Exercises relating to Vocabulary - Word Meanings
(Based on latest changed style used in Competition Exams.)
Choose the correct Meaning of the phrase/clause in bold and underlined.
Exercise No.
One
1. The boss served him with a mild but firm warning for his misbehaviour in the meeting.
1. thrashed 2. denounced 3. piqued 4. admonished
2. A dispute arose and it created angry and bitter feelings between them.
1. adhesion 2. congruity 3. acrimony 4. contradiction
3. A fault developed in the computer and the information stored in it got wiped out.
1. sabotaged 2. obliterated 3. elevated 4. reiterated
4. It is such an issue people would like to argue even fight about it for hours together,
1. conventional 2. commendable 3. contentious 4. convincing
5. The demonstrators went out of control with anger and destroyed property.
1. berserk 2. redundant 3. laudatory 4. fervent
6. It was very difficult for me to understand his unrealistic and impracticable plans.
1. prominent 2. flagrant 3. Quixotic 4. drastic
7. From a humble beginning he soon grew into a prominent business magnate.
1. professional 2, tycoon 3. notorious 4. versatile
8. The leadership remained upset and bothered throughout those days.
1. fazed 2. dreaded 3. convicted 4. committed
9. His exuberance withered and he grew ill-tempered and gloomy in his old age.
1. demented 2. quagmire 3. agile 4. sullen
10. He gave an indirect reference to impose new taxes in his speech.
1. indication 2. allusion 3. argument 4. direction
(ANSWERS : 1.(4) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4.(3) 5. (1) 6.(3) 7. (2) 8.(1) 9. (4) 10. (2)
Choose the correct Meaning of the phrase/clause in bold and underlined.
Exercise No.
Two
1. The authorities have decided to refill the market with sufficient quantity of sugar to meet with its increased consumption during ensuing festival season.
1. accumulate 2. accredit 3. recoup 4. replenish
2. The government is making strenuous efforts to enliven and invigorate the sagging economy.
1.expedite 2.satiate 3.perpetrate 4. stimulate
3.His father repeatedly imparted him with instructions instilling a sense of responsibility in him.
1. Integrated 2. Contemplated 3. inculcated 4. inebriated
4. Immediately a dinner party without any prior preparation was arranged in his honour by us.
1. ab initio 2. impromptu 3. impetuously 4. inevitably
5. Malicious statements by various leaders have maligned and corrupted the whole political atmosphere.
1. vitiated 2. depleted 3. corrugated 4. collided
6. In the absence of sufficient evidences against him the court has decided to declare him not guilty of criminal charges.
1.expatriate 2. exonerate 3. discharge 4.deprive
7. Before making any agreement with the company he examined carefully all the aspects of it .
1. circumspect 2.circumvent 3. introspect 4. retrospect
8. People could hardly make out anything of the puzzling and unclear statement he issued in the press.
1. sarcastic 2.scathing 3. enigmatic 4.critical
9. His explanations why he was late to dinner last night could not bring down his parents' anger.
1.digress 2.deviate 3.divulge 4. mitigate
10.The project though in its beginning stage is slowly but steadily making progress.
1. diminutive 2. nascent 3.regressive 4. morbid
(ANSWERS : 1.(4) 2.(4) 3.(3) 4.(2) 5.(1) 6.(2) 7 (1) 8(3) 9.(4) 10.(2) )
Choose the correct Meaning of the phrase/clause/word in bold and underlined.
Exercise No.
Three
1. In United Kingdom, as more and more immigrants grow richer and have higher-income, they drift from the labour party of the country.
1. influential 2. reticient 3. proficient 4. affluent
2. As I found her telling lies many a time, my trust in her has grown lesser.
1. degraded 2. submerged 3. eroded 4. inclined
3. The viewers get a very distorted and inaccurate information about goods and commodities through advertisements displayed on television.
1. subdued 2, skewed 3. exaggerated 4. superfluous
4. The President inducted a team of inquisitive and innovative personnel into his advisory council.
1. inspiring 2, inquiring 3. toiling 4. striving
5. Politicians who squabble over rover water issues pay scant attention to the quality of water people drink.
1. bicker 2. flicker 3.fritter 4. squander
6. Education about security risks online is abysmally sparse especially in small towns and villages.
1. specifically 2. terribly 3. critically 4. expressly
7. Britain's exit from the European Union risks Europe further dividing into different groups.
1.extricating 2. chiseling 3.splintering 4.bifurcating
8. They raised a temporary wooden structure which was very weak, unstable and liable to break.
1. sturdy 2,resilient 3,buoyant 4,fragile
9. Shifting of ill-acquired money to offshore accounts in a secretive way landed him in hot waters.
1.ostensibly 2.surreptitiously 3.irrevocably 4.suspiciously
10. Now a days people spend extravagantly on overseas holidays and weekend celebrations.
1. exuberate 2. exhilarate 3. splash 4.splurge
(ANSWERS : (1.(4) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4.(4) 5. (1) 6.(2) 7.(3) 8.(4) 9. (2) 10,(4) )
Choose the correct Meaning of the phrase/clause/word in bold and underlined.
Exercise No.
Four
1. The doctor advised him to move to an open and salubrious countryside area if he wants early recovery from his illness.
