English Vocabulary Quiz For All Competitive Exams

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English Vocabulary Quiz For All Competitive Exams

05 August English Quiz Materials

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Useful for BANK. SSC, UPSC, PSC, WBCS

Q.1. Answer : (2)

noun

an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.

Engineering, Building Trades. a shore having a jackscrew in its foot for adjusting the length or for bearing more firmly against the structure to be sustained.

Synonyms

manage goose handle wield

• drain
• draw
• inject
• pour
• push
• send
• siphon
• supply
• tap
• dilate
• distend
• draft
• drive
• elevate
• empty
• force
• inflate
• swell
• bail out
• blow up
• draw off
• drive out
• force out

Antonyms

lie down go to bed turn in disorganize disorganise

• compress
• contract
• deflate
• lessen
• shrink
• answer
• reply

Q.2. Answer : (3)

adjective

sickly; unwell.

unsound or troubled:a financially ailing corporation

Synonyms

under the weather peaked sick poorly indisposed ill unwell seedy sickly

Antonyms

well pointless healthy fit keep down

Q.3. Answer : (1)

noun

a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason:a mere assertion; an unwarranted assertion.

an act of asserting.

Synonyms

contention ipsedixitism asseveration charge declaration averment disaffirmation testimony accusation affirmation claim denial ipse dixit avowal avouchment

Antonyms

cooperation linger absolve calm overcharge

Q.4. Answer : (4)

noun

an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification:consolidation of companies.

solidification; strengthening:consolidation of principles and beliefs.

something that is or has been consolidated; a consolidated whole.

Law.

1. a statutory combination of two or more corporations.
2. the union of two or more claims or actions at law for trial or appeal.

(initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and no rear truck.

Pathology. the process of becoming solid, as changing of lung tissue from aerated and elastic to firm in certain diseases.

Synonyms

combine combining

• merger
• strengthening
• unification
• alliance
• amalgamation
• association
• coalition
• compression
• concentration
• condensation
• federation
• fusion
• incorporation
• merging
• reinforcement
• solidification
• coadunation
• melding
• mergence

Antonyms

segregation disintegrate take away

• division
• separation
• antagonism
• disassociation
• disunion
• dispersal
• parting
• severance
• weakening

Q.5. Answer : (1)

noun

a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes.

anything having a similar form or use.

the fixed jaw in certain measuring instruments.

Also called anvil cloud, anvil top .Meteorology.

a musical percussion instrument having steel bars that are struck with a wooden or metal beater.

Synonyms

block smithy forge

• farrier
• horseshoer
• plover
• smithy
• shoer

Antonyms

free unclog natural object unstuff

Q.6. Answer : (2)

adjective

shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.

very conspicuous or obvious; flagrant:several glaring errors in spelling.

staring in a fiercely or angrily piercing manner.

excessively showy or bright; garish.

Synonyms

fulgent blazing glary bright blinding dazzling

Antonyms

dull concealed unpolished colorless inauspicious

Q.7. Answer : (2)

adjective, drab·ber, drab·best.

dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.

having the color drab.

noun

dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.

any of several fabrics of this color, especially of thick wool or cotton.

Synonyms

dull dreary  

• bleak
• desolate
• dingy
• dismal
• dreary
• gray
• lackluster
• muddy
• run-down
• shabby
• somber
• blah
• boring
• brown
• dry
• flat
• same
• zero
• arid
• characterless
• cheerless
• dull as dishwater
• faded
• gloomy
• grungy
• lusterless
• murky
• subfuse
• unchanging
• uninspired
• vapid

Antonyms

lively southern placable

• bright
• cheerful
• clean
• clear
• good
• happy
• light
• nice
• pleasant
• exciting
• interesting
• colorful
• inspired

Q.8. Answer : (4)

verb (used with or without object)

to unload.

Digital Technology. to transfer (data) from a computer or other digital device to another digital device:Fill the camera's memory card, then offload your photos to your PC.

Synonyms

empty unload unladetransfer

Antonyms

fill emptiness full arrivemeaningful

 thirsty

Q.9. Answer : (2)

noun

a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie.

anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent excessive pressure or chafing.

something to absorb or counteract a shock, jar, or jolt, as a body of air or steam.

something that lessens the effects of hardship, distress, or the like:His inheritance was a cushion against unemployment.

Synonyms

modify buffer soften

Antonyms

discharge depersonalize quieten tire

Q.10. Answer : (3)

noun

a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.

a post to which a person is bound for execution, usually by burning.

the stake, the punishment of death by burning:Joan of Arc was sentenced to the stake.

Synonyms

controlling interest security interest grubstake undivided right reversion share equity interest percentage part right terminable interest insurable interest undivided interest fee portion vested interest

Antonyms

interesting inside outside end misconception

• whole

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