English: Word Usage Questions Set 19

Directions (1-10): In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most similar meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.

  1. Disparity: The disparity made for a very uneven playing field.
    A) accordance
    B) discrepancy
    C) congruence
    D) equivalence
    E) None of these
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       Option B
    Explanation: Disparity(N): discrepancy synonyms-distinction,imbalance
  2. Agony: In agony he mourned.
    A) rapture
    B) thrill
    C) anguish
    D) fervor
    E) None of these
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       Option C
    Explanation: Agony:Extreme pain synonyms-misery,anguish
  3. Muggy: The morning turned out muggy and hot as the hinges—going to be another bad one.
    A) bitter
    B) algid
    C) moist
    D) jejune
    E) None of these
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       Option C
    Explanation: Muggy(adj): oppressively humid,damp synonyms-moist,soggy, sticky
  4. Exult: Any ordinary shift worker in the contemporary workforce would now exult in a festive meat of their choice.
    A) compassionate
    B) mourn
    C) delight
    D) criticize
    E) None of these
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       Option C
    Explanation: Exult(V): cheer synonyms-rejoice, celebrate
  5. Elicit: They will use these numbers to elicit heavier buying or selling from.
    A) repress
    B) abate
    C) evoke
    D) append
    E)  None of these
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       Option C
    Explanation: Elicit(v):bring out synonyms-evoke,extract
  6. Euphoria: Euphoria is not to be sought out in the wild.
    A) elation
    B) mopes
    C) misery
    D) dejection
    E) None of these
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       Option A
    Explanation: Euphoria(N):extreme happiness synonyms-elation, exhilaration
  7. Cripple: Out of sheer boredomness the cripple began to pry.
    A) disable
    B) strengthen
    C) benefit
    D) improve
    E) None of these
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       Option A
    Explanation: Cripple(N):paralyze synonyms-immobilize, stifle
  8. Conducive: My lifestyle is not conducive to owning pets.
    A) hindering
    B) contributory
    C) injurious
    D) confine
    E) None of these
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       Option B
    Explanation: conducive(Adj):favorable for synonyms-helpful, useful
  9.  Retribution: she was still alive to feel his retribution.
    A) absolution
    B) compassion
    C) remission
    D) retaliation
    E) None of these
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       Option D
    Explanation: Retribution(N):payback for another’s action synonyms-punishment,compensation
  10. Headroom: The stumps gave ample headroom and created a space where things could be stored.
    A) adhesive
    B) rear
    C) gap
    D) sufferance
    E) None of these
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       Option C
    Explanation: Headroom(N): Gap synonyms-allowance,margin

 

 

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  1. g@//J3d!

    three friends A B C decided to share soda water with D.who has no soda water. A contributed 2 tumbler more than B and B contributed 1 tumbler more than C.At last they have equal amount of soda water. in return D paid money which is divided among A,B and C in ratio of their contribution to D.A got trice money as B.the price of each tumbler soda is rs 15 and each transaction was integral in number either sharing of money or contribution of soda.what is sum of money B gotten?

  2. the walking dead

    9-10:)

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