Directions (Qs. 1 - 20): Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
1. Orders that must be followed
A) Diktat B) Bevy C) Ligament D )Supplement
Explanation:
Diktat: Orders that must be followed
Bevy: A large gathering of people of a particular type
Ligament: A ligament is a fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone
Supplement: a thing added to something else in order to complete or enhance it.
Ans: A
2. Urging or requesting (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something.
A) Avail B) Adjunct C) Adorn D) Adjure
Explanation: Avail: help or benefit.
Adjunct: a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part.
Adorn: make it more beautiful or attractive.
Adjure: urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something.
Ans: D
3. Lack of solidity or substance; thinness
A) Litter B) Tenuity C) Reverence ` D) Stoic
Explanation:
Litter: rubbish such as paper, cans, and bottles left lying in an open or public place.
Tenuity: Lack of solidity or substance; thinness
Reverence: Honor or respect that is felt for or shown to (someone or something)
Stoic: A person who is indifferent to the pains and pleasures of life.
Ans: B
4. A vain, boasting fellow
A) Braggart B) Altruist C) Chauffeur D) Arrogant
Explanation:
Braggart: A vain, boasting fellow
Altruist: A person who thinks unselfishly for others.
Chauffeur: one, who is employed to drive a motor car.
Arrogant: having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
Ans: A
5. Mental illness caused by illness.
A) Pivolt B) Recluse C) Delirium D) Frantic
Explanation:
Pivot: the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.
Recluse: a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.
Delirium: Mental illness caused by illness.
Frantic: distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.
Ans: C
6. Difficult to understand; having or seeming to have a hidden meaning
A) Brood B) Debut C) Agony D) Cryptic
Explanation:
Brood: A family of young animals
Debut: First time someone does in public or for the public
Agony: Extreme physical or mental sufferings
Cryptic: Difficult to understand; having or seeming to have a hidden meaning
Ans: D
7. A phrase that refers to the character or quality of somebody or something.
A) Gazette B) Fatalist C) Cartographer D) Epithet
Explanation:
Gazette: Journals or newspapers, especially the official one of organization or institution
Fatalist: One who believes in fate
Cartographer: A person who draws or produces maps.
Epithet: A phrase that refers to the character or quality of somebody or something.
Ans: D
8. A complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one.
A) Diatribe B) Fastidious C) Expedition D) Fiasco
Explanation:
Diatribe: An angry and usually long speech or piece of writing thatstrongly criticizes someone or something
Fastidious: One hard to please (very selective in his habits)
Expedition: Journeys especially by a group of people for a specific purpose
Fiasco: A complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one
Ans: D
9. One expert in the delivery of women.
A) Obstetrician B) Neogamist C) Opthomologist D) Nephrologist
Explanation:
Obstetrician: One expert in the delivery of women.
Neogamist: Newly married
Opthomologist: a specialist in the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye.
Nephrologist: Nephrology is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys.
Ans: A
10. Freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
A) Linearity B) Vanity C) Inferiority D) Impunity
Explanation:
Linearity: the fact of involving a series of events or thoughts in which one follows another one directly
Vanity: excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements.
Inferiority: the condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others.
Impunity: freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
Ans: D
11. Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
A) Origami B) Quixotic C) Iconoclast D) Impeach
Explanation:
Origami: Japanese art of folding paper into shapes that look like birds, animals, etc.
Quixotic: Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
Iconoclast: Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
Impeach: Charging an important public figure with a serious crime.
Ans: B
12. One who leads an austere life.
A) Ascetic B) Atheist C) Arbitrator D) Anarchy
Explanation:
Ascetic: One who leads an austere life
Atheist: One who does not believe in the existence of God
Arbitrator: A person appointed by two parties to solve a dispute
Anarchy: A state of disorder due to the absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems.
Ans: A
13. One who is bad in spelling
A) Connoisseur B) Calligraphy C) Chauvinist D) Cacographer
Explanation:
Connoisseur: A critical judge of any art and craft
Calligraphy: Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing.
Chauvinist: A person who is blindly devoted to an idea/ a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism
Cacographer: One who is bad in spelling.
Ans: D
14. Partial refunds to someone who has paid too much for tax, rent, or a utility
A) Rebate B) Reservoir C) Rejuvenate D) Rehabilate
Explanation:
Rebate: a partial refund to someone who has paid too much for tax, rent, or a utility.
Reservoir: a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
Rejuvenate: give new energy or vigour to; revitalize.
Rehabilate: restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
Ans: A
15. Measures designed merely to humour or placate someone
A) Vilify B) Truculent C) Sabotage D) Placebo
Explanation:
Vilify: Saying or writing very harsh and critical things about (someone or something)
Truculent: Easily annoyed or angered and likely to argue
Sabotage: An act of destroying or damaging something deliberately sothat it does not work correctly
Placebo: Measures designed merely to humour or placate someone.
Ans: D
16. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
A) Clique B) Claque C) Constellation D) Coquette
Explanation:
Clique: An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Claque: A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
Constellation: A series of stars
Coquette: A girl/ woman who flirts with a man
Ans: A
17. Objects that are used to do a particular activity or are of a particular kind.
A) Ritz B) Punjent C) Paraphernalia D) Remorse
Explanation:
Ritz: Used in reference to luxurious accommodations
Punjent: Having a strong, sharp taste or smell
Paraphernalia: Objects that are used to do a particular activity or are of a particular kind.
Remorse: feeling of being sorry for doing something bad or wrong in the past
Ans: C
18. Feeling a strong desire
A) Saga B) Recluse C) Yearn D) Stupor
Explanation:
Saga: Long and complicated series of events
Recluse: One who lives in solitude
Yearn: Feeling a strong desire
Stupor: Condition in which someone is not able to think normally because of being drunk, drugged, tired, etc.
Ans: C
19. A person having a sophisticated charm
A) Epicure B) Debonair C) Demagogue D) Dilettante
Explanation:
Epicure: One who is for the pleasure of eating and drinking
Debonair: A person having a sophisticated charm
Demagogue: A leader who sways his followers by his oratory
Dilettante: A dabbler (not serious) in art, science and literature
Ans: B
20. Government by the bad citizen
A) Aristocracy B) Plutocracy C) Ardent D) Kakistocracy
Explanation:
Aristocracy: Government by the mobility, wealthy small group
Plutocracy: Government by the weal thing
Ardent: Very enthusiastic or passionate.
Kakistocracy: Government by the bad citizen
Ans: D
