1. ADVICE
(1) council
(2) counsel
(3) practice
(4) proposal
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol. (2) counsel also means ‘legal adviser’.
2. MISERABLE
(1) object
(2) obstruct
(3) abject
(4) abstract
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol. (3) abject means helpless, miserable, despicable situation,
obstruct means to hinder, abstract is the literal opposite of
concrete, real.
3. QUOTE
(1) sight
(2) sigh
(3) sue
(4) cite
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol. (4) sight means scene, sue means to file a Suit.
4. HARMONY
(1) cemetery
(2) ceremony
(3) symmetry
(4) hierarchy
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol. (3) cemetery means graveyards, hierarchy means a system
of society in which people are graded into different classes
according to certain norms, harmony is when many things
work together in the same mode.
5. UNLAWFUL
(1) elicit
(2) draw
(3) illegitimate
(4) illicit
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol. (4) illicit means not sanctioned by law, elicit means to draw
a response with difficulty, illegitimate means illegal/unlawful.
6. HAUGHTY
(1) imperial
(2) imperious
(3) adamant
(4) empire
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol. (2) imperial means of an empire or its rulers, adamant means
firmly or stubbornly, determinedly.
7. WISE
(1) momentous
(2) pragmatic
(3) judicious
(4) delay
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol. (3) judicious means having good sense, momentous
means most important, pragmatic means practical, treating
in a sensible and realistic way.
8. LOQUACIOUS
(1) Victorian
(2) bombastic
(3) verbose
(4) ambiguous
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol.(3) Verbose means using or containing more words than
are needed, ambiguous means having more than one
meaning.
9. COURAGEOUS
(1) fickle
(2) insipid
(3) timorous
(4) fearless
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol. (3) fickle means unstable, often changing, not constant,
not faithful, Insipid means tasteless
10. WATCHFULNESS
(1) Supervision
(2) Custody
(3) Superintendence
(4) Vigil
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol. (4) Vigil
11. ATTACHMENT
(1) Affinity
(2) Influence
(3) Causation
(4) Appendage
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol. (1) Affinity
12. WEARY
(1) Tired
(2) Fatigued
(3) Sentimental
(4) Emotional
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol. (2) Fatigued
13. BEQUEST
(1) Parsimony
(2) matrimony
(3) heritage
(4) patrimony
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol.(3) heritage
14. GULLIBLE
(1) credible
(2) believable
(3) credulous
(4) fallible
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol. (3) credulous
15. BRAVERY
(1) onslaught
(2) arrogant
(3) fortitude
(4) nepotism
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol. (3) Onslaught means ‘attack’; arrogant means ‘full of
pride’
16. JEALOUS
(1) obvious
(2) atrocious
(3) envious
(4) ferocious
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol. (3) Obvious means ‘clear’, ‘atrocious’ means ‘cruel’,
ferocious means full of anger.
17. PATRONAGE
(1) donation
(2) support
(3) espionage
(4) beneficiary
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) Classical music today is in need of patronage. Earlier,
its patrons were the maharajas. Classical musicians were
honoured in the royal courts. They were given all the
support necessary to let their art flourish.
18. TRAVERSE
(1) mingle
(2) frustrate
(3) take
(4) cross
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) How did you traverse the river? That is, how did you
go from one side of it to the other? In other words, how did
you cross it? If you traverse an area of land or water, you go
across it. Traverse is a literary word.
19. FOUND
(1) see
(2) establish
(3) realize
(4) search
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of Brahmo Samaj.
In other words, he established it.
20. RECUPERATE
(1) recapture
(2) reclaim
(3) recover
(4) regain
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol(3) Once I fall ill, it takes me long to recuperate. That is, I
take a long time to recover my health or strength after I
have been ill. Convalesce is another synonym of recuperate.
Convalescence is the period or process of becoming healthy
and well again after an illness or operation.
21. ALMS
(1) blessings
(2) charity
(3) prayers
(4) worship
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) When a cyclone affects an area, the people are deprived
of their belongings. You then give them money, clothes,
food etc. Such gifts to the poor and needy are called alms.
