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Vocabulary (Synonyms)

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Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Onerous

  1. knotty

  2. jaded

  3. troublesome

  4. jostling

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Onerous means burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Daunt

  1. intimidate

  2. giggle

  3. feign

  4. stymied

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It means to overcome with fear; intimidate.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Eschew

  1. shun

  2. enlist

  3. cradle

  4. degrade

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It means to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid..

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Incessant

  1. pensive

  2. opulent

  3. sapient

  4. continuous

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It means continuing without interruption; ceaseless.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Castigate

  1. frill

  2. flounder

  3. fumbling

  4. reprimand

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Castigate means to criticize or reprimand severely.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Perjure

  1. lie

  2. flare

  3. jaunt

  4. ridicule

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Perjure is making a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Rancid

  1. spoiled

  2. alarmed

  3. profane

  4. weak

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rancid means having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Billow

  1. finking

  2. surge

  3. decoy

  4. shaft

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is a a great wave or surge of the sea.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Limber

  1. flexible

  2. stringent

  3. indomitable

  4. refractory

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It means bending readily; flexible; pliant. All the other options except 1 are opposite in meaning to limber.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Abnegate

  1. deny

  2. reverberate

  3. crank

  4. abhor

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It means to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.), reject; renounce.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Boorish

  1. impolite

  2. foremost

  3. negligent

  4. reliable

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Boorish means of or like a boor ; unmannered; crude; insensitive.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Ablution

  1. filthy

  2. harm

  3. jinxed

  4. purging

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It means a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual. Purge means to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse or purify. So, option 4 is the correct answer.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Pester

  1. nag

  2. tread

  3. excite

  4. confuse

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It means to bother persistently with petty annoyances.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Fastidious

  1. critical

  2. sheepish

  3. timid

  4. snob

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fastidious means excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Acquiesce

  1. foresee

  2. dormant

  3. assent

  4. flirt

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It means to submit or comply silently or without protest; agree.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Contrive

  1. invent

  2. retreat

  3. admonish

  4. vehement

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Contrive means to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Surreptitious

  1. stoic

  2. stain

  3. stealthy

  4. stimulate

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Surreptitious means obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Spurious

  1. phony

  2. little

  3. disparaging

  4. distinct

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Spurious means not genuine, authentic, or true; phony.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Swooned

  1. faint

  2. gain

  3. maim

  4. rouse

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Swoon means to faint; lose consciousness. Whereas rouse is opposite to it in meaning.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Squalid

  1. pleasant

  2. sordid

  3. cordial

  4. delectable

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It means foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy. Synonyms : wretched; miserable; degraded; sordid.  

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Trifling

  1. trivial

  2. testimonial

  3. groping

  4. frolic

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Trifling is (something) of very little importance; trivial; insignificant.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Harangue

  1. disdain

  2. exhort

  3. muzzle

  4. sniggle

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Harangue is a long, passionate, and vehement speech, especially one delivered before a public gathering. Exhort means to to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.  So, option 2 is the correct answer.  

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Harried

  1. decoy

  2. coy

  3. destroy

  4. mimic

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Harry means to ravage, as in war; devastate.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Ratify

  1. insert

  2. infuriate

  3. hate

  4. approve

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ratify means to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is SIMILAR in meaning to the key word:

Ruffle

  1. grievance

  2. slain

  3. sabotage

  4. wrinkle

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It means to destroy the smoothness or evenness of: the tent got ruffled with the wind.

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