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| 801. |
tumid is most similar to |
| A. | swollen |
| B. | fetid |
| C. | aggressive |
| D. | despondent |
| Answer» A. swollen | |
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Explanation: tumid means puffy or swollen |
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| 802. |
jejune is most similar to |
| A. | youthful |
| B. | insipid |
| C. | charming |
| D. | quick |
| Answer» B. insipid | |
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Explanation: jejune means lacking in substance or interest; insipid means lacking in qualities to excite or interest |
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| 803. |
ecumenical is most dissimilar to |
| A. | spiritual |
| B. | humanistic |
| C. | secular |
| D. | parochial |
| Answer» D. parochial | |
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Explanation: ecumenical means of or relating to the whole body of churches, or universal; parochial means of or relating to a parish, or limited in scope or range |
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| 804. |
sinecure is most similar to |
| A. | cakewalk |
| B. | serpentine |
| C. | evil |
| D. | dishonest |
| Answer» A. cakewalk | |
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Explanation: a sinecure is a job for which little or no work is expected; a cakewalk is a one-sided competition |
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| 805. |
castigate is most similar to |
| A. | neuter |
| B. | punish |
| C. | banish |
| D. | celebrate |
| Answer» B. punish | |
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Explanation: to castigate means to subject to severe punishment |
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| 806. |
reconnoiter is most dissimilar to |
| A. | disarm |
| B. | disassemble |
| C. | distance |
| D. | disregard |
| Answer» D. disregard | |
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Explanation: reconnoiter means to gain information or to explore; disregard means to pay no attention to |
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| 807. |
obloquy is most similar to |
| A. | tirade |
| B. | dependence |
| C. | oval |
| D. | circumlocution |
| Answer» A. tirade | |
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Explanation: obloquy means abusive language; tirade means harshly censorious language |
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| 808. |
recondite is most dissimilar to |
| A. | give |
| B. | obscure |
| C. | patent |
| D. | hardy |
| Answer» C. patent | |
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Explanation: recondite means hidden from sight or obscure; patent means readily visible or intelligible |
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| 809. |
querulous is most similar to |
| A. | nauseous |
| B. | fretful |
| C. | curious |
| D. | dizzy |
| Answer» B. fretful | |
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Explanation: querulous means habitually complaining, or fretful |
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| 810. |
beckon is most similar to |
| A. | light |
| B. | beg |
| C. | motion |
| D. | hear |
| Answer» C. motion | |
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Explanation: to beckon means to signal or summon with a wave or a nod; to motion means to gesture |
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| 811. |
earnest is most dissimilar to |
| A. | cheap |
| B. | frivolous |
| C. | release |
| D. | civilized |
| Answer» B. frivolous | |
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Explanation: earnest means grave or serious; frivolous means lacking in seriousness |
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| 812. |
execute is most similar to |
| A. | perform |
| B. | decide |
| C. | wonder |
| D. | dismiss |
| Answer» A. perform | |
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Explanation: one meaning of to execute is to carry out fully; one meaning of to perform is to carry out |
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| 813. |
idiom is most similar to |
| A. | stupidity |
| B. | recipe |
| C. | fastener |
| D. | expression |
| Answer» D. expression | |
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Explanation: an idiom is an expression that is unique either grammatically or in meaning |
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| 814. |
accelerate is most dissimilar to |
| A. | delay |
| B. | risk |
| C. | monitor |
| D. | deny |
| Answer» A. delay | |
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Explanation: to accelerate means to cause to move faster; to delay means to move or act slowly |
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| 815. |
engross is most similar to |
| A. | fatten |
| B. | absorb |
| C. | disgust |
| D. | destroy |
| Answer» B. absorb | |
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Explanation: to engross means to occupy completely; one meaning of to absorb is to engage or engross wholly |
