Verbal Ability

Topic: Synonyms

PIOUS

A.	Pure	
B.	Pretentious
C.	Clean	
D.	Devout

Answer: Option D

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CORPULENT

A.	Lean	
B.	Gaunt
C.	Emaciated	
D.	Obese
EMBEZZLE

A.	Misappropriate	
B.	Balance
C.	Remunerate	
D.	Clear
VENT

A.	Opening	
B.	Stodge
C.	End	
D.	Past tense of go
AUGUST

A.	Common	
B.	Ridiculous
C.	Dignified	
D.	Petty
CANNY

A.	Obstinate	
B.	Handsome
C.	Clever	
D.	Stout
INDICT

A.	Condemn	
B.	Reprimand
C.	Accuse	
D.	Allege
STRINGENT

A.	Dry	
B.	Strained
C.	Rigorous	
D.	Shrill
FORAY

A.	Maraud	
B.	Contest
C.	Ranger	
D.	Intuition
EXTRICATE

A.	Pull	
B.	Free
C.	Tie	
D.	Complicate
TRANSIENT

A.	Transparent	
B.	Fleeting
C.	Feeble	
D.	Fanciful
SALACITY

A.	Bliss	
B.	Depression
C.	Indecency	
D.	Recession
ECSTATIC

A.	Animated	
B.	Bewildered
C.	Enraptured	
D.	Illful
ADMONISH

A.	Punish	
B.	Curse
C.	Dismiss	
D.	Reprimand
PIOUS

A.	Pure	
B.	Pretentious
C.	Clean	
D.	Devout
DEIFY

A.	Flatter	
B.	Challenge
C.	Worship	
D.	Face
HARBINGER

A.	Messenger	
B.	Steward
C.	Forerunner	
D.	Pilot
LYNCH

A.	Hang	
B.	Madden
C.	Kill	
D.	Shoot
DESTITUTION

A.	Humility	
B.	Moderation
C.	Poverty	
D.	Beggary
WRETCHED

A.	Poor	
B.	Foolish
C.	Insane	
D.	Strained
INTIMIDATE

A.	To hint	
B.	Frighten
C.	Bluff	
D.	Harass
CANTANKEROUS

A.	Quarrelsome	
B.	Rash
C.	Disrespectful	
D.	Noisy
RANT

A.	Praise inordinately	
B.	Formalise
C.	To preach noisily	
D.	Treat with screen
ZANY

A.	Clown	
B.	Pet
C.	Thief	
D.	Magician
TACITURNITY

A.	Dumbness	
B.	Changeablemess
C.	Hesitation	
D.	Reserve
MASSACRE

A.	Murder	
B.	Stab
C.	Assassinate	
D.	Slaughter
RABBLE

A.	Mob	
B.	Noise
C.	Roar	
D.	Rubbish
MAYHEM

A.	Jubilation	
B.	Havoc
C.	Excitement	
D.	Defeat
PONDER

A.	Think	
B.	Evaluate
C.	Anticipate	
D.	Increase
CONNOISSEUR
A.	Ignorant	
B.	Lover of art
C.	Interpreter	
D.	Delinquent
REPERCUSSION

A.	Clever reply	
B.	Recollection
C.	Remuneration	
D.	Reaction
IMPROMPTU

A.	Offhand	
B.	Unimportant
C.	Unreal	
D.	Effective
FRUGALITY

A.	Foolishness	
B.	Extremity
C.	Enthusiasm	
D.	Economy
MENDACIOUS

A.	Full of Confidence	
B.	False
C.	Encouraging	
D.	Provocative
MOROSE

A.	Annoyed	
B.	Gloomy
C.	Moody	
D.	Displeased
VORACIOUS

A.	Truthful	
B.	Gluttonous
C.	Funny	
D.	Venturous
GRATIFY

A.	Appreciate	
B.	Frank
C.	Indulge	
D.	Pacify
PRECARIOUS

A.	Cautious	
B.	Critical
C.	Perilous	
D.	Brittle
SCINTILLATING

A.	Smouldering	
B.	Glittering
C.	Touching	
D.	Warming
REFECTORY

A.	Restaurant	
B.	Parlour
C.	Living Room	
D.	Dining Room
UNCOUTH

A.	Ungraceful	
B.	Rough
C.	Slovenly	
D.	Dirty
DEBACLE

A.	Collapse	
B.	Decline
C.	Defeat	
D.	Disgrace
GERMANE

A.	Responsible	
B.	Logical
C.	Possible	
D.	Relevant
In each of the sentences given below a word is printed in bold. Below it four choices are given. Pick up the one which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printer in bold and can replaces it without altering the meaning of the sentence. It is very difficult to retain all that you hear in the class.

