English: Word Usage Questions Set 47

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. STAGGER : He has staggered audiences around the world with his magic tricks.
   astonish
   adjust
   assume
   demur
   All are Correct
   Option A
   STAGGER (VERB): amaze Synonyms: astonish, dumbfound Antonyms: calm, enlighten

    

2. YIELD : The apple trees yielded an abundant harvest.
   generate
   induce
   initiate
   effect
   All are Correct
   Option A
   YIELD (VERB): produce Synonyms: earn, generate Antonyms: deny, refuse

    

3. ENVISION : I couldn’t envision myself as anything else.
   scorn
   contemplate
   slight
   abrupt
   All are Correct
   Option B
   ENVISION (VERB): conceive Synonyms: visualize, contemplate Antonyms: disregard, neglect

    

4. IMPEDE : These people can impede performance.
   reconcile
   arrange
   disrupt
   straighten
   All are Correct
   Option C
   IMPEDE (VERB): to delay Synonyms: brake, disrupt Antonyms: permit, soothe

    

5. CANTANKEROUS : He is little larger and cantankerous.
   approbatory
   charitable
   captious
   flattering
   All are Correct
   Option C
   CANTANKEROUS (ADJECTIVE): bad tempered Synonyms: captious, choleric Antonyms: pleasant, cheerful

    

6. BAWDINESS : There was a comedy with just a right sprinkling of bawdiness.
   profaneness
   piety
   decency
   virtue
   All are Correct
   Option A
   BAWDINESS (NOUN): dirtiness Synonyms: profaneness, filthiness Antonyms: decency, sophistication

    

7. INCURSION : The US officials urged Iran to end the incursion.
   deference
   arouse
   courtesy
   intrusion
   All are Correct
   Option D
   INCURSION (NOUN): attack Synonyms: irruption, intrusion Antonyms: retreat, withdrawal

    

8. SOCIABLE : I’m a lot more sociable with everybody.
   affable
   famiiar
   convivial
   gregarious
   All are Correct
   Option E
   SOCIABLE (ADJECTIVE): familiar Synonyms: convivial, gregarious Antonyms: aloof, unsociable

    

9. DISBURSE : $47 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed.
   abduct
   dispense
   circumvent
   acquisition
   All are Correct
   Option B
   DISBURSE (VERB): spend Synonyms: dispense, spend Antonyms: hold, keep

    

10. LICENTIOUS : Aviraj is licentious and has no regard for the morality of law.
    abstemious
    ethical
    debauched
    chaste
    All are Correct
    Option C
    LICENTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): libertine Synonyms: debauched, salacious Antonyms: moral, controlled