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| 816. |
impervious is most dissimilar to |
| A. | kind |
| B. | disastrous |
| C. | prone |
| D. | perfect |
| Answer» C. prone | |
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Explanation: impervious means to be incapable of being affected or disturbed; prone means having a tendency or inclination, or being likely |
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| 817. |
brood is most similar to |
| A. | wander |
| B. | direction |
| C. | progeny |
| D. | tribe |
| Answer» C. progeny | |
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Explanation: a brood is the young of an animal or a family of young; progeny is the offspring of animals or plants |
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| 818. |
balk is most similar to |
| A. | crow |
| B. | fight |
| C. | distress |
| D. | hamper |
| Answer» D. hamper | |
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Explanation: one meaning of to balk is to check or to stop; to hamper means to impede or restrain |
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| 819. |
conversant is most dissimilar to |
| A. | inexperienced |
| B. | unprepared |
| C. | shy |
| D. | unpretentious |
| Answer» A. inexperienced | |
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Explanation: conversant means having knowledge or experience with, therefore inexperienced is the most dissimilar |
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| 820. |
staunch is most similar to |
| A. | faithful |
| B. | strict |
| C. | biased |
| D. | political |
| Answer» A. faithful | |
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Explanation: staunch means steadfast in loyalty or principle, or faithful |
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| 821. |
unctuous is most dissimilar to |
| A. | pliant |
| B. | cruel |
| C. | sincere |
| D. | rubbery |
| Answer» C. sincere | |
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Explanation: unctuous means marked by a smug or false earnestness, or insincere, therefore sincere is the most dissimilar |
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| 822. |
hubris is most similar to |
| A. | earth |
| B. | pride |
| C. | humility |
| D. | sorrow |
| Answer» B. pride | |
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Explanation: hubris means exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
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| 823. |
bemuse is most dissimilar to |
| A. | depress |
| B. | inspire |
| C. | clarify |
| D. | desire |
| Answer» C. clarify | |
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Explanation: to bemuse means to make confused, or to bewilder; to clarify means to make free from confusion |
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| 824. |
contrite is most similar to |
| A. | brief |
| B. | malicious |
| C. | banal |
| D. | rueful |
| Answer» D. rueful | |
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Explanation: contrite means penitent for sin or failing; rueful means regretful |
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| 825. |
beset is most similar to |
| A. | hector |
| B. | decorate |
| C. | establish |
| D. | suspect |
| Answer» A. hector | |
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Explanation: to beset means to trouble or harass; to hector means to intimidate or harass |
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| 826. |
penurious is most dissimilar to |
| A. | generous |
| B. | lenient |
| C. | injurious |
| D. | relaxed |
| Answer» A. generous | |
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Explanation: penurious means given to extreme stinginess or frugality, which is the opposite of generous |
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| 827. |
perfidy is most similar to |
| A. | incompleteness |
| B. | ideal |
| C. | betrayal |
| D. | braggart |
| Answer» C. betrayal | |
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Explanation: perfidy means an act of disloyalty, or betrayal |
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| 828. |
ascription is most similar to |
| A. | account |
| B. | attribution |
| C. | cure |
| D. | description |
| Answer» B. attribution | |
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Explanation: ascription means the act of referring to a supposed cause, source, or author; attribution means the act of explaining by indicating a cause, or the act of ascribing a work to a particular author or artist |
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| 829. |
fustigate is most dissimilar to |
| A. | inveigle |
| B. | investigate |
| C. | explain |
| D. | praise |
| Answer» D. praise | |
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Explanation: to fustigate means to criticize severely, which is the opposite of to praise |
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| 830. |
The fire ……………..the huts before the fire brigade came. |