Since they are given out of charity (kindness and tolerance),
these gifts are also known as charity.
22. ATTENUATE
(1) repent
(2) make thin
(3) force
(4) divide
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) You are familiar with the word tenuous. Attenuate also
comes from the same Latin root tenuis (= thin). If you
attenuate something, you make it slender or thin; you
reduce it in force or value.
23. VINDICTIVE
(1) revengeful
(2) triumphant
(3) strategic
(4) demonstrative
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Mohan and Yadu were friends. One day, however,
Mohan went to a cricket match alone. There was only one
ticket available and he did not want to miss the match for
the sake of his friend. When Yadu came to know of this, he
felt aggrieved. Out of vindictiveness, Yadu bought only
one ticket for the next match and left Mohan alone. In other
words, Yadu took a revenge on Mohan.
24. DISCOMFIT
(1) litigatev
(2) ease
(3) conflict
(4) frustrate
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) If you are discomfited by something, it causes you to
feel slightly embarrassed or confused. In other words, it,
frustrates you.
25. WRATH
(1) violence
(2) anger
(3) hatred
(4) displeasing
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) If you are discomfited by something, it causes you to
feel slightly embarrassed or confused. In other words, it,
frustrates you.
26. ABSTINENCE
(1) synchronic
(2) torrential
(3) restraint
(4) gluttony
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) If you abstain from something, you deliberately do
not do it. Abstinence, however, is a particular kind of
abstaining —that from alcoholic drink, sex etc, often for
health or religious reasons. If you abstain from drinking,
you do not get drunk. Abstinence does not refer to “drink”
only,
27. ERUDITE
(1) execute
(2) expanse
(3) academic
(4) settle
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) An erudite person is scholarly. He or she is full of learning.
Now, where does a learned person get his or her learning
from? From the world of education or books. In other words,
the person has an academic orientation.
28. TACITURNITY
(1) dumbness
(2) changeableness
(3) hesitation
(4) reserve
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol(4) A taciturn person is not dumb. A dumb person can’t
speak. A taciturn person can speak but does not want to. In
other words, he maintains a reserve.
29. ANIMATE
(1) kill
(2) dead
(3) energise
(4) calm
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) As an adjective, animate simply means “having life”.
For example: Plants and animals are animate objects. (5) is
thus rejected because boisterous means “lively, cheerful”.
Now, as a verb: If you animate something, you make it lively
or more cheerful. Thus you put energy into it. In other words,
you energise it. Note: Boisterous is a synonym of the
adjective animated.
30. NIGGARDLY
(1) penurious
(2) generous
(3) liberal
(4) nimbus
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) If someone is niggardly, he shows lack of generosity.
Thus generous (2) would be its antonym. But we are looking
for a synonym. None of the words is a fit synonym. In such
cases we go for the word closest in meaning. Both penurious
(very poor) and niggardly imply a lack of money, though in
different senses.
31. BLITHE
(1) joyless
(2) grudging
(3) somnolent
(4) cheerful
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) One who is blithe is carefree and cheerful.
32. CAPTIVATE
(1) repel
(2) subjugate
(3) dangerous
(4) fascinate
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) You are captivated by something attractive; It
fascinates you.
33. REDEEM
(1) extend
(2) fulfil
(3) reconsider
(4) recover
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) I have lost my reputation and nothing can redeem it.
That is, much though I may try, no good action on my part
can bring my lost reputation back. In other words, I cannot
recover my reputation.
34. BLAND
(1) unpleasant
(2) irritating
(3) affable
(4) tasteless
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) That which is bland is rather dull and unexciting.
Doordarshan is infamous for its bland presentations of
sports events. Similarly, food can be bland. That is, it has
very little flavour. In other words, it is tasteless.
35. VISIONARY
(1) dreaming
(2) savant
(3) philosopher
(4) saint
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) A visionary is one who has vision for the future. He
comes up with strong, original ideas. He can foresee the
changes to come and shapes the future, bringing about an
improvement. All visionary ideas are dreams at one stage.
