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Vocabulary Test Part 1

Description: English Vocabulary Test for MBA CAT Preparation, GRE, English Test, CDS Preparation, SSC, Bank PO, Railway and Insurance Exams Preparation, Fashion Designing
Number of Questions: 25
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Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

A hollow space in a wall for a statue

  1. ullage

  2. niche

  3. dock

  4. valise


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

The acquisition of gain or advantage by dishonest means

  1. swindle

  2. conman

  3. graft

  4. defraud


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

A word pronounced and spelled like another but different in meaning

  1. homonym

  2. homoophonic

  3. humidor

  4. hybrid


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

Something not to the point

  1. irrelevant

  2. awkward

  3. impertinent

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given. A defensive covering for the head

  1. headgear

  2. wimple

  3. helmet

  4. hamlet


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Headgear is any kind of covering for the head. It can be or cannot be defensive e.g turba/hat etc. They are not defensive headgear. But helmet is a protective covering for the head...e.g the headpiece of armour.

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

An error or misprint in priniting or writing

  1. erratum

  2. omission

  3. scribble

  4. scramble


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

Blind adherence of the dictates of the religious books

  1. fanaticism

  2. bigotry

  3. iconoclasm

  4. fundementalism


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

Murder of a wife

  1. uxoricide

  2. fratricide

  3. patricide

  4. sororicide


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

The science of arranging time in periods and ascerting the dates in historic order of past events

  1. chronology

  2. history

  3. graphology

  4. cosmology


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

Murder of a sister

  1. patricide

  2. fratricide

  3. uxoricide

  4. sororicide


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

An old fashioned woman

  1. harridan

  2. pariah

  3. frump

  4. hag


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

Mass killing of the person of own kind

  1. massacre

  2. onslaught

  3. parricide

  4. genocide


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

A person who does not believe in major religions of world

  1. pagan

  2. atheist

  3. pantheology

  4. kafir


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

Intense desire for collecting books

  1. bibliophile

  2. bibliography

  3. bibliomania

  4. bibliocentric


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

One who believes that everything is pre destined

  1. palmist

  2. fatalist

  3. orthodox

  4. contemporary


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

Nations engaged in war

  1. bellicose

  2. belligerent

  3. war like

  4. apartheid


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

Study of winds

  1. algology

  2. anemology

  3. andrology

  4. arthology


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

A government by the officials

  1. autocracy

  2. bureaucracy

  3. monarchy

  4. kakistocracy


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

The science of metaphysics and visionary speculation

  1. kalology

  2. malacology

  3. iconology

  4. ideology


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

A person of unusual habit

  1. boorish

  2. eccentric

  3. foppish

  4. swindler


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

The study of unborn babies

  1. infantology

  2. etymology

  3. embryology

  4. quintuplets


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

A person who pursues an art or science for the sake of amusement only

  1. novice

  2. dilettante

  3. roustabout

  4. diadem


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose an appropriate word for the definition or phrase given.

A vase or pan in which incense is burn

  1. censer

  2. census

  3. chiliad

  4. cist


Correct Option: A

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One which can not be conquered

  1. invincible

  2. infalliable

  3. incorrigible

  4. incompetent


Correct Option: A

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A motion picture which gives the illusion of being three dimensional

  1. cinema

  2. animation

  3. cinerama

  4. cinematic


Correct Option: C
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