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Pair of Words
Mitigate:
Meaning: to make something less harmful, unpleasant or bad
Use in sentence: It is unclear how to mitigate the effects of tourism on the island.

Alleviate:
Meaning: to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe
Use in sentence: The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain/suffering.

Persecute:
Meaning: to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their
race, religion, or political beliefs or to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone
Use in sentence: Religious minorities were persecuted and massacred during the ten-
year regime.

Prosecute:
Meaning: to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a court of law, or (of a
lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that
crime
Use in sentence: He was prosecuted for fraud.

Popular:
Meaning: liked, enjoyed or supported by many people
Use in sentence: She's the most popular teacher in school.

Populace:
Meaning: the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
Use in sentence: Some studies show that workers in the nuclear industry are more likely
than the general populace to get cancer.

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Compliment:
Meaning: remark that expresses approval, admiration or respect
Use in sentence: I take it as a compliment when people say I look like my mother.

Complement:
Meaning: to make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with
it
Use in sentence: The music complements her voice perfectly. (Pair Repeated: 1)

Excite:
Meaning: to make someone have strong feelings of happiness and enthusiasm
Use in sentence: Nothing about my life excites me at present.

Incite:
Meaning: to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent
Use in sentence: She was expelled for inciting her classmates to rebel against their
teachers.

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Voracity:
Meaning: excessive desire to eat
Use in sentence: On reaching the ship they were offered some bread, which they
devoured with a voracious appetite.

Veracity:
Meaning: the quality of being true, honest or accurate
Use in sentence: The veracity of the second claim can be tested against the findings of
archeology.

Virtuous:
Meaning: having good moral qualities and behavior
Use in sentence: He described them as a virtuous and hard-working people.

Virtual:
Meaning: describes something that can be done or seen using a computer and therefore
without going anywhere or talking to anyone
Use in sentence: In tests, we have found the virtual machine runs at a reasonable speed.

Exceptional:
Meaning: much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence, quality, etc
Use in sentence: The Company has shown exceptional growth over the past two years.

Exceptionable:
Meaning: offensive or upsetting
Use in sentence: This action is normally only taken in exceptionable circumstances.

Wool gathering
meaning- indulgence in aimless thoughts and dreamy imagination; absent minded.
usage: Mother advised to her son to not wool gather and be serious

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Under the harrow

meaning: in difficult situation; distress
usage:After giving divorce to her wife he is under the harrow now.

Cold comfort
meaning: little comfort or encouragement.
usage: After getting job Aslam is in cold comfort.

A gold digger
meaning: a relationship mad by women with a man to seek his money or gift.
usage: The new secretary seem to be gold digger.

Walk with God

meaning: to live in accordance with the commandments of God.
usage: He is very pious person because he walk with god.

On the thin ice

meaning: in a risky and dangerous situation.
usage: Aslam made many mistakes in the Essay paper and now his is on the thin ice

A queer fish
meaning: a person of old habits
usage: Aslam father in law is a queer fish

Unearthly hour
meaning: at a very earlier time of morning
usage: it is midnight what brought you to come here.

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Birthday suit
Meaning: Completely naked, no clothes on
Usage: The little boy was running down the street in his birthday suit.

Bite off more than one can chew

Meaning:try to do more than one is able to do
Usage: I think I bit off more than I can chew by taking on the new assignment.

Bite the bullet

Meaning: Endure in a difficult situation, face a difficult situation bravely
Usage: I have decided to bite the bullet and begin studying for my Master’s degree.

bite the dust

Meaning: be killed, break down, be defeated
Usage: I think that my car has finally bitten the dust.

Bite the hand that feeds you

Meaning: turn against a friend or supporter, repay kindness with wrong
Usage: He is biting the hand that feeds him if he continues to criticize and fight against
his boss.

Blind leading the blind

Meaning: someone who doesn’t understand something trying to explain it to others
Usage: It is like the blind leading the blind watching him try and explain how to operate
the new computer.

Blow it (something)
Meaning: fail at something
Usage: I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

Blow one’s own horn

Meaning: praise one self
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Usage: is always blowing his own horn and is very annoying at times.

Blow over
Meaning: die down or calm down
Usage: The problem with the lost invoices has finally blown over and everyone is
working hard again.

Blue in the face

Meaning: Endlessly, fruitlessly
Usage: You can argue with him until you are blue in the face but you will never change
his mind.

Bone of contention
Meaning: A reason for quarrels, the subject of a fight
Usage: The family cottage was a major bone of contention when their father died.

Boot out
Meaning: make someone go or leave, get rid of someone, dismiss
Usage: He was booted out of high school for smoking on the school grounds.

Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

Meaning: Born rich, provided from birth with everything you need
Usage: He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and has never worked in his life.

Brand new
Meaning: Absolutely new
Usage: He was finally able to buy a brand-new car.

Break down
Meaning: stop working because of mechanical failure
Usage: The car broke down on the lonely road so nobody knew about it.

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Break down
Meaning: analyze
Usage: We must break down these figures for further study.

Break fresh ground

Meaning: Deal with something in a new way
Usage: The researchers were able to break fresh ground in their search for a cancer cure.

Break the bank

Meaning: win all the money at a casino gambling table
Usage: He didn’t really break the bank but he did win a lot of money.

Break the ice

Meaning: relax and start a conversation in a formal situation
Usage: Nobody was enjoying the party until the host finally was able to break the ice.

Break the news

Meaning: tell some information first
Usage: He is planning to break the news to her about his transfer tomorrow.

Break up (with someone)

Meaning: stop a relationship
Usage: She broke up with her boyfriend last June.

Bring Home The Bacon

Meaning: work and earn money for your family
Usage: He is out bringing home the bacon and is very busy.

Bring home the importance of something to someone

Meaning: make someone fully realize something
Usage: He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

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Bring some new facts to light

Meaning: discover some new facts, make some new facts known
Usage: The lawyers were able to bring some new facts to light in the trial of the killer.

Bring someone into line

Meaning: persuade someone to agree with you
Usage: He was finally able to bring the other members of the committee into line.

Bring something on
Meaning: cause to develop rapidly
Usage: I don’t know what brought on his anger but you should avoid him until he calms
down.

Bring the house down

Meaning: cause much laughter in the audience
Usage: The comedian brought the house down with his jokes about the lost dog.

Bring to mind
Meaning: recall something
Usage: Her perfect acting brought to mind some of the great actresses of the past.

Bring up
Meaning: introduce a subject into a discussion
Usage: They brought up the subject at the meeting but nobody wanted to talk about it.

Bring up
Meaning: raise or care for a child
Usage: My grandmother brought up ten children.

Bring up the rear

Meaning: be at the end of the line or in the last position
The runner from the other school was bringing up the rear in the school relay race.
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Broke
Meaning: have no money
Usage: I spent all of my money on my holiday and I am now broke.

Brush up on something
Meaning: review something one has already learned
Usage: I’m going to brush up on my English before my trip to New York.

Brush with the law

Meaning: A brief encounter or experience with the police because of a crime
Usage: He had a brush with the law when he was young but now he is totally honest.

Bull in a china shop

Meaning: Someone who is clumsy and upsets other people or plans
Usage: He was like a bull in a china shop when I saw him at the meeting last week.