But all dreams do not mature. Most of them remain
pipedreams. Only those few that are backed up by the
necessary, practical considerations turn into visionary ideas.
36. REVOKE
(1) repudiate
(2) repeal
(3) impute
(4) force
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (2) When a law is revoked, it stands cancelled. We can
also say that the law has been repealed.
37. REPRISAL
(1) denial
(2) reluctance
(3) unequivocal
(4) retaliation
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) When an army operation was launched to bomb the
terrorists, they took the army chief hostage in reprisal. That
is, they mounted pressure on the army because the army
mounted pressure on them. In other words, they retaliated.
38. FASTIDIOUS
(1) faint
(2) dainty
(3) delicious
(4) dormant
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) If you are fastidious, you pay great attention to details.
You like everything to be very neat, accurate, and orderly. A
dainty object is small, delicate and pretty. The nearness of
meaning lies in that fastidious persons like things to be
dainty.
39. ATTRIBUTE
(1) Infer
(2) impute
(3) inhere
(4) inundate
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) If A is the cause of B, you attribute B to A. usually; if B
is something bad (blame, charge etc.), we use impute instead
of attribute. Sample the following : When Sri Lanka beat
Pakistan, the Sri Lankans attributed their success to their
batsmen. The Pakistanis imputed the blame of their defeat
to their sloppy fielding.
40. DIALECTIC
(1) argumentative
(2) instructive
(3) constructive
(4) destructive
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) In philosophy, dialectics is a method of reasoning and
reaching conclusions by considering theories and ideas
together with ones that contradict them. Such
contradictions lead to argumentation and often degenerate
into arguments.
41. GERMINATE
(1) decay
(2) breed
(3) produce
(4) sprout
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) When a seed germinates, it puts forth shoots. In other
words, it sprouts.
42. EFFICACY
(1) delicacy
(2) ruthlessness
(3) efficiency
(4) solemnity
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) Efficacy is effectiveness Efficiency is the ability to do
a thing successfully. Your efficacy is judged by how efficient
you are.
43. MAGNATE
I) tycoon
(2) senior executive
(3) non-magnetic
(4) symbolic
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) John D Rockefeller was an oil magnate. Onassis was a
shipping tycoon. Both Rockefeller and Onassis were big
businessmen, their spheres being oil (petroleum) and
shipping respectively. Both magnate and tycoon refer to
businessmen who have made it big, their success making
them rich and powerful.
44. FACET
(1) sweet
(2) tap
(3) deceit
(4) aspect
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) A facet of something is a single part or aspect of it.
45. PERNICIOUS
(1) deadly
(2) curious
(3) gorgeous
(4) expensive
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Violence in films has a pernicious influence on our
children. That is, the influence is harmful. Similarly, a deadly
situation has harmful consequences. Is heinous a synonym
of pernicious? No. Heinous crimes are extremely evil and
horrible. When one calls a crime heinous, one is rather
disgusted with its horror than concerned about its
harmfulness.
46. PERSUADE
(1) assure
(2) opinionated
(3) convince
(4) cheat
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) If you persuade me to do something, you try to
convince me that it should be done.
47. FORTIFY
(1) topple
(2) destroy
(3) reproduce
(4) strengthen
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) When you fortify a place, you make it as if it were a
fort. A fort has a wall or ditch round it and is not easy to
attack. Thus, if you fortify something, you strengthen it.
48. PHENOMENAL
(1) incidental
(2) eventful
(3) natural
(4) extraordinary
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) There has been a phenomenal increase in the number
of dish antennas in recent years. That is, the rise in number
is much, much more than ordinarily expected. The increase
is thus extraordinary — “more than ordinary”.
49. PARADIGM
(1) solution
(2) model
(3) discovery
(4) invention
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) A paradigm is a model for something which explains it
or shows how it can be produced.
50. HONORARY
(1) honest
(2) dignified
(3) unpaid
(4) praiseworthy
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) Government servants are not allowed to receive money
from any other job. Suppose an income-tax officer desired
to edit this book. He would then have to be the honorary
editor of this book. That is, he cannot receive any payment
as wages for editing the book. An honorary job is thus
unpaid for.
