Explanatory notes for VAHO3532008

Q.1 to 10: Please refer the key 28. 'Sophistry' is a fallacious argument; casuistry.
Choice (A)
Explanatory Notes for questions 11 to 15:
29. Striate is to mark, stripe. Choice (D)
11. terminal . . . terminus . . . terminates . . . interminable
30. Tortuous (adj) means full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting,
12. theology . . . atheist . . . theist . . . agnostic . . . apostate, winding, or crooked, not direct or straightforward, as in
neophyte . . . proselytized, iconoclast . . heretic procedure or speech; intricate; circuitous
Choice (B)
13. testament . . . tome . . . testifies . . . protestation . . . epitome . .
. testimony 31. Truculence (adj) is the quality of being defiantly aggressive,
belligerent or combative. Choice (D)
14. Credence…..machiavellian Choice (C)
32. Sporadic means appearing or happening at irregular
15. stupor . . . torpedoed . . . consternation . . . torpedoes . . . intervals in time; occasional. Choice (D)
sodden . . . torpidity . . . wriggle . . slumber . . . trench
33. To forestall is to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in
Explanatory Notes for questions 16 to 25: advance. Choice (B)

16. ‘Abbreviate’ is the correct spelling. Choice (B) Explanatory Notes for questions 34 to 37:

17. The correct spelling is ‘aggravate’. Choice (C) 34. Tyro is a beginner, a novice Choice (C)

18. The given word is correctly spelt, hence choice (D) 35. Symbiotic means mutually useful. Internecine means
Choice (D) mutually harmful. Choice (D)

19. ‘Buoyant’ is the correct spelling. Choice (A) 36. Turpitude is vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
Choice (C)
20. The correct spelling is ‘celebrity’. Choice (B)
37. Sinewy means tough, vigorous or forceful.
21. The given word requires no correction. Choice (D) Choice (A)

22. ‘Deceitful’ is how the word is spelt. Choice (C) Explanatory Notes for questions 38 to 40:

23. The correct spelling is ‘especially’.
24. ‘Feminine’ is the correct spelling.
25. The correct spelling is ‘grievous’.
Explanatory Notes for questions 26 to 33:
26. 'Tautology' is saying of the same thing twice over in
different words. Choice (D)
27. 'Taciturn' is reserved or uncommunicative. Hence 'reticent'.
Choice (B)
Choice (B) 38. the definition matches the word 'existentialism'. 'Surrealism'
means the principles, ideals, or practice of producing
Choice (A) fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature,
film, or theater by means of unnatural or irrational
Choice (C) juxtapositions and combinations.
Choice (D)
39. Harsh criticism or censure; public disgrace is 'opprobrium'.
Choice (C)
40. The description here matches the word 'filibuster'. Such an
action as described in the question is also referred to by the
same word. Choice (D)

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