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Directions: For the given capitalized word, pick the option that is farthest in meaning.

DESPONDENT

  1. Gelid

  2. Glacial

  3. Exultant

  4. Cheesy

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Despondence means ' a condition more severe than despair'. Exultant means elated or jubilant.

Directions: For the given capitalized word, pick the option that is farthest in meaning.

VILLAINOUS

  1. Sinister

  2. Hideous

  3. Odious

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Villainous means 'someone with evil intentions'. Sinister, hideous and odious also mean 'evil, bad or hateful'.

Directions: For the given capitalized word, pick the option that is farthest in meaning.

PERSEVERING

  1. Vacillating

  2. Hailing

  3. Failing

  4. Aborting

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The meaning of the given word is 'very strict, earnest, persist'. The opposie in meaning would to be 'to stop or discontinue something'.

Directions: Choose the option that represents a relationship not similar to the one exhibited by the given capitalized question pair of words.

HEAVY : LEAD

  1. Blind : Beetle

  2. Graceful : Peacock

  3. Light : Feather

  4. Cunning : Fox

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 The relationship is quality : metal or anything.  All the options state the quality of the word placed next to it, except option 1. Blind is not a quality of beetle.

Directions: Pick the odd one out.

  1. Philanthropism

  2. Exclusivism

  3. Altruism

  4. Liberalism

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Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the option that represents a relationship not similar to the one exhibited by the given capitalized question pair of words.

GENIAL: PEEVISH

  1. Belligerent : Pugnacious

  2. Brusque : Rough

  3. Callous : Soft

  4. Charismatic : Charming

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 The relationship is of two opposite personalities. Genial is someone who is friendly and cheerful and peevish is someone who is cross. Option 3 also contains opposite personalities but in a reverse order.

Directions: Pick the odd one out.

  1. Stickler

  2. Taskmaster

  3. Martinet

  4. Boss

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 All options except option 4 represent people who are hard task masters and want precision in accomplishment.  All the bossess need not be hard taskmasters.

Directions: Pick the odd one out.

  1. Serpentine

  2. Sanguine

  3. Herpetic

  4. Turpentine

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 All except option 4 can be connected with humans. Turpentine can  be connected only with trees.

Directions: Pick the odd one out.

  1. Noisy

  2. Stentorian

  3. Quiescent

  4. Obstreperous

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Noisy, stentorian and obstreperous all mean 'loud noise'. Quiescent mans 'quiet, rest'.

Directions: Pick the option that is closest in meaning to the capitalized word.

IMMUTABLE

  1. Unchangeable

  2. Immovable

  3. Canerous

  4. Remarkable

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Immutable means 'unchangeable'. 

Directions: Pick the option that is closest in meaning to the capitalized word.

PROPITIOUS

  1. Opportunistic

  2. Opportune

  3. Opportunism

  4. Proprietary

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Propitious means 'presenting favourable conditions', that is the right time to do something. Opportune also has the same meaning.

Directions: Pick the option that is closest in meaning to the capitalized word.

RIFE

  1. Continuous

  2. Quibble

  3. Rampant

  4. Veriegated

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Rife means 'abundant; rampant means 'widespread'.

Directions: Choose the option that represents a relationship not similar to the one exhibited by the given capitalized question pair of words.

ADDLED: PERSPICACIOUS

  1. Adroit : Gauche

  2. Acrid : Sweet

  3. Haughty : Affable

  4. Obtuse : Astute

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Addled and perspicacious are antonymous (one is keen understanding; the other is confused). Likewise, all options are antonymous, except that in option 2, the relationship is reversed ( negative: positive).

Directions: Pick the option that is closest in meaning to the capitalized word.

NONPAREIL

  1. Mundane

  2. Offbeat

  3. Fantastic

  4. Unparalleled

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Nonpareil means 'an unequal person or thing'.

Directions: Pick the option that is farthest in meaning to the capitalized word.

SARDONIC

  1. Euphonious

  2. Eugenic

  3. Eulogistic

  4. Complementary

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Eulogistic pertains to 'eulogy', i.e 'in praise of someone or something'. Sardonic means mockery or scornful.

Directions: Pick the option that is closest in meaning to the capitalized word.

CONDIGN

  1. Incongruous

  2. Consigned

  3. Merited

  4. Paucity

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 'Con' means 'altogether' (convoy, convocation); 'dign' comes from 'dignity' or 'worthy'. The meaning of 'condign' is 'well-deserved'. Hence, 'merited' is the correct answer.

Directions: Pick the option that is farthest in meaning to the capitalized word.

ABORTIVE

  1. Pregnent

  2. Effectual

  3. Lowly

  4. High

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Abortive can be understood by 'Ab' means  away (e.g abscond); 'oriri' means appear, born or arise' ( e.g origin), it means ' to disappear or drive away'. 

Directions: Pick the option that is farthest in meaning to the capitalized word.

RISQUE

  1. Virgorous

  2. Immodest

  3. Salubrious

  4. Raunchy

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Risque means ' daringly close to impropriety'; salubrious means ' towards health or welfare'.

Directions: Choose your answer as the word which would represent a relationship with the third word similar to the one represented by the first pair of words.

Galactic : Galaxy :: Semitic :

  1. Semite

  2. Seminary

  3. Seminar

  4. Seminal

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 The relationship is adjective : noun. Semite is a noun pertaining to 'semitic'.

Directions: Choose your answer as the word which would represent a relationship with the third word similar to the one represented by the first pair of words.

Esoteric : Arcane :: Pernicious :

  1. Abstruse

  2. Internecine

  3. Contumacious

  4. Anfractuous

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Esoteric and Arcane are virtually synonymous( intellectually changing); so are pernicious and internecine(harmful).

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

She had an -------- fondness for candy, eating two or three boxes in a day.

  1. incongruous

  2. inordinate

  3. innocuous

  4. inscrutable

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 'Inordinate' means more than normal. The sentence suggests an abnormal fondness for candies.

Directions: Mark your answer as the option which illustrates the given capitalized question word the best.

MACABRE

  1. She hurt herself in a road accident.

  2. The plane nose dived into the ocean.

  3. The news of the gruesome deaths of five hundered people in a train accident sent a chill through my spine.

  4. India won the 1971 war against her neighbour, though hundreds of lives were sacrificed.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Macabre pertains to the horrifying  truth of death. Anything that paints an ugly picture representing death is related to 'macabre'.

Directions: Choose your answer as the word which would represent a relationship with the third word similar to the one represented by the first pair of words.

Nonpareil : Parallel :: Immutable :

  1. Change

  2. Adapt

  3. Adopt

  4. Permanent

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 The relationship between the first pair is that of opposite words. The closest opposite  word  to 'immutable' is change.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered Radium, they had no idea of the --------- impact their discovery would have upon society.

  1. torrid

  2. fiery

  3. ravaging

  4. momentous

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The sentence suggests that the discovery made a huge impact. The closest word to 'huge' is 'momentous'.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

Focusing on her game despite all her personal problems, the tennis chanpion displayed an------- will to win.

  1. inscrutable

  2. indomitable

  3. intrepid

  4. inviolate

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Indomitable means 'that cannot be subdued or overcome', like a person's will. 

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