | List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Phrasal Verbs) | |---|---| | (A) I hope the inquiry will _________the truth. | (I) get on | | (B) We could never _______ on my salary alone. | (II) get at | | (C) However will we _______ without you! | (III) get through | | (D) The way he spends he can _______his month's salary in just one weekend. | (IV) get by | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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 word closest in meaning to the word: Plausible

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.

Complete the sentence by selecting the most appropriate word: Someone who acts on a sudden idea without thinking first might be described as ______. 1. unscrupulous 2. obstinate 3. impetuous 4. conceited

Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank in the given sentence: Being conveniently located, this auditorium is a __________ venue for holding the National Award Ceremony. 1. desirable 2. desirous 3. imminent 4. judicial

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

Match the idioms in List-I with their meanings in List-II: | List-I (Idioms) | List-II (Meanings) | |---|---| | (A) To get the short end of the stick | (I) To quarrel or disagree strongly | | (B) To be at loggerheads with someone | (II) to have no effect on someone's opinion or decision | | (C) Can't cut the mustard | (III) To end up in a disadvantage | | (D) Cut no ice with somebody | (IV) unable to deal with problems or difficulties | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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:

Identify the word that is opposite in meaning to the word: SAGACIOUS.

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate verbs given in List-II: | List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Verbs) | |---|---| | (A) The escaped convict_____ away on an oil tanker | (I) cropped | | (B) We were very busy over the weekend, but things have___ up a bit | (II) sort | | (C) Before I can go home, I must____out the papers in my in-tray. | (III) stowed | | (D) I was about to leave when a problem_____ up. | (IV) eased | Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 1. (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (I) 2. (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV) 3. (A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III) 4. (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

Select the word similar in meaning to the word: Conspicuous.

Fill in the blank in the given sentence with the correct word from the options given below: He is guilty of _____ as he has killed his brother. 1. Fratricide 2. Matricide 3. Patricide 4. Infanticide

Choose the synonym for the word 'Intrepid' from the options given below: -

Select the word that is the most appropriate antonym of the word: Disrupt

Select the word that is closest in meaning to the word: Disparage

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

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:

Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blank in the given sentence: The rank and _____ of the party had turned against the leader. 1. class 2. officers 3. file 4. people

Select the correct antonym for the word: INIQUITOUS

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