Bundle up
Meaning: put on warm clothes, dress warmly
Usage: We bundled up and went for a walk in the park.

Burn a hole in one’s pocket

Meaning: Money that you want to spend quickly
Usage: I just got paid today and this money is burning a hole in my pocket.

Burn down
Meaning: burn completely (usually used for buildings)
Usage: The neighbor’s house burnt down completely during the night.

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English Poet and History

1. Wordsworth was appointed Poet Laureate in:
(a) 1817 (b) 1839 (c) 1843
(d) 1849 (e) None of these
2. Who suggested Shelley to “Curb your magnanimity and be more of a poet’?
(a) Wordsworth (b) Coleridge (c) Keats
(d) Blake (e) None of these
3. (iii) The lines ‘The one remains, the many change and pass; Heaven’s light for ever
shines, earth’s
shadow fly; are composed by:
(a) Shelley (b) Byron (c) Keats
(d) Southey (e) None of these
4. (iv) ‘On Pathetic Fallacy’ was written by:
(a) Carlyle (b) Lamb (c) Ruskin
(d) Shelley (e) None of these
5. (v) The 1805 text of ‘The Prelude’ is edited by:
(a) Helen Darbishire (b) ErnestDe Selin Court (c) Herbert Reads
(d) Coleridge (e) None of these
6. (vi) ‘The Lay of the Last Ministerel’ is written by:
(a) Blake (b) Byron (c) Tennyson
(d) Walter Scott (e) None of these

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7. (vii) __________ the quality when man is capable of being in uncertainities, mysteries,
doubts, without
any irritable reaching after fact and reason’ ___ is:
(a) Objectivity (b) Subjectivity (c) Negative capability
(d) Scepticism (e) None of these
8. (viii) ‘The Quarterly Review’ was founded by:
(a) Walter Scott (b) Byron (c) Coleridge
(d) Thomas De Quincey (e) None of these
9. (ix) ‘Mansfield Park’ is a novel by:
(a) Katherine Mansfield (b) Emily Bronte (c) George Eliot
(d) Jane Austen (e) None of these
10. ‘I am half sick of shadows’ is a line from:
(a) Shelley (b) Wordsworth (c) Coleridge
(d) Tennyson (e) None of these
11. Adonais is an elegy on the death of:
(a) Moschus (b) Edward William (c) Jhon Keats
(d) Shakespeare (e) None of these
12. ‘Poetry is the criticism of life’ is a view about poetry by:
(a) Arnold (b) Dr. Jhonson (c) Shelley
(d) Hazlitt (e) None of these
13. ‘The Pickwick Papers’ by Dickens was published in:
(a) 1837 (b) 1838 (c) 1839
(d) 1841 (e) None of these
14. ‘On Heroes and Hero-worship is written by:
(a) Huxley (b) Carlyle (c) Ruskin
(d) Mill (e) None of these
15. Dickens, Thackray, George Eliot and Trollope are:
(a) Novelists (b) Poets (c) Critics
(d) Essayists (e) None of these

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16. ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ was written by:

(a) J.S. Mill (b) Ruskin (c) Carlyle
(d) Darwin (e) None of these
17. Who gave the aesthetic theory of Art For Arts’ Sake:
(a) Wordsworth (b) Browning (c) Oscarwilde
(d) Galsworthy (e) None of these
18. “Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of
will”, is a
statement by:
(a) Wordswoth (b) Shelley (c) Coleridge
(d) Arnold (e) None of these
19. ‘A woman of no importance’ is a ______ by Oscarwilde:
(a) Comedy (b) Tragedy (c) Dramatic Romance
(d) Farce (e) None of these
20. George Eliot and T.S. Eliot are:
(a) Brother & Sister (b) Contemporary writers (c) Modern poets
(d) Critics (e) None of these
21. In Shakespeare’s Tragedies Character is not Destiny but there is Character and Destiny is
a remark by:
(a) Nicoll (b) Goddord (c) Bradley
(d) Coleridge (e) None of these
22. “How came he dead? I shall not be juggled with: Tohell allegiance! Vows, to the blackest
devil!
Is a speech in Hamlet spoken by:
(a) Hamlet (b) Laertes (c) Polonius
(d) Claudius (e) None of these
23. Aspect of the Novel is written by:
(a) David Cecil (b) Walter Allen (c) Arnold Kettle
(d) E.M. Forster (e) None of these

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24. Lotos Eaters is a poem by:

(a) Browning (b) Tennyson (c) Yeats
(d) Frost (e) None of these
25. ‘The Hollow Men’ is written by:
(a) T.S. Eliot (b) Ezra Pound (c) Yeats
(d) Larkin (e) None of these
26. William Faulkner was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in:
(a) 1949 (b) 1950 (c) 1951
(d) 1953 (e) None of these
27. G.B. Shaw was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in:
(a) 1925 (b) 1929 (c) 1930
(d) 1949 (e) None of these
28. ‘The Winding Stair’ is written by:
(a) Ted Hughes (b) T.S. Eliot (c) W.B. Yeats
(d) W.H. Auden (e) None of these
29. ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ is a play written by:
(a) Shakespeare (b) Marlowe (c) Oscar Wilde
(d) T.S. Eliot (e) None of these
30. ‘The Rainbow’ is a novel written by:
(a) Hemingway (b) Virginia Woolf (c) E.M. Forster
(d) D.H. Lawrence (e) None of these
31. The earliest play written by Shakespeare according to Oxford Shakespeare 1988 is:
(a) The Taming of the Shrew (b) As you Like it (c) Two Gentlemen of Verona
(d) Titus Andronicus (e) None of these
32. ‘If music be the food of love, play on,
give me excess of it, that Surfeiting
The appetite may sicken and die?
is a speech from
(a) Twelfth Night (b) A Mid Summer Nights’ Dream (c) As you Like it
(d) The Winters’ Tale (e) None of these

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33. An elaborate classical form in which one Shepherd– Singer laments the death of another
is called:
(a) Pastoral Romance (b) Pastoral Elegy (c) Ballad
(d) Epic (e) None of these
34. The poets who believe that a hard, clear image was essential to verse are called:
(a) Imaginists (b) Romanticists (c) Classicists
(d) Imagists (e) None of these
35. A figure of speech which contains an exaggeration for emphasis is called:
(a) Over tone (b) Rhetoric (c) Extended metaphor
(d) Hyperbole (e) None of these
36. Rhymed decasyllables, nearly always in iambic Pentameters rhymed in Pairs are called:
(a) Heroic Couplet (b) Blank verse (c) Terza Rima
(d) Spenserian stanza (e) None of these
37. An exhortatory speech, usually delivered to a crowd to incite them to some action is:
(a) Declamation (b) Sermon (c) Monologue
(d) Harangue (e) None of these
38. ‘Hearing’ a colour or ‘Seeing’a smell is an example of:
(a) Oxymoron (b) Synaesthesia (c) Sensuousness
(d) Contrast (e) None of these
39. Drama which seeks to mirror life with the utmost fidelity is called:
(a) Realistic (b) Naturalistic drama (c) Humanistic drama
(d) Problem play (e) None of these
40. When Leontes discovers the identity of Perdita in ‘The Winter’s Tale’ is an example of:
(a) Peripety (b) Suspense (c) revelation
(d) Discovery (e) None of these

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ENGLISH LITERATURE SOLVED MCQS

