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Vocabulary Letter P Test 2

Description: Vocabulary Letter P Verbal Ability test for MBA entrance, GRE tests, english language test, CDS, SSC, Civil Services, Insurance exams preparation
Number of Questions: 25
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Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PROLIFIC

  1. skilful

  2. swift

  3. fertile

  4. wearisomely verbose

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

[producing abundantly]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PHLEGMATIC

  1. sluggish

  2. ignorant

  3. fat

  4. having stiffened joints

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

[impassive, stolid]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PERVERT

  1. to frustrate

  2. to turn inside out

  3. to mislead

  4. to irritate

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

[to turn or lead away from truth]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PRECURSOR

  1. attacker

  2. pursuer

  3. forerunner

  4. torturer

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

[that which precedes an event]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PROTOCOL

  1. unprovoked attack

  2. aggravation

  3. violation of a treaty

  4. rules of diplomatic etiquette

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

[rules of diplomatic etiquette]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PROLETARIAT

  1. trade agreement among nations

  2. group of govt. secretaries

  3. working class

  4. wealthy class

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

[wage earners]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PERTURB

  1. to upset

  2. to cause doubt

  3. to burden

  4. to test

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

[to disturb, to trouble]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PLACATE

  1. to flatten out

  2. to pacify

  3. to annoy

  4. to made secure

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

[to soothe]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PERFUNCTORY

  1. half-hearted

  2. prompt

  3. thorough

  4. stern

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

[indifferent, done merely as a duty]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PLY

  1. to urge persistently

  2. to struggle

  3. to walk doggedly ahead

  4. to complain

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

[to keep furnishing or supplying]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PALLID

  1. weak

  2. pale

  3. dull

  4. seared

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

[wan, lacking colour]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PEDANTIC

  1. hanging

  2. making a needless display of learning

  3. ignorant

  4. solemn

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

[a - critic]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PAR

  1. force

  2. equality

  3. share

  4. to complain

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

[footing or basis of similarity]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PRONE

  1. relaxed

  2. inclined

  3. quick

  4. humble

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

[disposed]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PRETENTIOUSNESS

  1. wealth

  2. great size

  3. fame

  4. ostentation

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

[showiness]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PROFESS

  1. to become expert at

  2. to proclaim

  3. arrogance

  4. fame

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

[to claim]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PRONE

  1. exhausted

  2. proud

  3. ashamed

  4. prostrate

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

[flat, especially face downwards]

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PARVENU

  1. poor person

  2. ignoramus

  3. cultured person

  4. upstart

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

[one who has suddenly gained wealth, power, prestige]

Directions: Pick out the antonym.

PALPABILITY

  1. infertility

  2. inflammability

  3. intangibility

  4. intractability

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Palpability means tangibility; reality. Its opposite is intangibility.

Directions: Pick out the antonym.

PARTITION

  1. unify

  2. mollify

  3. nullify

  4. indemnify

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To partition means to divide. Its opposite is to unify.

Directions: Pick out the antonym.

PALLIATE

  1. increase the intensity of

  2. expand the scope of

  3. enhance the appeal of

  4. extend the endurance of

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To palliate means to soothe; to soften; to assuage; to mitigate. Its opposite is to increase the intensity  of.

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PALLIDNESS

  1. weakness

  2. quiet

  3. lack of hope

  4. weariness

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

[paleness]

Directions: Pick out the antonym.

PALPABLE

  1. phantomlike

  2. insecure

  3. distinctive

  4. insubordinate

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Palpable means touchable; tangible; corporeal. Its opposite is phantomlike, meaning ghostlike; spectral; unreal.

Directions: Pick out the antonym.

PALLIATE

  1. terminate

  2. color

  3. drain

  4. aggravate

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The opposite of to palliate among the choices is to aggravate, meaning to intensify; to exacerbate.

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

PEERLESS

  1. clever

  2. of unqualified excellence

  3. powerful

  4. royal

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

[matchless, having no-equal]

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