Daily Vocabulary practice test - Sep 22, 2014

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
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ANSWER: 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
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ANSWER: 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
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ANSWER: 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
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ANSWER: 3. Repay in kind




Directions: - Choose the alternative which is closest in meaning to the given word.

Q5. Cede

1. To impregnate
2. Begin
3. Retreat
4. Yield
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ANSWER: 4. Yield




Directions: - 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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ANSWER: 2. Purse: lip




Directions: - Choose the pair of words which have a relationship between themselves similar to the relationship between the given pair of words.

Q7. Goggles: eyes

1. Thumbs: fingers
2. Noises: ears
3. Stilts: legs
4. Gloves: hands
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ANSWER: 4. Gloves: hands




Directions: - Choose the pair of words which have a relationship between themselves similar to the relationship between the given pair of words.

Q8. Clasp: hand

1. Shoe: foot
2. Blink: eye
3. Embrace: arm
4. Crutch: leg
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ANSWER: 3. Embrace: arm




Directions: - Choose the pair of words which have a relationship between themselves similar to the relationship between the given pair of words.

Q9. sycophant : flattery

1. imposter : deference
2. bandit : hypocrisy
3. swindler : fraudulence
4. advocate : defamation
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ANSWER: 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
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ANSWER: 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
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ANSWER: 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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ANSWER: 4. Sprint: speed



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