(1) Shakespeare’s Hamlet is A tragedy

(2) Earnest Hamingway has written Old Man & the Sea

(3) Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels? Jonathan Swift

(4) Which of the following is not a dramatist? Byron

(5) Which of the following is not a play by Shakespeare? Dr. Faustus

(6) E. M. Foster is a Novelist

(7) “The Pickwick Papers” is a novel by: Charles Dickens

(8) Who wrote “Jane Eyre”? Charlotte Bronte

(9) After whom is the Elizabethan Age named? Elizabeth-I

(10) What is the name of Wordsworth’s long poem? The Prelude

(11) A poem mourning someone’s death is called: Elegy

(12) Which of the following is not a tragedy written by Shakespeare? Merchant of Venice

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(13) Who wrote “The Second Coming”? W. B. Yeats

(14) What period in English Literature is called the “Augustans Age”? Early 18th

Century

(15) Which play among the following plays is not blank verse? Pygmalion

(16) Which one of the following writers is not woman? Robert Browning

(17) Who is the villain in “Hamlet”? Claudius

(18) Who kills Macbeth in the play “Macbeth”? Macduff

(19) Which is the last of Shakespeare’s great tragedies? King Lear

(20) Who is the heroine of Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”? Ophelia

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English Literature MCQs

(1) Who wrote "Shakespeare’s Later Comedies’? Palmer D.J.

(3) Which. of the following is not a play by Shakespeare? Pygmalion

(4) Who is the author of ‘After Strange Gods’? Eliot

(5) Who is the Villain in ‘Hamlet’? Claudius

(6) Who is the heroine of ‘Hamlet’? Ophelia

(7) After whom the Elizabethan Age is named: Elizabeth I

(8) Who wrote ‘Common Pursuit’? Leavis, F.R.

(9) ‘ Paradise Lost is an epic by: Milton

(10) "After Apple Picking" is written by: Robert Frost

(11) Ernest Hemingway wrote: Old Man & the Sea

(12) "Intellectual Beauty" is written by: P.B.Shelley

(13) Who wrote "20th Century Views"? Abrahams, M. H.

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(14) ‘Desert Places’ is a: Poem

(15) The University Wits were: Playwrights

(16) William Shakespeare was Born in: 1564

(17) Francis Bacon died in: 1626

(18) The period between 1660 to 1750 is known as: The Restoration

(19) Who wrote "The Pilgrim’s Progress"? John Bunyan

(20) ‘‘The Conduct of the Allies’ is a famous work of: Jonathan Swift

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English Grammar Terms part -II

Active Voice
In the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action (eg They killed the President).
See also Passive Voice.
Adjective
A word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.
Adverb
A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb.
Article
The "indefinite" articles are a and an. The "definite article" is the.
Auxiliary Verb
A verb that is used with a main verb. Be, do and have are auxiliary verbs. Can, may,
must etc are modal auxiliary verbs.
Clause
A group of words containing a subject and its verb (for example: It was late when he
arrived).
Conjunction
A word used to connect words, phrases and clauses (for example: and, but, if).
Infinitive
The basic form of a verb as in to work or work.
Interjection
An exclamation inserted into an utterance without grammatical connection (for
example: oh!, ah!, ouch!, well!).
Modal Verb
An auxiliary verb like can, may, must etc that modifies the main verb and expresses
possibility, probability etc.
It is also called "modal
auxiliary verb".

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English Grammar Part – I

Noun
A word like table, dog, teacher, America etc. A noun is the name of an object, concept,
person or place. A "concrete noun" is something you can see or touch like a person or
car. An "abstract noun" is something that you cannot see or touch like a decision or
happiness. A "countable noun" is something that you can count (for example: bottle,
song, dollar). An "uncountable noun" is something that you cannot count (for example:
water, music, money).
Object
In the active voice, a noun or its equivalent that receives the action of the verb. In the
passive voice, a noun or its equivalent that does the action of the verb.
Participle
The -ing and -ed forms of verbs. The -ing form is called the "present participle". The -ed
form is called the "past participle" (for irregular verbs, this is column 3).
Part Of Speech
One of the eight classes of word in English - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun,
preposition, conjunction and interjection.
Passive Voice
In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb (eg The President was
killed). See also Active Voice.
Phrase
A group of words not containing a subject and its verb (eg on the table, the girl in a red
dress).

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Predicate
Each sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The predicate
is what is said about the subject.
Preposition
A word like at, to, in, over etc. Prepositions usually come before a noun and give
information about things like time, place and direction.
Pronoun
A word like I, me, you, he, him, it etc. A pronoun replaces a noun.
Sentence
A group of words that express a thought. A sentence conveys a statement, question,
exclamation or command. A sentence contains or implies a subject and a predicate. In
simple terms, a sentence must contain a verb and (usually) a subject. A sentence starts
with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark
(!).
Subject
Every sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is
the main noun (or equivalent) in a sentence about which something is said.
Tense
The form of a verb that shows us when the action or state happens (past, present or
future). Note that the name of a tense is not always a guide to when the action happens.
The "present continuous tense", for example, can be used to talk about the present or
the future.

Verb
A word like (to) work, (to) love, (to) begin. A verb describes an action or state.

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SYNONYMS

1. ANOMALY (Click on a word to know its meaning)

A. Normal
B. Straight
C. Irregularity
D. Integrity
E. None of these
2. ABSTRUSE
A. Showy
B. Evident
C. To prove something
D. Skillful
E. Concealed
3. VACOUS
A. Stupid
B. Truthfulness
C. Ravenous
D. Dreamer
E. Confused
4. PRAGMATIC
A. Practical
B. Magnetic
C. Liar
D. Arrogant
E. Uncertain
5. PROBITY
A. Probability
B. Honesty
C. Peaceful
D. Carelessness
E. Extraordinary

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6. MINATORY
A. Managing
B. Moving
C. Threatening
D. Cheating
E. None of these
7. TOUCHSTONE
A. Very hard stone
B. Criteria
C. Static
D. Comfortable
E. Path
8. ACRIMONIOUS
A. Bitter
B. Cheap
C. Expensive
D. Momentary
E. Affection
9. BROOK
A. Friend
B. Tolerate
C. Enemy
D. Polish
E. Fraud
10. SUCCINCT
A. Concise
B. Tranquil
C. Ratify
D. Slowly
E. Superficial

ANTONYMS

11. FOE
A. Friend
B. Enemy
C. Foul
D. Fail
E. Fraud
12. CONSENSUS
A. Agreement

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B. Disagreement
C. Quality
D. Special case
E. Bold
13. FECKLESS
A. Weak
B. Careful
C. Careless
D. Unlucky
E. None of these
14. MELANCHOLY
A. Sorrowful
B. Happy
C. Confused
D. Convicted
E. None of these

15. EMINENT
A. Famous
B. Sad
C. Imminent
D. Happy
E. Unknown
16. PARTISAN
A. Neutral
B. Popular
C. Biased
D. Apart
E. Stubborn
17. NEPOTISM
A. Query
B. Favoritism
C. Impartial
D. Neophyte
E. Nearness

18. ENIGMA

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A. Mystery
B. Postmortem
C. Demise
D. Understood
E. Frightened
19. CAPRICIOUS
A. Intrinsic
B. Certain
C. Rest
D. Shaky
E. Copy
20. AFFRONT
A. Praise
B. To insult
C. To face
D. Confront
E. To remove

