Synonyms Exercises with Answers
DIRECTIONS : In the following questions, each word in capital letters is followed by four words or phrases. Choose the one which is similar in meaning to the word given in the, capital letters.
- ACCOUTREMENTS
(a) Relatives
(b) Companions
(c) Blemishes
(d) Belongings
Answer: (b) Accoutrements means additional requirements for a dress, blemishes are spots so can’t be the synonym, belongings refer to objects one owns and this too cannot be the answer. Of relatives and companions the latter will be the correct choice because relatives implies intrinsic relations while companions are only additional people with you.
- APOLITICAL
(a) Antipolitical
(b) Terrorist
(c) Not interested in politics
(d) Subversive
Answer: (c) ‘A’ when added as a prefix does not imply anti but an indifference or apathy e.g. ‘amoral’ and ‘immoral’ immoral means not moral while amoral is only someone who does not care about morals.
- AZURE
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Brown
(d) Round and big
Answer: (a) Azure means blue.
- BONHOMIE
(a) Friendliness
(b) Wrath
(c) Very
(d) Greed
Answer: (a) Bonhomie means cheerful, friendly, while wrath means extreme anger.
- CANDOUR
(a) Enthusiasm
(b) Openness
(c) Freedom
(d) Intimacy
Answer: (b) Candour means frankness, Enthusiasm is excitement and Intimate is closeness or nearness.
- FLUCTUATION
(a) Increase
(b) Change
(c) Stability
(d) Decrease
Answer: (b) Fluctuation refers to a change, it may be an increase or conversely a decrease
- BASHFUL
(a) Haughty
(b) Discreet
(c) Shy
(d) Upset
Answer: (c) Bashful means a shy person, haughty is very proud and snobbish, discreet is someone who is cautions and prudent, not showy.
- TRIVIAL
(a) Significant
(b) Momentous
(c) Unimportant
(d) Critical
Answer: (c) Trivial means insignificant or unimportant, momentous means for/of the moment, critical is someone who looks for faults.
- RIVALRY
(a) Competition
(b) Cooperation
(c) Compromise
(d) Campaign
Answer: (a) Rivalry means competition, campaign is an organised course of action.
- COLLAPSE
(a) Rise
(b) Failure
(c) Rebirth
(d) Debt
Answer: (b) Collapse means to fall down or lose strength, of the given options the nearest to its meaning is failure.
- OMINOUS
(a) Threatening
(b) Powerful
(c) Ubiquitous
(d) Burdensome
Answer: (a) Ominous is a sign of something bad in future, a foreboding, threat is a warning for future, ubiquitous is something that is found everywhere, burdensome is thing that appears like a burden to the owner.
- PROCRASTINATE
(a) Multiply
(b) Irregular
(c) Postpone
(d) Predict
Answer: (c) Procrastinate is to delay and so is postpone, predict is to guess something about future.
- HIATUS
(a) Atrocious
(b) Gap
(c) Dominance
(d) Obscure
Answer: (b) Hiatus is a break or a gap in a process, atrocious is bad and crude, while dominance is extreme and forceful influence. Obscure is anything not clear.
- FOMENT
(a) Vex
(b) Waste
(c) Renounce
(d) Instigate
Answer: (d) Foment is to stir up, and instigate means to initiate or incite which is very similar to stir up or provoke, renounce is to give up and vex is annoyed.
- VAGARY
(a) Caprice
(b) Emptiness
(c) Enthusiasm
(d) Truthfulness
Answer: (a) Vagary is a capricious idea, enthusiasm is excitement, caprice means whim or sudden fancy.
- MACABRE
(a) Innocent
(b) Tarried
(c) Gruesome
(d) Pleasing
Answer: (c) Macabre means gruesome or horrible, Tarried is delayed.
- DENOUEMENT
(a) Outcome
(b) Eschew
(c) Action
(d) Character
Answer: (a) Denouement is the final part of a drama or a story, i.e. the outcome, eschew is to avoid doing something bad.
- MANACLE
(a) Fetter
(b) Ornament
(c) Spectacles
(d) Order
Answer: (a) Manacle is a chain or something used to bind, fetters are also chains, ornaments are piece of jewelry.
- FEIGN
(a) Hesitate
(b) Pretend
(c) Deserve
(d) Attend
Answer: (b) Feign is to pretend or act something that one is not, hesitate is reluctant.
- ASSAY
(a) Attack
(b) Accept
(c) Case
(d) Evaluate
Answer: (d) Assay is to evaluate something for its quality.