MASSACRE

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

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