ANALOGIES

21. DETERIORATE : IMPROVE

A. feckless : careless
B. evanescent : exigent
C. hope : hone
D. accumulation : narrate
E. obstinate : tractable
22. AGGRAVATE : ALLEVIATE
A. later : precede
B. urbane : naive
C. evasive : wordy
D. feeble : worker
E. disavow : confront
23. VINDICTIVE: MERCY
A. transient : fleeting
B. elated : happy
C. crestfallen : cognizant
D. cajole : coax
E. skeptical : trustfulness

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24. ISLAND : ARCHIPELAGO

A. classroom : school
B. student : teacher
C. brook : building
D. chary : cautious
E. transport : transfer
25. FOND : DOTING
A. chide : pillory
B. doctrine : patient
C. strut : walk
D. levy : bevy
E. time : search

Sentence Completion

26. I can __________ for his honesty and ability to work hard.
A. bet
B. promise
C. vouch
D. vow
E. None of these
27. Job in this department __________ a lot of hard work.
A. mean
B. means
C. entails
D. curtail
E. None of these
28. I cannot concentrate, here is too much __________.
A. detraction
B. distraction
C. people
D. sound
E. contraction
29. This account is exempted from __________ charges.
A. tax
B. bevy
C. levy
D. interest
E. taxation
30. I am afraid __________ cats.
A. to

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B. from
C. of
D. with
E. by

Summary Completion

During the later years of the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation
government was formed. This government (1)__________ severely from a lack of power.
Each state distrusted (2)__________ and gave little authority to the central or federal
government. The Articles of Confederation (3)__________ a government which could
not raise money (4)__________ taxes, prevent Indian raids, or force the British out
(5)__________ the United States.

31.
A. damaged
B. suffered
C. fail
D. diminished
E. none of these
32.
A. other
B. the other
C. others
D. the others
E. none of these
33.
A. produced
B. made
C. obtained
D. elected
E. none of these
34.
A. with
B. from
C. for
D. to
E. with the
35.
A. with
B. from

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C. for
D. to
E. of

Reading Comprehension
Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions

Unemployment is an important index of economic slack and lost output, but it is much
more than that. For the unemployed person, it is often a damaging affront to human
dignity and sometimes a catastrophic blow to family life. Nor is this cost distributed in
proportion to ability to bear it. It falls most heavily on the young, the semiskilled and
unskilled, the black person, the older worker, and underemployed person in a low income
rural area who is denied the option of securing more rewarding urban employment….
The concentrated incidence of unemployment among specific groups in the population
means far greater costs to society that can be measured simply in hours of involuntary
idleness or dollars of income lost. The extra costs include disruption of the careers of
young people, increased juvenile delinquency, and perpetuation of conditions which
breed racial discrimination in employment and otherwise deny equality of opportunity.
There is another and more subtle cost. The social and economic strains of prolonged
underutilization create strong pressures for cost-increasing solutions…. On the side of
labor, prolonged high unemployment leads to “share-the-work” pressures for shorter
hours, intensifies resistance to technological change and to rationalization of work rules.
On the side of business, the weakness of markets leads to attempts to raise prices to cover
high average overhead casts and to pressures for protection against foreign and domestic
competition.

36. According to the passage, unemployment is an index of

A. over utilization of capacity
B. economic slack and lost output
C. diminished resources
D. the employment rate
E. under capacity
37. While unemployment is damaging to many, it falls most heavily upon all except the
A. black
B. semiskilled
C. unskilled
D. underemployed
E. white middle class
38. The cost to society of unemployment can be measured by all except
A. lost incomes
B. idleness

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C. juvenile delinquency
D. disruption of careers
E. the death rate
39. Serious unemployment leads labor groups to demand
A. more jobs by having everyone work shorter hours
B. higher wages to those employed
C. “no fire” policies
D. cost-cutting solutions
E. higher social security payments
40. According to the passage, a typical business reaction to a recession is to press for
A. higher unemployment insurance
B. protection against imports
C. government action
D. restrictive business practices
E. restraint against union activity

ANSWERS

Synonyms: 1. C 2. E 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10.A

Antonyms:

11.A 12.B 13.B 14.B 15.E 16.A 17.C 18.D 19.B 20.A

Analogies:

21.E 22.A 23.E 24.A 25.A

Sentence Completion:

26.C 27.C 28.B 29.C 30.C

Summary Completion:

31. B 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. E

Reading Comprehension:

36. B 37. E 38. E 39. A 40. B

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List of Synonym
What is the synonym of Voracious…..
(A) TENACIOUS
(B) TRUTHFUL
(C) SPACIOUS
(D) RAVENOUS
Answer: (D)

What is the synonym of Abortive…..

(A) FRUITFUL
(B) FAMILIAR
(C) UNSUCCESSFUL
(D) CONSUMING
Answer: (C)

What is the synonym of Tenacious…..

(A) HOLDING FAST
(B) COLLECTING
(C) FAST RUNNING
(D) INTENTIONAL
Answer: (A)

What is the synonym of Terse

(A) BRIEF IN SPEECH
(B) BEYOND FEAR
(C) WITHOUT HONOR
(D) UNDER STRAIN
Answer: (A)

What is the synonym of Tentative….

(A) MOCKING
(B) WRY
(C) EXPERIMENTAL
(D) PREVALENT
Answer: (C)
What is the synonym of Tenacity…..
(A) INGRATITUDE
(B) DECIMATION
(C) SPLENDOR
(D) PERSEVERANCE
Answer: (D)

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What is the synonym of Replenish….

(A) REINSTALE
(B) REFILL
(C) REFUSE
(D) POLISH
Answer: (B)

What is the synonym of Relish….

(A) SAVOR
(B) VINDICATE
(C) AVAIL
(D) DESIRE
Answer: (C)

What is the synonym of Repercussion….

(A) RESISTANCE
(B) MAGNIFICENCE
(C) ACCEPTANCE
(D) REACTION
Answer: (D)

What is the synonym of Repellent….

(A) POROUS
(B) STIFF
(C) ELASTIC
(D) UNATTRACTIVE
Answer: (D)

What is the synonym of Phlegmatic….

(A) PRACTICAL
(B) SALIVARY
(C) DISHONEST
(D) CALM
Answer: (D)

What is the synonym of Ponderous….

(A) CONTEMPLATIVE
(B) MOIST
(C) ERECT
(D) BULKY
Answer: (D)

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What is the synonym of Pinion….

(A) REVEAL
(B) SUBMIT
(C) RESTRAIN
(D) EXPRESS
Answer: (C)

What is the synonym of Plagiarism….

(A) theft of funds
(B) theft of ideas
(C) belief in Gods
(D) arson
Answer: (B)

What is the synonym of Pinnacle….

(A) pass
(B) taunt
(C) peak
(D) foothills
Answer: (C)

What is the synonym of Nascent….

(A) loyal
(B) treacherous
(C) unnamed
(D) incipient
Answer: (D)

What is the synonym of Myopic….

(A) moral
(B) glassy
(C) blind
(D) nearsighted
Answer: (D)

What is the synonym of ADMONISH?

(a) Reprimand
(b) Dismiss
(c) Curse
(d) Punish
Answer: (a).