A.	keep	
B.	recall
C.	preserve	
D.	conserve
The great artist life was full of vicissitudes.

A.	sorrows	
B.	misfortunes
C.	changes	
D.	surprises
She has an insatiable love for music.

A.	unsatisfiable	
B.	unchanging
C.	irreconcilable	
D.	undesirable
The great dancer impressed the appreciative crowd by his nimble movements.

A.	Unrhythmic	
B.	lively
C.	quickening	
D.	clear
The visitor had a bohemian look.

A.	hostile	
B.	unconventional
C.	sinister	
D.	unfriendly
The attitude of Western countries towards the Third World Countries is rather callous to say the least.

A.	passive	
B.	unkind
C.	cursed	
D.	unfeeling
In spite of their efforts, the team of scientists could not make much headway to solve the problem.

A.	progress	
B.	thinking
C.	efforts	
D.	start
On scrutiny the police officer found out that the documents provided by the landlord were totally fabricated.
A.	forged	
B.	historical
C.	prepared	
D.	genuine
Lack of occupation is not necessary revealed by manifest idleness.

A.	easily perceived	
B.	easily acquired
C.	easily infected	
D.	easily deflected
After the dismal performance of the team in the series concluded yesterday, the captain offered his resignation to the president of the club.

A.	poor	
B.	sorrowful
C.	minimum	
D.	short
He has a propensity for getting into debt.

A.	natural tendency	
B.	aptitude
C.	characteristic	
D.	quality
That young is quite sanguine about the result of his competitive examination.

A.	depressed	
B.	pessimistic
C.	anxious	
D.	optimistic
Public figures should not indulge in mud-slinging.

A.	caricatures	
B.	mockery
C.	slander	
D.	quarrelling
That the plan is both inhuman and preposterous needs no further proof.

A.	heartless	
B.	impractical
C.	absurd	
D.	abnormal
The prisoner has been languishing in the jail for the last many years.

A.	convicted	
B.	suffering
C.	attempting	
D.	avoiding
As the driver was inebriated he could not control the car.

A.	inexperienced	
B.	tired
C.	befuddled	
D.	intoxicated
Even today many people are guided by abstruse moral values.

A.	dangerous	
B.	impracticable
C.	obscure	
D.	irrational
Instead of putting up a united front against on common enemy, the medieval states frittered away their energy in internecine warfare.

A.	mutually destructive	
B.	baneful
C.	pernicious	
D.	detrimental
Few teachers have been spared the problem of an obstreperous pupil in the class.
A.	sullen	
B.	unruly
C.	lazy	
D.	awkward
The aberration in the Indian Economy can be attributed to short-sightedness of its political masters.

A.	procrastination	
B.	privilege
C.	deviation	
D.	steadfastness
Traffic being what it is, it is lamentable that our roads are unable to take the load.

A.	unpardonable	
B.	deplorable
C.	inexcusable	
D.	terrible
Only those who are gullible take every advertisement seriously.

A.	fallible	
B.	enthusiastic
C.	unsuspecting	
D.	unrealistic
Whatever opinion he give is sane

A.	rational	
B.	obscure
C.	wild	
D.	arrogant
The recent acts of vandalism in the country cannot be ignored.

A.	disturbance	
B.	ravage
C.	provocation	
D.	violence
They were totally unaware of the impending disaster.

A.	threatening	
B.	imminent
C.	terrible	
D.	possible
True religion does not require one to proselytise through guile or force.

A.	translate	
B.	hypnotise
C.	attack	
D.	convert
The claims of students look hollow when they attribute their poor performance to difficulty of examination.