| A. | had burnt |
| B. | will burn |
| C. | has burnt |
| D. | bums |
| Answer» A. had burnt | |
| 831. |
I have ………………..my work. |
| A. | do |
| B. | does |
| C. | will do |
| D. | done |
| Answer» D. done | |
| 832. |
Don't make a noise, she ……………. |
| A. | sleep |
| B. | will sleep |
| C. | is sleeping |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. is sleeping | |
| 833. |
Will you go ……………..a movie ? |
| A. | to see |
| B. | seen |
| C. | to seeing |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. to see | |
| 834. |
They …………..to Shimla last year. |
| A. | will go |
| B. | have gone |
| C. | will have gone |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. will have gone | |
| 835. |
He has been …………. the plants for two hours. |
| A. | watering |
| B. | watered |
| C. | waters |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. watering | |
| 836. |
He always ………….. up at 5 a.m. |
| A. | gets |
| B. | will get |
| C. | is getting up |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. gets | |
| 837. |
Since then a new housing estate………… built and it has become very noisy. |
| A. | has been |
| B. | was |
| C. | had |
| D. | is |
| Answer» A. has been | |
| 838. |
I hope they……….. this road by the time we come back next summer. |
| A. | shall have repaired |
| B. | will have repaired |
| C. | would repair |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. will have repaired | |
| 839. |
I have already ………..the Red Fort. |
| A. | saw |
| B. | seen |
| C. | seeing |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. seen | |
| 840. |
In a few years we all …………. in the houses heated by solar energy. |
| A. | will live |
| B. | shall be living |
| C. | lived |
| D. | shall have been living |
| Answer» B. shall be living | |
| 841. |
I met Mohan when he………….. to the post office. |
| A. | is going |
| B. | has gone |
| C. | was going |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. was going | |
| 842. |
He………… us to go out in the boat yesterday. |
| A. | does not allow |
| B. | allows |
| C. | did not allow |
| D. | has not allowed |
| Answer» C. did not allow | |
| 843. |
When I saw him he…………. a portrait. |
| A. | is painting |
| B. | painted |
| C. | was painting |
| D. | had painting |
| Answer» C. was painting | |
| 844. |
The thief will have run away before the police………….. |
| A. | comes |
| B. | had come |
| C. | came |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. comes | |
| 845. |
If they………… that picture lower, people would be able to see it. |
| A. | hanged |
| B. | hang |
| C. | hung |
| D. | will hung |
| Answer» C. hung | |
| 846. |
This pen………… me Rs. 10. |
| A. | costed |
| B. | costs |
| C. | cost |
| D. | will cost |
| Answer» C. cost | |
| 847. |
My brother will visit Delhi when he…………… free. |
| A. | was free |
| B. | be |
| C. | is |
| D. | will have been |
| Answer» C. is | |
| 848. |
If it rains the match…………. cancelled. |
| A. | be |
| B. | will be |
| C. | will |
| D. | will have been |
| Answer» B. will be | |
| 849. |
Unless I have a quiet room I…………. successful. |
| A. | would not be |
| B. | shall not be |
| C. | have not been |
| D. | had not been |
| Answer» B. shall not be | |
| 850. |
The labourers are ……… the tree. |
| A. | cut |
| B. | cutted |
| C. | cutting |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. cutting | |
| 851. |
I could get a job easily if …………. a degree. |
| A. | has |
| B. | had |
| C. | will have |
| D. | have |
| Answer» B. had | |
| 852. |
The hens ………….. into the house if you had shut the door. |
| A. | would not have got |
| B. | did not get |
| C. | does not get |
| D. | not got |
| Answer» A. would not have got | |
| 853. |
Last week the boys a …………magic show. |
| A. | will see |
| B. | saw |
| C. | have seen |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. saw | |
| 854. |
What…………. if you press this button? |
| A. | happens |
| B. | happened |
| C. | will happen |
| D. | have happened |
| Answer» C. will happen | |
| 855. |
If the milkman …………. tell him to leave two liters. |
| A. | comes |
| B. | came |
| C. | has come |
| D. | come |
| Answer» A. comes | |
| 856. |
You should ………… exercise daily. |
| A. | took |
| B. | have taken |
| C. | take |
| D. | taking |
| Answer» C. take | |
| 857. |
To his horror, he found that he………… for nearly 24 hours. |
| A. | sleeps |
| B. | slept |
| C. | was sleeping |
| D. | had slept |
| Answer» D. had slept | |
| 858. |
A temple………… in the middle of the village. |
| A. | situates |
| B. | is situated |
| C. | is situating |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. is situated | |
| 859. |
A black cow that ……….. in the field for some time did not return home in the evening. |
| A. | grazes |
| B. | was grazing |
| C. | had been grazing |
| D. | grazed |
| Answer» C. had been grazing | |
| 860. |
When I ……………out the sun was shining brightly. |
| A. | sets |
| B. | is setting |
| C. | set |
| D. | setted |
| Answer» C. set | |
| 861. |
