Synonyms Words Meaning Exercise Number

Exercise-9

Directions: In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

1.RETICENCE

(a) Reserve (b) Hide (c) Frankness (d) Keep

2. CONCEAL

(a) Steal (b) Mend (c) Avoid (d) Solve

3. RECTIFY (I. Tax, 1990)

(a) Connect (b) Ridicule (c) Resolve (d) Strike

4. IMPINGE

(a) Soak (b) Current (c) Argue (d) Final

5. TENTATIVE

(a) Unreliable (b) Blunt (c) Provisional (d) Vague

6. OBTUSE (S.S.C. 1991)

(a) Distant (b) Substitute (c) Excessive (d) Reformer

7. RENEGADE

(a) Rebel (b) Revive (c) Informer (d) Recover

8. RECOLLECT

(a) Remember (b)Revise (c) Memories (d)Recover

9. THRIFT

(a) Wickedness (b) Miserliness (c) Economy (d) Extravagance

10. TEEMING

(a) Encroaching (b) Abounding with (c) Surrounding (d) together

11. STRINGENT (Railways, 1996)

(a) Tense (b) Stringy (c) Strict (d) Causing to shrink

12. PREVENT

(a) Restrict (b) Stop (c) Interrupt (d) Obstruct

13. GORGEOUS

(a) Refined (b) Tasteful (c) Elegant (d) Dazzling

14. HUMBUG

(a) Deceit (b) Desire (c) Craving (d) Illusion

15. IMPROVEMENT

(a) Promotion (b) Advancement (c) Betterment (d) Preference

16. RESTITUTE

(a) Help (b) Avenge (c) Revenge (d) Repair

17. ENTANGLE

(a) Confuse (b) Trap (c) Perplex (d) Submerge

18. RETRIBUTION (C.B.I.1994)

(a) Contempt (b) Revenge (c) Punishment (d) Discount

19. INTRINSIC

(a) Introvert (b) Intricate (c) Complicated (d) Secret

20. APPRAISAL

(a) Estimation (b) Praise (c) Approval (d) Investigation

Answers:-

1.(a) 2. (b)

3. (b) 4. (d)

5. (c) 6. (b)

7. (a) 8. (a)

9. (c) 10.(b)

11.(b) 12. (b)

13. (d) 14. (a)

15. (c) 16. (d)

17. (b) 18. (c)

19. (a) 20. (a)

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