Vocab Test - 2

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1. TRUNCATE
(A) divide equally  (B) end swiftly  (C) cut off  (D) act cruelly  (E) cancel

Correct Option : C. Truncate is cutting off. Swiftly is suddenly.

2. OSCILLATE
(A) confuse  (B) kiss  (C) turn  (D) vibrate  (E) whirl

Correct Option : D. Whirl is moving quickly in circles.

3. INOCULATE 
(A) make harmless   (B) infect   (C) cure   (D) overcome   (E) darken

Correct Option : B. Inoculating means giving a mild form of disease to an animal to protect it from disease.

4. PERUSAL 
(A) approval  (B) estimate   (C) reading   (D) translation  (E) computation

Correct Option : C. Perusal is studying. Computation is calculateing.

5. QUERULOUS 
(A) peculiar (B) fretful (C) inquisitive (D) shivering (E) annoying

Correct Option : B. Querulous is complaining. Peculier is strange or unpleasant. Fretful is behaving in a way that shows you are unhappy or uncomfortable. Shivering is shaking. Annoying is making someone feel angry

6. AUTONOMY 
(A) tyranny (B) independence (C) plebiscite (D) minority (E) dictatorship

Correct Option : B. Tyranny is dictatorship. Plebiscite is voting by public on an important issue.

7. MACHINATIONS 
(A) inventions (B) ideas (C) mysteries (D) plots (E) alliances

Correct Option : D. Alliances are agreements

8. SCHISM 
(A) government (B) religion (C) division (D) combination (E) coalition

Correct Option : C. Coalitions is a group.

9. PUSILLANIMOUS 
(A) cowardly (B) extraordinary (C) ailing (D) evil-intentioned (E) excitable

Correct Option : A. Ailing is suffering from disease.

10. TERMINOLOGY 
(A) technicality (B) finality (C) formality (D) explanation (E) nomenclature

Correct Option : E. Finality is quality of being final and impossible to change.

 11. STIPEND 
 (A) increment (B) bonus (C) commission (D) gift (E) salary

Correct Option : E

12. LITIGATION
 (A) publication (B) argument (C) endeavor (D) lawsuit (E) ceremony

Correct Option : D. Endeavor is hardwork. Ceremony is religious occassion.

13. FIASCO 
(A) disappointment (B) turning point (C) loss (D) celebration (E) complete failure

Correct Option : E

14. VAGARY 
(A) caprice (B) confusion (C) extravagance (D) loss of memory (E) shiftlessness

Correct Option : A. Vagary or caprice is unexpected behaviour or sudden change of behaviour. Extravagance is spending more than one can afford. . Caprice sl

15. GRAPHIC 
(A) serious (B) concise (C) short (D) detailed (E) vivid

Correct Option : E. Graphic has a secondary meaning. It means very clear and full of details about something unpleasant. Concise is short.

16. CONNOTATION 
(A) implication (B) footnote (C) derivation (D) comment (E) definition

Correct Option : A. Connotation is an idea suggested by a work. for example, Specialist doctor has connotations of skill and expertise. Implication is something that is suggested indirectly. Footnote is something which is not important.

 

17. TORTUOUS 
(A) crooked (B) difficult (C) painful (D) impassable (E) slow

Correct Option : A. Tortuous is not direct. Impassable is something which cannot pass through.

 18. FULMINATING 
(A) throbbing (B) pointed (C) wavelike (D) criticise (E) bubbling

Correct Option : D. Throbbing is a series of regular movements in a body. Bubbling is a small amount of feeling that somebody wants to express.

 19. CIRCUMVENT 
(A) freshen (B) change (C) control (D) harass (E) avoid

Correct Option : E. Circumvent is avoiding something unpleasant.

20. CARTEL 
(A) rationing plan (B) world government (C) industrial pool (D) skilled craft (E) instrument of credit

Correct Option : C. Cartal is a group of businessmen who tries to control the prices of goods and services.

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