A.	infer	
B.	impute
C.	inhere	
D.	inundate
The angry villagers have lynched two suspected child-lifters already.
A.	beaten up	
B.	captured
C.	killed	
D.	mutilated
The soldier provided his mettle in the battlefield.

A.	persistence	
B.	stamina and strength
C.	courage and endurance	
D.	heroism
Japan has been very much eulogised in this book.

A.	appreciated	
B.	praised
C.	approved	
D.	applauded
The benevolence of the God of Rain has seen a very successful monsoon this year too

A.	ill-will	
B.	kindness
C.	morbidity	
D.	vision
Even though singing of ballads is no longer lucrative the Bhopas of Rajasthan continue to sing them in order to cherish the memory of their royal warriors.

A.	tempting	
B.	attractive
C.	profitable	
D.	honourable
Incensed by his rude behaviour, the manager suspended the worker.

A.	excited	
B.	inflamed
C.	enraged	
D.	enthused
The poem is written in a very lucid style.

A.	elaborate	
B.	clear
C.	noble	
D.	intricate
The base of an Indian Politicians is the group of sycophants around them who earn bad name for their leaders.

A.	submissive	
B.	foppish
C.	flatterers	
D.	jarnor
When youngsters do not have good role-model to emulate they start searching for them amongst Sportsmen of Filmstars.

A.	imitate	
B.	modify
C.	mollify	
D.	inhabit
The novel was so interesting that I was oblivious of my surroundings.

A.	precarious	
B.	unmindful
C.	aware	
D.	watchful
All the characters in this novel are fictitious.

A.	unbelievable	
B.	unreliable
C.	infamous	
D.	unreal
He corroborated the statement of his brother.

A.	confirmed	
B.	disproved
C.	condemned	
D.	seconded
The prince fell in love with a comely young maiden.

A.	delightful	
B.	pretty
C.	homely	
D.	elegant
When I look back over there wartime years I cannot help feeling that time is an inadequate and even capricious measure of their duration at one moment they seem so long, at another so short.

A.	misleading	
B.	whimsical
C.	erratic	
D.	unpredictable
Some of the Asian countries have been enmeshed in an inescapable debt trap.
A.	entangled	

B.	hit
C.	struck	
D.	ensured
She baffled all our attempts to find her.

A.	defeated	
B.	thwarted
C.	foiled	
D.	circumvented
It is a scandal that the murderer was declared innocent.

A.	silly notion	
B.	talk
C.	rumour	
D.	disgraceful action
The young man appears to be quite headstrong.

A.	thick-headed	
B.	obstinate
C.	robust	
D.	witty
The president of the party deprecated the move of the Government to introduce electoral reforms in a haste.

A.	welcomed	
B.	denied
C.	protested	
D.	humiliated
He found a lucrative assignment.

A.	good	
B.	profitable
C.	excellent	
D.	significiant
A person unrestrained by the rules of morality or tradition is called a licentious person.

A.	libertine	
B.	loafer-type
C.	criminal	
D.	freelance
The leader nodded his approbation.

A.	understanding	
B.	approval
C.	admiration	
D.	appreciation
When he returned he was accompanied by a sprightly young girl.

A.	beautiful	
B.	lively
C.	intelligent	
D.	sportive
Being a member of this club, he has certain rights.

A.	status	
B.	truth
C.	virtues	
D.	privileges
When he could not endure the cruel ragging any longer, the new recruit bravely stood up to all his bullying seniors.

A.	challenged	
B.	fought back
C.	resisted	
D.	defeated
The invasion force had no artillery and was completely annihilated.

A.	dismembered	
B.	reduced
C.	destroyed	
D.	split
The courage shown by the soldiers at this moment of crisis is exemplary.

A.	suitable	
B.	clear
C.	elementary	
D.	admirable
Swift is known in the world of letters for his misogynism.

A.	hate for mankind	
B.	hate for womankind
C.	love for the reasonable	
D.	love for the womankind
The indiscriminate demand for mass consumption goods is deplorable.

A.	desperate	
B.	undifferentiated
C.	discreet	
D.	insensitive