51. FACULTY
(1) privilege
(2) desire
(3) branch
(4) ability
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) Your faculties are your physical and mental abilities.
We have all been endowed with the faculty of imagination.
Most of us, however, kill it through an exercise of constant
neglect.
52. FORESEE
(1) contemplate
(2) visualise
(3) assume
(4) hypothesis
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) If you visualise something, you imagine what it is like
by forming a mental picture of it. You may visualise future
events as well, your wedding for example. You thus foresee
your wedding.
53. ANNEX
(1) add
(2) low
(3) copy
(4) initial
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) From Akbar to Aurangzeb, every Mughal emperor went
on annexing one kingdom or another to what they inherited.
In other words, each of them added to his father’s empire.
54. MENAGE
(1) suffocation
(2) system
(3) law
(4) household
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) A menage is a group of people living together in one
house. In other words, a household.
55. DILEMMA
(1) darkness
(2) freedom
(3) trap
(4) confusion
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) If you are in a dilemma, you do not know what to do. In
other words, you are in confusion.
56. RIGMAROLE
(1) short-cut
(2) lengthy procedure
(3) unnecessary burden
(4) happy responsibility
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) A rigmarole is a lengthy and complicated procedure
which you do not like.
57. TRANSCEND
(1) lower
(2) climb
(3) energise
(4) cross
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) If you ascend, you go up. If you descend, you go
down. If you transcend, you go across. In other words, you
cross.
58. IMPERATIVE
(1) order
(2) command
(3) suggestion
(4) necessity
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) An imperative is something that is extremely important
and must be done. In other words, it is a necessity. Revision
of obsolete laws has become an imperative for the 50-year
old country.
59. EXEMPT
(1) duty
(2) provide
(3) relieve
(4) forgive
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) Certain categories of companies have been exempted
from paying tax. That is, they do not have to shoulder the
burden of tax-paying. In other words, their burden has been
relieved.
60. INFIRMITY
(1) disease
(2) malady
(3) weakness
(4) slimness
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) If something is firm, it is strong enough to maintain its
balance. Infirmity therefore suggests weakness.
61. IMMINENT
(1) eminent
(2) immediate
(3) future
(4) impending
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol
62. CHASTE
(1) Filthy
(2) Lewd
(3) Immoral
(4) Noble
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) Filth means dirt, Lewd means characterless. A chaste
person does not have sex with anyone or has it only with
his or her spouse.
63. FEMINITY
(1) Cowardice
(2) Manly
(3) Angelic
(4) Inheritant
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Inheritant means qualities taken from forefathers.
64. CURVATURE
(1) Angularity
(2) Straightness
(3) Short-cut
(4) Streamline
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Angularity.
65. SUMMIT
(1) Base
(2) Slope
(3) Declivity
(4) Peak
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) Peak. Summit is the highest point.
66. WEAN
(1) Introduce
(2) Withdraw
(3) Detach
(4) Alienate
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) Alienate means to withdraw.
67. MENDACIOUS
(1) false
(2) misleading
(3) provocative
(4) truthful
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Mendacious is something untruthful
68. OSTRACISED
(1) hated
(2) shut out from the society
(3) criticized
(4) applauded by the majority
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) Ostracised is shutout from the society
69. SPURIOUS
(1) false
(2) harmful
(3) poisonous
(4) foreign
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Spurions is False
70. OBNOXIOUS
(1) clever
(2) shrewd
(3) disagreeable
(4) outdated
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) disagreeable, unpleasant, nasty, offensive
71. PERNICIOUS
(1) radical
(2) baneful
(3) scientific
(4) negative
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) Pernicious is ruinous, injurious, hurtful. Baneful is
destructive.
72. RECTIFY
(1) to command
(2) to correct
(3) to destroy
(4) to build
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) Rectify is to correct.