I know all about that film because I ………….. it twice. |
| A. | saw |
| B. | have seen |
| C. | had seen |
| D. | have been seen |
| Answer» B. have seen | |
| 862. |
In the last elections, Sonia Gandhi ……………. by a big margin. |
| A. | was won |
| B. | is winning |
| C. | will win |
| D. | won |
| Answer» D. won | |
| 863. |
The train ………….. before we reached the station. |
| A. | left |
| B. | has left |
| C. | had left |
| D. | would have left |
| Answer» C. had left | |
| 864. |
He risked ………… out in the rain. |
| A. | to go |
| B. | going |
| C. | will go |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. going | |
| 865. |
The bus………. before we reached the bus stand. |
| A. | left |
| B. | has left |
| C. | had left |
| D. | will have left |
| Answer» C. had left | |
| 866. |
The patient …………. before the doctor came. |
| A. | dies |
| B. | was dying |
| C. | had been dying |
| D. | had died |
| Answer» D. had died | |
| 867. |
When I pay him tomorrow, he........... everything. |
| A. | has received |
| B. | has been receiving |
| C. | will have received |
| D. | will have been received |
| Answer» C. will have received | |
| 868. |
Why did you help him when you knew that he…………. you? |
| A. | will cheat |
| B. | is cheating |
| C. | cheated |
| D. | had cheated |
| Answer» D. had cheated | |
| 869. |
I …………. forty on my next birthday. |
| A. | am |
| B. | shall be |
| C. | have been |
| D. | going to be |
| Answer» B. shall be | |
| 870. |
Mohan and Shankar promised …………hard. |
| A. | to work |
| B. | working |
| C. | worked |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. to work | |
| 871. |
Don't disturb me. I ………….my homework. |
| A. | do |
| B. | doing |
| C. | am doing |
| D. | was doing |
| Answer» C. am doing | |
| 872. |
Since when have you been………… here ? |
| A. | stay |
| B. | staying |
| C. | stayed |
| D. | hone |
| Answer» B. staying | |
| 873. |
Can I have some milk before I ………….to bed ? |
| A. | go |
| B. | am going |
| C. | shall go |
| D. | went |
| Answer» A. go | |
| 874. |
The match was so boring that I ……………. it in the middle. |
| A. | leaving |
| B. | left |
| C. | would leave |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. left | |
| 875. |
The earth………….. around the sun. |
| A. | move |
| B. | moves |
| C. | moved |
| D. | is moving |
| Answer» A. move | |
| 876. |
The cattle were…………….. in the field. |
| A. | grazing |
| B. | grazed |
| C. | will grazing |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. grazing | |
| 877. |
When we reached the ground, the match…………….. |
| A. | already started |
| B. | had already started |
| C. | would already started |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. had already started | |
| 878. |
If I had known that you were in the hospital, I ………… you. |
| A. | would have visited |
| B. | would visit |
| C. | visited |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. would have visited | |
| 879. |
When he lived in Shimla, he………….. the Mall once a week. |
| A. | visit |
| B. | visited |
| C. | will visit |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. visited | |
| 880. |
I ………… for the interview since 10 a.m. |
| A. | is waiting |
| B. | has been waiting |
| C. | have been waiting |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. have been waiting | |
| 881. |
Jhanda Singh jumped off the bus while it …………… |
| A. | moved |
| B. | will move |
| C. | was moving |
| D. | is moving |
| Answer» C. was moving | |
| 882. |
The police ………….. four thieves last night. |
| A. | catch |
| B. | caught |
| C. | catching |
| D. | will catch |
| Answer» B. caught | |
| 883. |
I was…………. food when he came in. |
| A. | cooking |
| B. | cook |
| C. | cooked |
| D. | do cook |
| Answer» A. cooking | |
| 884. |
I certainly……………. my colleague if I had been there. |
| A. | helped |
| B. | would have helped |
| C. | can help |
| D. | may help |
| Answer» B. would have helped | |
| 885. |
It …………… since 9 o'clock. |
| A. | rains |
| B. | was raining |
| C. | has been raining |
| D. | will rain |
| Answer» C. has been raining | |
| 886. |
Stars…………… in the sky at night. |
| A. | will twinkle |
| B. | twinkle |
| C. | twinkles |
| D. | have been twinkling |
| Answer» B. twinkle | |
| 887. |
Water……….. on heating. |
| A. | evaporate |
| B. | evaporates |
| C. | evaporated |
| D. | is evaporating |
| Answer» B. evaporates | |
| 888. |
Shantanu ……………. all the chocolates. |
| A. | ate |
| B. | eating |
| C. | eaten |
| D. | have eaten |
| Answer» A. ate | |
| 889. |
Farmers……………. the field. |
| A. | has ploughed |
| B. | ploughing |
| C. | ploughs |
| D. | plough |
| Answer» D. plough | |
| 890. |
If I ………………… you, I would not repeat that mistake. |
| A. | were |
| B. | is |
| C. | had been |
| D. | are |
| Answer» A. were | |
| 891. |
I ………………. this book for last four years. |
| A. | write |
| B. | writing |
| C. | have been writing |
| D. | has writing |
| Answer» C. have been writing | |
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