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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