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What is the synonym of ECSTATIC?

(a) Animated
(b) Bewildered
(c) Enraptured
(d) Illful
Answer: (c).

What is the synonym of REPEAL?

(a) Sanction
(b) Perpetuate
(c) Pass
(d) Cancel
Answer: (d)

What is the synonym of NIMBLE?

(a) Clear
(b) Quickening
(c) Lively
(d) Unrhythmic
Answer: (c)

What is the synonym of FATAL?

(a) Deadly
(b) Serious
(c) Dangerous
(d) Grievous
Answer: (a).

What is the synonym of DILIGENT?

(a) Hardworking
(b) Inventive
(c) Brilliant
(d) Progressive
Answer: (a).

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What is the synonym of Repudiate?

(a) Reject
(b) Annoy
(c) Appropriate
(d) Besmirch
Answer: (a).

What is the synonym of Tepid?

(a) Gaseous
(b) Freezing
(c) Lukewarm
(d) Boiling
Answer: (c).

What is the synonym of Temporal?

(a) Sleepy
(b) Secular
(c) Scholarly
(d) Priestly
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of Mayhem?

(a) Defeat
(b) Excitement
(c) Havoc
(d) Jubilation
Answer: (c).

What is the synonym of Obscene?

(a) Displeasing
(b) Condemnable
(c) Objectionable
(d) Indecent
Answer: (d).

What is the synonym of Erudite?

(a) Settle
(b) Academic
(c) Expand
(d) Execute
Answer: (b).

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What is the synonym of Animate?

(a) Kill
(b) Dead
(c) Energise
(d) Calm
Answer: (c).

What is the synonym of Captivate?

(a) Repel
(b) Fascinate
(c) Dangerous
(d) Subjugate
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of Melancholy?

(a) Depressed
(b) Prejudiced
(c) Cheerful
(d) Reckless
Answer: (a).

What is the synonym of Revoke?

(a) Repudiate
(b) Repeal
(c) Annul
(d) Force
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of REPRISAL?

(a) Retaliation
(b) Unequivocal
(c) Reluctance
(d) Denial
Answer: (a).

What is the synonym of FASTIDIOUS?

(a) Dormant
(b) Delicious
(c) Fussy
(d) Faint
Answer: (c).

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What is the synonym of GERMINATE?

(a) Decay
(b) Breed
(c) Produce
(d) Sprout
Answer: (d).

What is the synonym of EFFICACY?

(a) Solemnity
(b) Efficiency
(c) Ruthlessness
(d) Delicacy
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of MAGNATE?

(a) Symbolic
(b) Non-magnetic
(c) Senior executive
(d) Tycoon
Answer: (d).

What is the synonym of TERSE?

(a) Headless
(b) Diffuse
(c) Scarce
(d) Concise
Answer: (d).

What is the synonym of NAIVE?

(a) Subtle
(b) Spotless
(c) Smart
(d) Artless
Answer: (d).

What is the synonym of GARNISH?

(a) Abuse
(b) Adorn
(c) Garner
(d) Paint
Answer: (b).

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What is the synonym of FURORE?

(a) Anteroom
(b) Flux
(c) Worry
(d) Excitement
Answer: (d).

What is the synonym of FRUGALITY?

(a) Economy
(b) Enthusiasm
(c) Extremity
(d) Foolishness
Answer: (a).

What is the synonym of IMPROMPTU?

(a) Offhand
(b) Effective
(c) Unreal
(d) Unimportant
Answer: (a).

What is the synonym of REPERCUSSION?

(a) Reaction
(b) Remuneration
(c) Recollection
(d) Clever reply
Answer: (a).

What is the synonym of LAUD?

(a) Extolled
(b) Praise
(c) Eulogy
(d) Lord
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of CANDID?

(a) Bright
(b) Frank
(c) Explicit
(d) Apparent
Answer: (b).

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What is the synonym of INSOLVENT?

(a) Broke
(b) Penniless
(c) Bankrupt
(d) Poor
Answer: (c).

What is the synonym of INEXPLICABLE?

(a) Confusing
(b) Unaccountable
(c) Chaotic
(d) Unconnected
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of EXTRICATE?

(a) Complicate
(b) Tie
(c) Free
(d) Pull
Answer: (c).

What is the synonym of STERILE?

(a) Dry
(b) Childless
(c) Arid
(d) Barren
Answer: (d).

What is the synonym of RECKLESS?

(a) Daring
(b) Bold
(c) Rash
(d) Courageous
Answer: (c).

What is the synonym of FORAY?

(a) Intuition
(b) Ranger
(c) Contest
(d) Maraud
Answer: (d).

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What is the synonym of INDICT?

(a) Allege
(b) Accuse
(c) Reprimand
(d) Condemn
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of LAMENT?

(a) Console
(b) Condone
(c) Comment
(d) Complain
Answer: (d).

What is the synonym of CANNY?

(a) Stout
(b) Clever
(c) Handsome
(d) Obstinate
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of EMBEZZLE?

(a) Clear
(b) Remunerate
(c) Balance
(d) Misappropriate
Answer: (d).

What is the synonym of LUDICROUS?

(a) Dismal
(b) Simple
(c) Clear
(d) Absurd
Answer: (d).

What is the synonym of COMELY?

(a) Delightful
(b) Pretty
(c) Homely
(d) Elegant
Answer: (b).

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What is the synonym of DRIFT?

(a) Live peacefully
(b) Move cautiously
(c) Move aimlessly
(d) Move gently
Answer: (c).

What is the synonym of RENDEZVOUS?

(a) Meeting place
(b) Public place
(c) Hiding place
(d) Resort
Answer: (a).

What is the synonym of RESILIENCE?

(a) Adjustment
(b) Elasticity
(c) Strength
(d) Diversity
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of SCURRILOUS?

(a) Objectionable
(b) Abusive
(c) Superfluous
(d) Irrelevant
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of Scold?

(a) Berate
(b) Punish
(c) Admonish
(d) Notorious
Answer: (a).

What is the synonym of Obsolete?

(a) Aperture
(b) Diaphanous
(c) Hurdle
(d) Excavate
Answer: (c)

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What is the synonym of Abhor?

(a) Abominate
(b) Tumult
(c) Clown
(d) Adore
Answer: (a).

What is the synonym of Adroit?

(a) Innocent
(b) Simple
(c) Clever
(d) Sweet
Answer: (c)

What is the synonym of Affluent?

(a) Cupid
(b) Prosperous
(c) Poor
(d) Bawdy
Answer: (b).

What is the synonym of Applauded?

(a) Slapped
(b) Smiled
(c) Clapped
(d) Kicked
Answer: (c)

What is the synonym of Chaotic?

(a) Arranged
(b) Disorder
(c) Settled
(d) Organized
Answer: (b)

What is the synonym of Rankle?

(a) Piteous
(b) Irritate
(c) Guffaw
(d) Swagger
Answer: (b)

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What is the synonym of Shrunk?

(a) Maximize
(b) Wide
(c) Exploit
(d) Dwindled
Answer: (d)

What is the synonym of Flesh?

(a) Wheat
(b) Vegetable
(c) Fruit
(d) Beef
Answer: (d)

What is the synonym of Monetary…

(A) fiscal
(B) stationary
(C) scrupulous
(D) boring
Answer: (A)

What is the synonym of Mundane….

