English Vocabulary Quiz For All Competitive Exams

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English Vocabulary Quiz For All Competitive Exams

31 July English Quiz Materials

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Useful for BANK. SSC, UPSC, PSC, WBCS

Q.1 (2) soar

• Increase rapidly. 
• Example: "The price of tickets escalated"

Verb : Escalate:- 3rd person present: escalates; Past tense: escalated; Past participle: escalated; Gerund or Present participle: escalating

Similar: increase rapidly, soar, rocket, shoot up, mount, surge, spiral, grow rapidly, rise rapidly, climb

Opposite: decline, decrease, diminish, drop, fall, halt, lessen, lower, reduce, slow, slump, stop, abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, descend, go down, shorten, shrink, weaken

 

Q.2 (1) mulct

• To pay back; refund; repay.  (to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred)
• Example: "The family received insurance reimbursements"

Similar: 

• payment
• remuneration
• repayment
• restitution
• indemnification
• recompense

Opposite: deny  

• balk
• deceive
• defraud
• fine
• fleece
• forfeit
• penalize
• punish
• rook
• steal
• swindle

Q.3 (3)  
A high rank or position.

the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect.

EX : "The dignity of labour"

Synonyms

self-worth self-respect self-regard pridefulness pride

Antonyms

humility awkwardness gracefulness nonbearing unrelatedness

Q.4 (4)

Definition: a sudden large increase, typically a temporary one. (a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide.)

Example:  Flooding caused by tidal surges,  the firm predicted a 20% surge in sales

Synonyms

inflate heave billow blow up

Antonyms

deflate reserved low tide ebbtide flood tide

Q.5 (1)

the sill of a doorway.

the entrance to a house or building.

Ex.: He stood on the threshold of Sheila's bedroom

Synonyms

offset get-go starting time start commencement first beginning outset showtime kickoff

Antonyms

end middle go off disadvantage refrain

Q.6 (3)

Definition: In a way that is severe or harsh in appearance or outline.

Ex: The scar stood out starkly against his bronzed skin

Synonyms

clear distinct definite defined ordinal

Antonyms

one indistinct noncommittal undefined coy vague unfixed indecisive unclear nebulous

Q.7 (2)

Definition: deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable:

Ex. : Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.

Synonyms

applaudable commendable worthy praiseworthy

Antonyms

unworthy unrighteous evil dishonorable contemptible

Q.8 (4)

Definition:  a group or company, a companion or associate, a group of persons sharing a particular statistical or demographic characteristic, 

Ex.: She has a cohort of admirers,    He got off with probation, but his cohorts got ten years apiece.

Synonyms

company

• companion
• comrade
• disciple
• follower
• accomplice
• adherent
• aide
• ally
• assistant
• associate
• company
• confrere

Antonyms

poor people timid

• enemy
• foe
• opponent
• adversaryantagonist

Q.9 (2)

Definition: a disaster resulting in death.    a death resulting from such an occurrence,  the fate or destiny of a person or thing:

Ex.: Death is the ultimate fatality of all human beings.

Synonyms

deadliness lethality

• accident
• casualty
• disaster
• mortality
• deadliness
• destructiveness
• dying
• inevitability
• lethality
• necrosis
• noxiousness
• virulence

Antonyms

humorless beginning middle    birth

Q.10 (3)

Definition: to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten, to free (oneself) from an engagement, pledge, obligation, etc.

Ex.: He accepted the invitation, but was later forced to disengage himself.

Synonyms

let go withdraw unlock let go of relinquish release

• back off
• detach
• disconnect
• disentangle
• dissociate
• extricate
• liberate
• withdraw
• abstract
• disassociate
• disjoin
• disunite
• divide
• ease
• loose
• loosen
• release
• separate
• unbind
• uncouple
• 
  
• 
  

Antonyms

engage hold confined dependent restrained

• attach
• connect
• couple
• entangle
• join
• link
• collect
• combine
• fasten
• gather
• hold
• keep
• maintain
• unite
• bind
• engage

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