73. CORDON
(1) pile of logs
(2) heavy cloak
(3) line of people placed as guard
(4) none of these
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) Cordon means a line of policemen or soldiers which
guards or prevents people entering or leaving an area As it
is not covered any of the options, answer should be ‘none
of these.
74. CONCERT
(1) beauty
(2) power
(3) agreement
(d) none of these
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) Concert means together.
75. MITIGATE
(1) to heal
(2) soothen
(3) to pardon
(4) to send on a mission
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Mitigate means to heal, to reduce, to release someone
of his sufferings.
76. DEVOID
(1) evasive
(2) hopeless
(3) lacking
(4) stupid
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) evasive means careless, stupid means foolish.
77. RESOLVED
(1) summarized
(2) dispelled
(3) determined
(4) hanged
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) Resolved is determined.
78. APPOSITE
(1) appropriate
(2) foolish
(3) painful
(4) none of these
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Apposite is suitable, pertinent, relevant.
79. BUOYANT
(1) childlike
(2) sturdy
(3) brisk
(4) light-hearted
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) Sturdy means strong, brisk means energetic. Buoyant
is cheerful; not easily depressed.
80. INFIRM
(1) Sturdy
(2) Anxious
(3) Patient
(4) feeble
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) Infirm is feeble or weak in body or health.
81. INTELLECT
(1) Rationality
(2) imbecility
(3) Insanity
(4) Reverie
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Imbecility means mental weakness, Insanity means
madness, Reverie means day -dreaming, Vacuity means
emptiness.
82. MANIAC
(1) Lunatic
(2) Deft
(3) Sober
(4) Dunce
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) (1) Lunatic means mad. Deft means skilful, Dunce means
highly ignorant.
83. OMEN
(1) Augury
(2) Superstition
(3) Imagery
(4) Imagination
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Augury is an omen, token, or indication.
84. SPECTACLE
(1) Pageant
(2) show
(3) Mystification
(4) Panorama
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Mystification means ‘deliberately making mysterious,
difficult to understand, Tableau means dramatic scene.
85. One of the following words very nearly replaces 'advice'
(1) council
(2) counsel
(3) practice
(4) proposal.
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol(2) counsel also means ‘legal adviser.
86. Which of the following words very nearly means ‘rough’.
(1) coarse
(2) refine
(3) rude
(4) crude
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol(4) crude
87. Which of the following words means miserable
(1) object
(2) obstruct
(3) abject
(4) abstract
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol(3) abject means helpless, miserable, despicable situation,
obstruct means to hinder, abstract is the literal opposite of
88. Quote is what one of the following words means;
(1) sight
(2) sigh
(3) sue
(4) cite
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) sight means scene, sue means to file a Suit.
89. Harmony is the nearest equivalent of which of the following
words
(1) cemetery
(2) ceremony
(3) symmetry
(4) hierarchy
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) cemetery means graveyards, hierarchy means a system
of society in which people are graded into different classes
according to certain norms.
90. Which of the following words means mishap
(1) incident
(2) ceremony
(3) advent
(4) affectation
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) affectation means to pretend
91. Which of the following words means unlawful
(1) elicit
(2) draw
(3) illegitimate
(4) illicit
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) illicit means not sanctioned by law, elicit means to draw
a response with difficulty, illegitimate means illegal/un lawful
92. One of the following words means haughty
(1) imperial
(2) imperious
(3) adamant
(4) empire
Answer
Ans.(2)
Sol (2) imperial means of an empire or its rulers, adamant means
firmly or stubbornly, determinedly.
93. One of the following words means wise
(1) momentous
(2) pragmatic
(3) judicious
(4) delay
Answer
Ans.(3)
Sol (3) judicious means having good sense, momentous
means most important, pragmatic means practical, treating
in a sensible and realistic way.
94. Find out the word meaning “Attachment”:
(1) Affinity
(2) Influence
(3) Causation
(4) Appendage
Answer
Ans.(1)
Sol (1) Affinity.
95. Which one of the following words means “weary”?
(1) Tired
(2) Fatigued
(3) Sentimental
(4) Emotional
Answer
Ans.(4)
Sol (4) Fatigued.