(A) spatial
(B) heretic
(C) worldly
(D) global
Answer: (C)

What is the synonym of Mediocre…..

(A) medieval
(B) industrial
(C) agricultural
(D) average
Answer: (D)

What is the synonym of PONDER?

(a) Increase
(b) Anticipate
(c) Evaluate
(d) Think
Answer: (d).

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What is the synonym of Wary?

(a) Tired
(b) Distorted
(c) Vigilant
(d) Sad
Answer: (c).

What is the synonym of TENACITY?

(a) Ingratitude
(b) Tendency
(c) Perseverance
(d) Splendour
Answer: (c).

What is the synonym of REPUGNANCE?

(a) Loathing
(b) Renewal
(c) Tenacity
(d) Belligerence

Answer: A

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SYNONYMS MCQs

1. MISPRIZE
(a) despise (b) devalue
(c) erroneous (d) covet

2. impugn
(a) imply (b) fret
(c) assail (d) recalcitrant

3. supervene
(a) intervene (b) overreach
(c) displace (d) follow

4. exigent
(a) urgent (b) treatise
(c) miser (d) expedient

5. fervid
(a) delightful (b) difficult
(c) obstinate (d) ardent

6. ersatz
(a) chaotic (b) artificial
(c) impromptu (d) vague

7. redolent
(a) ubiquitous (b) odorous
(c) shy (d) bellicose

8. turpitude
(a) lethargy (b) honor
(c) belligerence (d) depravity

9. propinquity
(a) habit (b) nearness
(c) capacity (d) tendency

10. vociferous
(a) numerous (b) bountiful
(c) strident (d) garrulous

11. delirious is most similar to

(a) manic (b) calm
(c) tasty (d) suspicious

12. infirm is most similar to

(a) hospital (b) weak
(c) short (d) fortitude

13. cautious is most dissimilar to

(a) reasonable (b) careful
(c) illogical (d) reckless

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14. lure is most similar to

(a) tickle (b) decoy
(c) resist (d) suspect

15. perilous is most dissimilar to

(a) disciplined (b) similar
(c) safe (d) honest

16. isolation is most similar to

(a) fear (b) plentitude
(c) solitude (d) disease

17. lull is most similar to

(a) pause (b) noise
(c) boring (d) mark

18. outfit is most similar to

(a) indoors (b) strong
(c) special (d) furnish

19. punctual is most dissimilar to

(a) close (b) tardy
(c) sloppy (d) precious

20. delude is most dissimilar to

(a) drought (b) clever
(c) enlighten (d) enrage

21. omit is most similar to

(a) recluse (b) neglect
(c) mistake (d) destroy

22. resilient is most dissimilar to

(a) stubborn (b) careless
(c) substantial (d) flimsy

23. mutiny is most similar to

(a) rebellion (b) currency
(c) sailor (d) hassle

24. naive is most similar to

(a) rural (b) secular
(c) unsophisticated (d) sultry

25. entice is most dissimilar to

(a) piece (b) repulse
(c) attract (d) repeat

26. solemnity is most similar to

(a) lightheartedness (b) gravity
(c) diligence (d) sleepiness

27. stingy is most dissimilar to

(a) wasteful (b) democratic
(c) spiteful (d) liberal

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28. malign is most similar to

(a) evil (b) malicious
(c) slander (d) grandiose

29. impudent is most similar to

(a) cautious (b) haphazard
(c) gleeful (d) insolent

30. vacillate is most dissimilar to

(a) decide (b) teeter
(c) dilate (d) please

31. kinetic is most dissimilar to

(a) cold (b) static
(c) lewd (d) foolish

32. lambaste is most similar to

(a) marinade (b) commotion
(c) censure (d) tickle

33. kowtow is most dissimilar to

(a) snub (b) pull
(c) fawn (d) forage

34. rudimentary is most similar to

(a) crass (b) gracious
(c) deliberate (d) primitive

35. pitched is most similar to

(a) undone (b) retracted
(c) heated (d) lovely

36. tepid is most dissimilar to

(a) dispassionate (b) scalding
(c) crisp (d) clever

37. largesse is most similar to

(a) greatness (b) generosity
(c) miniscule (d) clumsiness

38. insidious is most dissimilar to

(a) repellant (b) pure
(c) charming (d) delicious

39. decorum is most similar to

(a) etiquette (b) merit
(c) parliament (d) slipshod

40. succor is most dissimilar to

(a) genius (b) abet
(c) injure (d) deciduous

41. enjoin is most dissimilar to

(a) sever (b) dislike
(c) permit (d) divorce

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42. tumid is most similar to

(a) swollen (b) fetid
(c) aggressive (d) despondent

43. jejune is most similar to

(a) youthful (b) insipid
(c) charming (d) quick

44. ecumencal is most dissimilar to

(a) spiritual (b) humanistic
(c) secular (d) parochial

45. sinecure is most similar to

(a) cakewalk (b) serpentine
(c) evil (d) dishonest

46. castigate is most similar to

(a) neuter (b) punish
(c) banish (d) celebrate

47. reconnoiter is most dissimilar to

(a) disarm (b) disassemble
(c) distance (d) disregard

48. obloquy is most similar to

(a) tirade (b) dependence
(c) oval (d) circumlocution

49. recondite is most dissimilar to

(a) give (b) obscure
(c) patent (d) hardy

50. querulous is most similar to

(a) nauseous (b) fretful
(c) curious (d) dizzy

51. wrath
(a) knot (b) anger
(c) crime (d) smoke

52. plethora
(a) trouble (b) foolish
(c) wealth (d) love

53. calamity
(a) potion (b) silence
(c) shellfish (d) disaster

54. pompous
(a) arrogant (b) supportive
(c) busy (d) gaudy

55. prevalent
(a) wind (b) servile
(c) widespread (d) rare

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56. wince
(a) flinch (b) cheer
(c) crush (d) solitary

57. superficial
(a) gorgeous (b) shallow
(c) intelligent (d) rich

58. tangle
(a) snarl (b) growl
(c) dance (d) shiver

59. reform
(a) punish (b) destroy
(c) display (d) correct

60. methodical
(a) rhythmic (b) poetic
(c) systematic (d) disrespectful

61. spite
(a) joy (b) beverage
(c) wonder (d) malice

62. scale
(a) climb (b) sail
(c) swim (d) skate

63. smudge
(a) gloat (b) residue
(c) blur (d) celebrate

64. drizzle
(a) curly (b) sprinkle
(c) sear (d) drench

65. mundane
(a) dirty (b) commonplace
(c) confused (d) extraordinary

66. pretension
(a) stress (b) ambition
(c) waste (d) strife

67. affect
(a) outcome (b) share
(c) pompous (d) cultivate

68. herald
(a) insignia (b) postpone
(c) hail (d) regal

69. faculty
(a) defective (b) school
(c) gift (d) desire

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70. mirth
(a) anger (b) glee
(c) sarcasm (d) mistrust

