Daily Vocabulary practice test – Sep 22, 2014
Directions: - Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the given word.
Q1. Straddle
1. To bring to halt
2. Have one leg on either side of
3. Tie up
4. Travel aimlessly
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 2. Have one leg on either side of
Directions: - Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the given word.
Q2. Swath
1. A long, open strip
2. Widespread destruction
3. Sample piece of cloth
4. Type of head-dress
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 1. A long, open strip
Directions: - Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the given word.
Q3. Imponderable
1. Manifest
2. Confining
3. Incapable of being evaluated
4. Meditative
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 3. Incapable of being evaluated
Directions: - Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the given word.
Q4. Retaliate
1. To repeat
2. Add on
3. Repay in kind
4. Nullify
View Answer / Hide AnswerDirections: - Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the given word.
Q5. Cede
1. To impregnate
2. Begin
3. Retreat
4. Yield
View Answer / Hide AnswerDirections: - Choose the pair of words which have a relationship between themselves similar to the relationship between the given pair of words.
Q6. Knit: eyebrows
1. Shake: hands
2. Purse: lip
3. Walk: legs
4. Stoop: knees
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Q7. Goggles: eyes
1. Thumbs: fingers
2. Noises: ears
3. Stilts: legs
4. Gloves: hands
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Q8. Clasp: hand
1. Shoe: foot
2. Blink: eye
3. Embrace: arm
4. Crutch: leg
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Q9. sycophant : flattery
1. imposter : deference
2. bandit : hypocrisy
3. swindler : fraudulence
4. advocate : defamation
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 3. swindler : fraudulence
Directions: - Choose the pair of words which have a relationship between themselves similar to the relationship between the given pair of words.
Q10. nascent : fruition
1. prolific : completion
2. latent : characteristic
3. likely : probability
4. embryonic : maturity
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 4. embryonic : maturity
Directions: - Choose the pair of words which have a relationship between themselves similar to the relationship between the given pair of words.
Q11. Judge: justice
1. Guest: invitation
2. Doctor: hospital
3. Actor: entertainment
4. Chef: recipe
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 3. Actor: entertainment
Directions: - Choose the pair of words which have a relationship between themselves similar to the relationship between the given pair of words.
Q12. Marathon: endurance
1. Race: track
2. Hike: guide
3. Line: length
4. Sprint: speed
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