Vocabulary PYQ — Page 28

Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the foreign word: "GRATIS"

Choose the most appropriate antonym of the given word: UPROARIOUS

Choose the correct Antonym of the word 'AUDACITY' :

Select the appropriate antonym for the word CONTEMPT :

From the options given below, select the one closest in meaning to 'Agile' :

Pick a word that means the same as 'readable' :

From the given options, select the word that is opposite in meaning to 'Excruciating' :

Choose a word from the passage that is closest in meaning to the following word "Unwelcome"

From the given options, select the one which is opposite in meaning to the given word : empathy

Choose the appropriate word to fill in the blank : It was a challenge to _________ a response from the prisoner.

Match List - I with List - II. | List - I | List - II | |---|---| | (A) Cortege | (I) a poem of lamentation on the death of someone loved and admired. | | (B) Elegy | (II) A funeral procession comprising a number of mourning. | | (C) Obituary | (III) an account in the newspaper about the funeral of a deceased. | | (D) Epitaph | (IV) words inscribed on the grave/tomb in the memory of the one buried. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Choose the word that denotes one that is in a war - like mood :

Match List - I with List - II. | List - I | List - II | |---|---| | (A) Ad interim | (I) Meanwhile | | (B) Carte blanche | (II) According to law | | (C) De jure | (III) Mixture | | (D) Pot Pourri | (IV) Full freedom of action | Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

On the passing _________ of his grandfather, I sent him a bouquet of flowers and a condolence card.

Take your gloves _________ before shaking someone's hand.

Choose the correct homonym pair :

From the given options, select the word that means the opposite of 'dexterous' ?

Choose the incorrect homonym pair :

Match List - I with List - II. | List - I | List - II | |---|---| | (A) apple of one's eye | (I) all of a sudden | | (B) to be all ears | (II) not able to hear well | | (C) out of the blue | (III) loved clearly | | (D) hard of hearing | (IV) to be very attentive | Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

From the given options, choose the one that rightly explains the following idiom : to call a spade a spade (A) to speak rudely (B) to speak directly (C) to speak diplomatically (D) to speak frankly Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the given word: MUTATION

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the following foreign word: "nom de plume"

Match the words in List I with their meanings in List II | LIST I | LIST II | |---|---| | A. Mandate | I. reward | | B. recompense | II. comfort in time of distress | | C. Solace | III. an official order to do something | | D. Tatters | IV. torn pieces of cloth or paper | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the following foreign word: "Papier mache"