71. drudgery
(a) silliness (b) labor
(c) evil (d) investigation

72. prerequisite
(a) necessary (b) course
(c) difficult (d) tar

73. dire
(a) questionable (b) forthright
(c) traitor (d) urgent

74. grapple
(a) struggle (b) trap
(c) laugh (d) intend

75. sundry
(a) aged (b) supply
(c) various (d) tremendous

76. supplant
(a) grow (b) replace
(c) undo (d) question

77. venerate
(a) ordain (b) breathe
(c) polish (d) revere

78. conciliate
(a) appease (b) disagree
(c) revive (d) separate

79. exultant
(a) afraid (b) jubilant
(c) expectant (d) demanding

80. surreptitious
(a) overbearing (b) clandestine
(c) indirect (d) impious

81. recalcitrant
(a) hesitant (b) subdued
(c) unruly (d) subtract

82. pretty
(a) plain (b) confusing
(c) ugly (d) terrible

83. coterie
(a) various (b) flirtation
(c) club (d) socialize

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84. nefarious
(a) infamous (b) macabre
(c) evil (d) distinguished

85. curry
(a) flatter (b) spicy
(c) squander (d) game

86. preternatural
(a) immature (b) extraordinary
(c) removed (d) unearned

87. pernicious
(a) noxious (b) illicit
(c) open (d) undecided

88. reprisal
(a) accusation (b) loathe
(c) retaliation (d) insinuation

89. manifold
(a) evident (b) contemporary
(c) diverse (d) willing

90. factious
(a) sham (b) unreliable
(c) seditious (d) argumentative

91. glare is most similar to

(a) scowl (b) hide
(c) display (d) summon

92. erratic is most similar to

(a) enticing (b) frequent
(c) difficult (d) irregular

93. civil is most similar to

(a) unkind (b) trite
(c) public (d) questionable

94. peer is most similar to

(a) apple (b) connote
(c) fellow (d) recluse

95. fiasco is most similar to

(a) festival (b) disaster
(c) happenstance (d) ceremony

96. chasm is most similar to

(a) gorge (b) charm
(c) bridle (d) criticize

97. expertise is most similar to

(a) activity (b) courage
(c) mastery (d) effort

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98. outlandish is most similar to

(a) distant (b) absurd
(c) pastoral (d) belligerent

99. pine is most similar to

(a) clean (b) hate
(c) resolve (d) crave

100. exploit is most similar to

(a) answer (b) feat
(c) accident (d) persuade

ANSWER KEY
1. (a) 35. (c) 69. (c)
2. (c) 36. (b) 70. (b)
3. (d) 37. (b) 71. (b)
4. (a) 38. (a) 72. (a)
5. (d) 39. (a) 73. (d)
6. (b) 40. (c) 74. (a)
7. (b) 41. (c) 75. (c)
8. (d) 42. (a) 76. (b)
9. (b) 43. (b) 77. (d)
10. (c) 44. (d) 78. (a)
11. (a) 45. (a) 79. (b)
12. (b) 46. (b) 80. (b)
13. (d) 47. (d) 81. (c)
14. (b) 48. (a) 82. (d)
15. (c) 49. (c) 83. (c)
16. (c) 50. (b) 84. (c)
17. (a) 51. (b) 85. (a)
18. (d) 52. (c) 86. (b)
19. (b) 53. (d) 87. (a)
20. (c) 54. (a) 88. (c)
21. (b) 55. (c) 89. (c)
22. (d) 56. (a) 90. (c)
23. (a) 57. (b) 91. (a)
24. (c) 58. (a) 92. (d)
25. (b) 59. (d) 93. (c)
26. (b) 60. (c) 94. (c)
27. (d) 61. (d) 95. (b)
28. (c) 62. (a) 96. (a)
29. (d) 63. (c) 97. (c)
30. (a) 64. (b) 98. (b)
31. (b) 65. (b) 99. (d)
32. (c) 66. (b) 100. (b)
33. (a) 67. (d)
34. (d) 68. (c)

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Important Synonyms

Statements A B C D
1 Here and there we find an immense star. bright huge hot fast
2 Most of the stars travel alone. separately collectively fast random
3 The universe earth gave birth to life. produce get achieve acquire
4 Each star makes its voyage in complete satisfaction restlessness journey light
loneliness.
5 Hundreds of earth can be packed in sun occupy pack tight unused
and leave room to spare.
Life can exist only in a narrow range of
6 broad limited wide new
temperature.
A few stars are hardly bigger than the
7 scarcely actually completely surly
earth.
We believe that some hundred thousand
8 years ago this rare event might have horrible expected unwanted unusual
taken place.
9 We find the universe frightening. large terrifying normal big
10. A star seldom finds another star near it. often always not often never
heir living power consisted chiefly in their
11 ability to reproduce themselves before dying put forth give forth die bring forth

From these humble beginnings, came a

12 great firm modest effective
stream of life.
The sun and the other stars, we see in the
13 properly exceedingly normally seriously
sky, are extremely hot.
The millions of the stars are wandering in
14 moving shining dissolving declining
the space.
Stars may be collection of fires scattered
15 roaming closed spread collected
through the space.
A few stars form groups and journey in
16 group loneliness harmony peace
company.
Just as the sun and the moon
17 waves attraction radiation rays
raise tides on the earth
18 The space is unimaginable cold vacuum. untold unfriendly believing unthinkable
19 The universe is entirely frightening. amazingly rarely fully very
The temperature in the surrounding of a
20 defective incomplete total negative
star is four degree above absolute zero.

Answer key (English II The Dying Sun)

1-B 2-A 3-A 4-C 5-D 6-B 7-A 8-D 9-B 10-C
11-D 12-C 13-B 14-A 15-C 16-A 17-A 8-D 9-C 10-C

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Important Synonyms

Statements A B C D
economicall
1 Water was used sparingly in the past. collectively wastefully carelessly
y
We are more critical than our
2 credulous afraid superstitious logical
ancestors.
Thrifty housewives preserved food in
3 frugal careless sluggish idle
the past.
In the past, only a fraction of the baby large
4 limb small amount healthy
borne grew up. amount
We are more critical than our
5 parents children forefathers guardians
ancestors.
6 Animals wandered through the streets. fed ran limped strolled
Household refuse was thrown in the
7 streets. garbage food use waste
Water had to be carried from a
8 considerable distance from the well. large small measurable narrow
Thrifty housewives preserved food in
9 conserved damaged destroyed graded
the past.
The ways we spend our leisure time
10. have changed. extra time spare time busy time precious time
11 Superstitions are being overcome. enjoyed hated controlled noted
12 Ideas must now be supported by facts. calculated derived ignored favoured
We are less likely to accept the
13 argument end statement response
conclusion as final.
Sewage from all the segments of the city is
14 carried through a pipe to a disposal houses localities sections roads
plant.
Sanitary conditions were worse two
15 hundred years ago. ecological natural hygienic ordinary

We can explain every happening which

16 straight plain unaccepted unexplained
used to be strange and mysterious.
The person how lived for more than thirty
17 lucky healthy unlucky forbidden
five years was indeed fortunate.
We can explain every happening which
18 occurrence plan fashion relations
used to be strange and mysterious.
Sewage from all the segments of the city is
19 carried through a pipe to a disposal houses localities sections roads
plant.
Lives are greatly influenced by such
20 prolonged supported affected cleared
signs.

