- These tests are a check for your learning and are meant to serve as tools for assessment.
- The test is designed to check your current vocabulary levels and provide you an assessment of the same.
- Directions for individual questions: In each of these questions, a word is underlined in the given sentence. For the underlined word, four words are listed below. Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
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Question 1 |
Editors are known to be pernickety about grammar.
Spiteful | |
Careless | |
Fussy | |
Ignorant |
Question 1 Explanation:
Pernickety means characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details. This is synonymous to fussy which means showing great attention.
Question 2 |
I rather like the quaint little house at the end of the street.
Old | |
Quiet | |
Haunted | |
Unusualx |
Question 2 Explanation:
Quaint means ‘Very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance’.
Question 3 |
Many of the students at the high school thought the computer club was for nerds.
Dull persons | |
Pranksters | |
Experts | |
Cheaters |
Question 3 Explanation:
In the given context, nerd means experts. Nerd refers to ‘An intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession’.
Question 4 |
The football coach had a sympathetic presence, albeit a commanding one.
Although | |
Furthermore | |
Because | |
Not only |
Question 4 Explanation:
Albeit is a conjunction meaning ‘Even though/although’
Question 5 |
They are carrying out a charade of negotiations with the government.
Series | |
Absurd pretence | |
Charter | |
Spate |
Question 5 Explanation:
Charade means an absurd pretence. As an art form, it refers to ‘A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way’.
Question 6 |
The individual's freedom is circumscribed by his responsibility to others
Limited | |
Entangled | |
Destroyed | |
Eroded |
Question 6 Explanation:
Circumscribed means ‘Subject to limits or subjected to limits’.
Question 7 |
Indians are likely to be parochial.
Generous | |
Narrow-minded | |
Brave | |
Short-sighted |
Question 7 Explanation:
Parochial means ‘narrow-minded’.
Question 8 |
I was discomfited to find the boss in the disco.
Irritated | |
Uncomfortable | |
Embarrassed | |
Displeased |
Question 8 Explanation:
Discomfit means ‘Cause to lose one's composure’. In the given case, the best choice is uncomfortable as it fits in the given context.
Question 9 |
He spent most of his years debunking politicians.
Exposing | |
Cheating | |
Threatening | |
Pacifying |
Question 9 Explanation:
Debunk means ‘The exposure of falseness or pretensions’.
Question 10 |
We arrived safely at the quay and went ashore.
Peninsula | |
Wharf | |
Target | |
Island |
Question 10 Explanation:
Quay and wharf both refer to the platform at the sea-shore where boats park.
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