- FURLOUGH
(a) Soldiers holiday
(b) Wild growth
(c) Wooden plough
(d) Till
Answer: (a) Furlough means leave or absence.
- PUNCTILIOUS
(a) Prude
(b) Wasteful
(c) Meticulous
(d) Timid
Answer: (c) Punctilious means very careful about details, meticulous also means the same, prude is a person who has an exaggerated sense of propriety and gets shocked easily. Timid is a person who is shy, fearful.
- ENCOMIUM
(a) Verve
(b) Eulogy
(c) Doggerel
(d) Force
Answer: (b) Encomium is formal praise and eulogy is a piece of spoken or written praise, verve is enthusiasm or vigour, doggerel is bad verse.
- INVIDIOUS
(a) Irritable
(b) Harsh
(c) Sinful
(d) Unpopular
Answer: (a) Invidious means improper, this may cause irritation or anger.
- LACHRYMOSE
(a) Terse
(b) Mournful
(c) Indecent
(d) Lecherous
Answer: (b) Lachrymose is tearful, mournful will also be tearful, terse is brief, lecherous is someone extremely interested in sex.
- Apprise
(a) Praise
(b) Inform
(c) Conceal
(d) Assess
Answer: (b) Inform
- Periodic
(a) Infrequent
(b) Continuous
(c) Occasional
(d) Regular
Answer: (d) Regular
- Gruesome
(a) Sullen
(b) Hideous
(c) Exhausting
(d) Insulting
Answer: (b) Hideous
- Wily
(a) Angry
(b) Wise
(c) Stupid
(d) Cunning
Answer: (d) ‘Wily’ means ‘cunning’ which also means skillful or clever.
- Temerity
(a) Paucity
(b) Verity
(c) Audacity
(d) Simplicity
Answer: (c) ‘Audacity’ best expresses the meaning of ‘temerity’ which also means ‘arrogance’
- Persevere
(a) Fickle
(b) Persist
(c) Constant
(d) Polite
Answer: (b) Persevere means continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success. Persist means continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
- Petition
(a) Rotation
(b) Administration
(c) Appeal
(d) Vocation
Answer: (c), Petition means a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.
- Proposition
(a) Intimation
(b) Protestation
(c) Proposal
(d) Invitation
Answer: (c), Proposition means a plan or scheme proposed.
- Vivacious
(a) Imaginary
(b) Lively
(c) Perceptible
(d) Languid
Answer: (b), Vivacious means attractively lively and animated.
- Sporadic
(a) Timely
(b) Scattered
(c) Frequent
(d) Irrelevant
Answer: (b), sporadic means occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.
- Indiscriminate
(a) undifferentiated
(b) instant
(c) sensible
(d) discreet
Answer: (b) The meaning of Indiscriminate (adj.) : random, chaotic “Instant” word best expresses the meaning of given word.
- Literal
(a) verbatim
(b) formal
(c) idealistic
(d) outdated
Answer: (a) The meaning of Literal (adj.) word for word, exact, real. “Verbatim” word best expresses the meaning of given word.
- Intricate
(a) puzzling
(b) illusive
(c) complicated
(d) assertive
Answer: (c) The meaning of Intricate (adj.) : complicated, elaborate. “Complicated” word best expresses the meaning of given word.
- Expeditiously
(a) rudely
(b) gently
(c) meekly
(d) quickly
Answer: (d) The meaning of Expeditiously (adverb) : actively, intently. “Quickly” word best expresses the meaning of given word.
- Idiosyncrasies
(a) demands
(b) needs
(c) ideologies
(d) eccentricities
Answer: (d) The meaning of idiosyncrasies (noun) : oddity, way of doing something “Eccentricities” word best expresses the meaning of given word.