Answer key (English II Using the Scientific Method)

1-C 2-D 3-A 4-B 5-C 6-D 7-D 8-A 9-A 10-B
11-C 12-D 13-B 14-C 15-C 16-D 17-A 18-A 19-C 20-C

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Important Synonyms

Statements A B C D
A Choose the correct option for the underlined word. (8)
Many boys have native ability to make
1 inherent learnt poor comparable
good.
Many boys are cast entirely on their
2 foolishly hopefully dramatically completely
own resources.
He asserted that God put those tonsils
3 in his son’s throat for some good insisted affirmed told hoped
purpose.
4 The boy must cultivate a poise that composure skyscraper habit curiosity
must smother the fidget.
5 Nervous habits are not easy to uproot. get rid of nurture appreciated rejected
And inevitably it an important reason of
6 failure. interestingly doubtfully unavoidably critically

7 Some lazy bluffers drift into college. break into walk go aimlessly play games
The boy must cultivate a poise that must fiddle watch reward problem
8
smother the fidget.

Important Synonyms

Statements A B C D
A Choose the correct option for the underlined word. (8)
There was fierce competition in the
1 pleasant severe enjoyable light
school.
Her voice sounded like a summons
2 paradise pleasure fair hell
to damnation.
Friday night was positively rose-
3 surely probably normally initially
coloured.
4 The writer used to lie waiting for the light clear soft gloomy
ominous tread.
5 The anticipation was always worse than
reality. exception corruption expectation removal
The last period on Friday had a happy
6 flavour. dream taste colour wish

7 Sleep again if you feel inclined. disturbed tempted noisy troubled

8 Abruptly Chips flamed up. suddenly slowly quickly silently

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Important Synonyms

Statements A B C D
1 I improvised a sack and stuffed the
found bought managed opened
books into it.
I settled my sack comfortably on my
2 shoulders and strode off the little square stepped out ran off looked to measured
glow.
I fancied he looked suspicious and I
3 thought hoped imagined doubted
trembled slightly.
It was then that all the implications of
4 inferences roots situations complications
my act revealed themselves.
I fervently hoped an air of rumination
5 hopefully passionately slowly unwillingly
and unconcern.
Non-bookish people are reluctant to
6 throw anything that looks like a book. agree unwilling ready unauthorized
I do not know how long I strayed up and
7 down. looked walked wandered stationed
I thought I was shrinking and
8 contemptible coward. disgraceful noble strange dishonest
In all probability, they would think it was
9 a baby. situation liability opportunity likelihood
I was not disturbed as I knew that I could
10. torture custody remand inquiry
bear investigation.

Important Synonyms

Statements A B C D
The acute stage of the disease was
1 intensive quick slow luminous
about to come.
2 The writer’s face was ghastly pale. clearly lovely constantly horribly
3 I idly turned the leaves and began to
eagerly actively poorly lazily
study diseases indolently.
4 Reading the advertisement, I was
guided brought forced engaged
impelled to the conclusion
5 I felt it as a sort of slight. insult injury attack abuse
The diagnosis seems to correspond with symptoms of causes of identification
6 assumption
all the sensations that I have ever felt. disease disease of disease
Gout, in its most malignant stage, had
7 seized me. mild harmful fearful strong
8 I had Bright's disease in a modified form. special altered harmless minute
The only malady I had not got was
9 disease symptom fortune relief
housemaid's knee.
He thought that he was suffering from a
10. soft last chronicle deadly
disease in its most virulent form

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Important Synonyms

Statements A B C D
The manager thought that I was a
1 manager baron spy millionair
detective.
2 So I shambled in and looked timidly
around. ran waddled broken described
3 Reckless with misery, I made a plunge. hasty confident careful confused
4 My voice was sepulchral. shaking confident gay gloomy
The manager looked at me in some
5 anger hope fear frustration
alarm.
I went up to the accountant’s wicket and
6 poked the ball of money at him. handed pushed given hit
I made a wretched attempt to look like a
7 miserable happy ending fair
man with a fearfully quick temper.
become become
8 When I go to a bank I get rattled. become angry enjoyed
greedy nervous
‘Are you going to deposit anymore?’ said
9 astounded relaxed feared annoyed
the clerk, astonished.
So I shambled in and looked timidly
10. around. happily nervously carefully surprisingly

Important Synonyms
Statements A B C D
1 It is Mao’s famous saying, ‘Rely on your
machines tools resources methods
own forces.’
The gigantic Chinese social experiment
2 mysterious huge farmer Mechanical
does not only concern Asia.
The Western countries realized the
3 absurdity of the past oblivision for concern stupidity wilfulness wisdom
having China neglected.
The Chinese girl student does a few domestic
4 stealing robbery theft
chores in the house. work
5 The communes help those who are
disable helpful vigorous dynamic
physically handicapped.
The Chinese regime has maintained
6 progress forbearance intelligence livelihood
minimum subsistence level.
Political control over the masses not only
7 power emigration contribution invasion
stops the exodus from the countryside.
China is growing longer with the
8 mounting awareness of the guild for increasing decreasing valuable important
having her out of UN.
The Western countries realized the
9 absurdity of the past oblivision for talent reality vision forgetting
having China neglected.
China is the fashion around with no
10. uncertain terms. unsure unwanted unseen ordinary

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Statements A B C D
A Choose the correct option for the underlined word. (8)
Nine and a half million
1 prospered agreed died weakened
people perished in a single famine
The Umayyad dynasty was wiped out in
2 rule country city family
the East.
The Turks were infuriated by the
3 occupation of the richest Turkish sleepy angry successful delighted
province.
The legendary lady was sitting like a
4 famous old young new
crumbling doll.
5 Chips wore a tattered grown. silky new precious torn
6 Nor was Mustafa Kamal a lenient master. harsh hard soft strict
Week by week little encounters
7 discussions openings fights meetings
increased.
The tremendous population explosion is
8 taking place. rapid huge dangerous flowing

Important Synonyms

Statements A B C D
Lister's aim was the prevention of
1 stopping treatment spread study
disease.
It was not just modesty that made him
2 proud simplicity Humility weakness
say this
3 At twenty, Fleming received a share in
legacy. property Inheritance capital wealth

4 There was no solution- and the problem

very strange very great real old
was tremendous.
5 Instead of chemicals heat was used to make germ-
sterilize instruments. free polish wash dry
Presumably, the spore of the mould was
6 knowingly early rarely probably
blown in through the window.
And regretfully Fleming turned to other
7 things. repentantly hopefully carefully instantly
The discovery of penicillin stimulated
8 new research to find something better. started excited inhibited empowered
Fleming protested that such gratitude
9 was not due to him. complaint praise gratefulness honour
Fleming always insisted that he
10. persisted explained accepted rejected
discovered penicillin by chance.

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13. Louis Pasteur

Important Synonyms

Statements A B C D
A Choose the correct option for the underlined word. (8)
1 High explosives were used extensively. generally usually freely slowly
Injecting carbolic acid was abandoned
2 given up adopted practiced prevailed
soon.
The epidemic was devastating the silk
3 progressing encouraging growing destroying
industry.
Pasteur abolished these superstitions
4 favored created eliminated changed
forever.
5 Lister was medical peer of Pasteur. fellow foe enemy teacher
6 He got prize for his fidelity. bravery loyalty interest responsibility
7 In practice, there was an obstacle. point problem hurdle stage
Pasteur abolished these superstitions
8 forever. matters dreams ideas false beliefs

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