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Directions for questions 1 to 15: Select the (a) rebuke (b) upbraid
choice that comes closest in meaning to (c) censure (d) flattery
the word given in the question.
12. diseased
1. renounce (a) puritan (b) paradigm
(a) accept (b) nullify (c) blessed (d) blighted
(c) abdicate (d) mulct
13. blurt
2. abnegation (a) loosen (b) speak out
(a) invite (b) deify (c) blarney (d) mellifluous
(c) inaccurate (d) self-denial
14. support
3. placate (a) lenient (b) arrival
(a) appeal (b) abolish (c) turpitude (d) bolster
(c) testify (d) soothe
15. cunning
4. abstract (a) astute (b) blithe
(a) calm (b) concrete (c) stupid (d) jiffy
(c) tangible (d) theoretical

5. retard Direction for questions 16 to 30: Select

(a) brake (b) slow down the choice that comes closest to the
(c) crazy (d) speed up opposite in meaning to the word given in
the question.
6. actuary
(a) deny (b) disprove 16. routine
(c) approval (d) of statistics (a) normal (b) aberration
(c) actuate (d) abysmal
7. unreasonable
(a) practical (b) untenable 17. hedonist
(c) unimpeachable (d) sanity (a) cardigan (b) puritan
(c) negative (d)spiritual
8. archipelago
(a) arcane (b) archaic 18. truncate
(c) peculiar (d) group of islands (a) pus (b)break
(c)divide (d)join
9. armada
(a) fleet (b) booty 19. abstruse
(c) arroyo (d) paltry (a) complex (b)elysian
(c)profound (d)lucid
10. swollen
(a) trivial (b) gully 20. accessible
(c) turgid (d) punitive (a) free (b) recession
(c) approachable (d) unapproachable
11. blarney

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21. balm (c) density (d)

(a) soothe (b) placate contamination
(c) pacify (d) irritant
32. Macbeth was _________ by his wife to
22. banter commit the murder of Duncan.
(a) joke (b) barrister (a) forced (b) exuited
(c) barricade (d) be serious (c) instigated (d) incited

23. revel 33. He bought new shoes last month but

(a) luxuriate (b) enjoy they are already __________ out.
(c) sunshine (d) be infuriated (a) given (b)gone
(c) knocked (d) worn
24. spur
(a) hinder (b) obtuse 34. Make the most of a bad _________ .
(c) repel (d) bolster (a) bargain (b) job
(c) business (d) work
25. cherubic
(a) drive (b) bestial 35. His __________ for his brother’s son
(c) avoid (d) mob knew no bounds.
(a) reverie (b) melange
26. boorish (c) ill-will (d) malignity
(a) urbane (b) rude
(c) course (d) boring 36. The lovers were meeting each other
secretly but their __________ affair was
27. porous soon known to everyone.
(a) ore (b) dull (a) clandestine (b) candid
(c) boring (d) impregnable (c) unknown (d) covert

28. bravado 37. Inflation can never be brought under

(a) act (b)pretend control when prices continue to _______
(c)fool (d) intrepid .
(a) mount (b) fly
29. stoic (c) ascend (d) soar
(a) perceived (b) bristling
(c) ageing (d) docile 38. They were awaiting official __________
of the news they had heard from a
30. brusque friend.
(a) curt (b) rude (a) ratification (b) confirmation
(c) short (d) pleasant (c) sanction (d)
recommendation
Directions for questions 31 to 40:
Complete the following sentences using 39. They offered a __________ of incentives
the words given in the options: to attract qualified people for the post.
(a) bundle (b) assurance
31. The increasing ___________ of oceanic (c) package (d) gift
water because of dumping of nuclear
waste is posing a serious challenge to 40. Those who have _________ the
the survival of the marine life. transition from villages to cities have
(a) depletion (b) degeneration been able to secure good jobs.
(a) tried (b) arranged

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(c) planned (d) managed 50. A person who regards whole world as
his country
Directions for questions 41-50: Choose (a) patriot (b) nationalist
the option that best describes the given (c) cosmopolitan (d) metropolitan
word.

41. Government by a single person

(a) monarchy (b) autocracy
(b) plutocracy (d) aristocracy

42. A process involving too much officials

formality
(a) nepotism (b) diplomacy
(c) red-tapism (d) bureaucracy

43. Gift left by will

(a) alimony (b) parcimony
(c) legacy (d) property

44. One who is determined to exact full

vengeance for wrongs done to him
(a) vindicator (b) usurper
(c) vindictive (d) virulent

45. Lottery in which an article is assigned

by lot to one of those buying tickets
(a) auction (b) raffle
(c) audit (d) transit

46. A place where public, government or

historical records are kept
(a) coffer (b) pantry
(c) scullery (d) archives

47. Person who is indifferent to both

pleasure and pain
(a) saint (b) ascetic
(c) stoic (d) hermit

48. A person who is against the standards

of ordinary society especially in
dressing
(a) joker (b) hippy
(c) scapegoat (d) butt

49. An assembly of hearers

(a) audience (b) crowd
(c) congregation (d) assemblage

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