English for Bank Exam : Synonyms Exercise – 1

Directions: Each of the following questions containing main word in capital letters followed by four words. Select the word that is most similar in meaning to the main word in capital letters.

 

1.    PROPITIOUS
(a)    favourable
(b) clean
(c) nearby
(d) patriotic

2.    RECTITUDE
(a)    Duplication
(b) Intergrity
(c)    Rectification
(d) Recovery

3.    INCONGRUOUS
(a)    Inconceivable
(b) Inevitable
(c)    Inconsistent
(d) Incontrovertible

4.    SLIPSHOD
(a)    Vulgar
(b) Careless
(c)    Common place
(d) Retaliatory

5.    MASQUERADE
(a)    to provide support
(b) to be in disguise
(c) to mesmerise
(d) marathon race

6.    PARSIMONIOUS
(a)    Thrifty
(b) Cunning
(c)    Extravagant
(d) Upright

7.    CONUNDRUM
(a)    Riddle
(b) Dampness
(c)    Impudence
(d) Servility

8.    GRUFF
(a)    Rough
(b) Hard
(c)    Tough
(d) Cheerless

9.    FLUTTER
(a)    Soar
(b) Agitate
(c)    Change
(d) Float

10.    DECREPITUDE
(a)    Disease
(b) Coolness
(c)    Crowd
(d) Feebleness

11.    SUPERANNUATED
(a)    Experienced
(b) Accepted
(c)    Retired
(d) Senile

12.    DECIMATED
(a)    Denounced
(b) Destroyed
(c)    Successful

(d) Depressed

13.    VICARIOUS

(a)    Ambitious
(b) Not experienced personally

(c) Nostalgic
(d) Vindictive

14.    BROWBEAT
(a)    To bully
(b) To chase
(c)    To give a hint
(d) To revive

15.    EXTOL
(a)    Steal
(b) Praise
(c)    Exterior
d) Excess

16.    CONTRAPTION
(a)    Device
(b) Valley
(c) Forest
(d) Window

17.    DECAMP
(a)    Move
(b) Emcamp
(c)    Flee
(d) Hide

18.    FETID
(a)    Comical
(b) Ornament
(c)    Stinking
(d) Regular

19.    IMPOST
(a)    Fertilizer
(b) Coarse
(c)    Dispatch
(d) Tax

20.    INDICTMENT
(a)    Arraignment
(b) Entrapment
(c)    Indoctrination
(d) Inducement

21.    ABSTEMIOUS
(a)    Resistant
(b) Temperate
(c)    Superstitious
(d) Careful

22.    PROBITY
(a)    Courtesy
(b) Promptness
(c)    Efficiency
(d) Uprightness

23.    GARISH
(a)    Beautifully decorated
(b) Boldly arranged
(c)    Unpleasantly gaudy
(d) Carefully prepared

24.    MENIAL
(a)    Unskilled
(b) Tall
(c)    Affluent
(d) Sick

25.AUDACITY
(a)    Strength
(b) Boldness
(c)    Asperity
(d) Fear

Answers

1(a),     2(b),     3(c),     4(b),     5(b), 6(a),     7(a),     8(a),     9(d),     10(b),     11(c),     12(b),     13(d),     14(a),     15(b),     16(a),   17(c),     18(c),     19(d),     20(a),     21(b),     22(d),     23(c),     24(a),     25(b)

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