1.distant 2.healthy 3.unusual 4.airy
2. Once he fritters away his wealth, his fair-weather friends will dissipate without a trace.
1. converse 2.converge 3. disperse 4.dissent
3. Mr. Trump was not perturbed and discomforted by the protests against him outside meeting venue.
1.hazed 2.dazed 3.gazed 4.fazed
4. He got himself examined by two doctors but reports of both the doctors did not agree with each other.
1.consistent 2.conflicting 3.conclusive 4. confronting
5. His life is full of difficult and tough times but he always remains happy and cheerful.
1. vicissitudes 2. servitude 3.multitudes 4. turpitude
6. Of late activities of China towards India are of unfriendly, inimical and hostile nature.
1. concurrent 2. belligerent 3. divergent 4. subservient.
7.The lack of coordination among their team mates contributed to their abysmal defeat in the match.
1. obvious 2, terrible 3.expected 4. avoidable
8. These remarks reflect their incredible disapprobation of his dissipated activities.
1.renunciation 2. appreciation 3. ignorance 4.condemnation
9. Parents are often oblivious of faults and follies of their wards.
1.insensible 2. unmindful 3.follow 4. afraid
10. He is the only member of the committee who dared to show temerity to stand up against the chairman.
1.verbosity 2.exposure 3. openness 4.audacity
ANSWERS : (1.(2) 2.(3) 3.(4) 4.(2) 5.(1) 6.(2) 7.(2) 8.(4) 9.(2) 10.(4)
Exercise No.
One
1. The boss served him with a mild but firm warning for his misbehaviour in the meeting.
1. thrashed 2. denounced 3. piqued 4. admonished
2. A dispute arose and it created angry and bitter feelings between them.
1. adhesion 2. congruity 3. acrimony 4. contradiction
3. A fault developed in the computer and the information stored in it got wiped out.
1. sabotaged 2. obliterated 3. elevated 4. reiterated
4. It is such an issue people would like to argue even fight about it for hours together,
1. conventional 2. commendable 3. contentious 4. convincing
5. The demonstrators went out of control with anger and destroyed property.
1. berserk 2. redundant 3. laudatory 4. fervent
6. It was very difficult for me to understand his unrealistic and impracticable plans.
1. prominent 2. flagrant 3. Quixotic 4. drastic
7. From a humble beginning he soon grew into a prominent business magnate.
1. professional 2, tycoon 3. notorious 4. versatile
8. The leadership remained upset and bothered throughout those days.
1. fazed 2. dreaded 3. convicted 4. committed
9. His exuberance withered and he grew ill-tempered and gloomy in his old age.
1. demented 2. quagmire 3. agile 4. sullen
10. He gave an indirect reference to impose new taxes in his speech.
1. indication 2. allusion 3. argument 4. direction
(ANSWERS : 1.(4) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4.(3) 5. (1) 6.(3) 7. (2) 8.(1) 9. (4) 10. (2)
Choose the correct Meaning of the phrase/clause in bold and underlined.
Exercise No.
Two
1. The authorities have decided to refill the market with sufficient quantity of sugar to meet with its increased consumption during ensuing festival season.
1. accumulate 2. accredit 3. recoup 4. replenish
2. The government is making strenuous efforts to enliven and invigorate the sagging economy.
1.expedite 2.satiate 3.perpetrate 4. stimulate
3.His father repeatedly imparted him with instructions instilling a sense of responsibility in him.
1. Integrated 2. Contemplated 3. inculcated 4. inebriated
4. Immediately a dinner party without any prior preparation was arranged in his honour by us.
1. ab initio 2. impromptu 3. impetuously 4. inevitably
5. Malicious statements by various leaders have maligned and corrupted the whole political atmosphere.
1. vitiated 2. depleted 3. corrugated 4. collided
6. In the absence of sufficient evidences against him the court has decided to declare him not guilty of criminal charges.
1.expatriate 2. exonerate 3. discharge 4.deprive
7. Before making any agreement with the company he examined carefully all the aspects of it .
1. circumspect 2.circumvent 3. introspect 4. retrospect
8. People could hardly make out anything of the puzzling and unclear statement he issued in the press.
1. sarcastic 2.scathing 3. enigmatic 4.critical
9. His explanations why he was late to dinner last night could not bring down his parents' anger.
1.digress 2.deviate 3.divulge 4. mitigate
10.The project though in its beginning stage is slowly but steadily making progress.
1. diminutive 2. nascent 3.regressive 4. morbid
Choose the correct Meaning of the phrase/clause/word in bold and underlined.
Exercise No.
Three
1. In United Kingdom, as more and more immigrants grow richer and have higher-income, they drift from the labour party of the country.
1. influential 2. reticient 3. proficient 4. affluent
2. As I found her telling lies many a time, my trust in her has grown lesser.
1. degraded 2. submerged 3. eroded 4. inclined
3. The viewers get a very distorted and inaccurate information about goods and commodities through advertisements displayed on television.
1. subdued 2, skewed 3. exaggerated 4. superfluous
4. The President inducted a team of inquisitive and innovative personnel into his advisory council.
1. inspiring 2, inquiring 3. toiling 4. striving
5. Politicians who squabble over rover water issues pay scant attention to the quality of water people drink.
1. bicker 2. flicker 3.fritter 4. squander
6. Education about security risks online is abysmally sparse especially in small towns and villages.
1. specifically 2. terribly 3. critically 4. expressly
7. Britain's exit from the European Union risks Europe further dividing into different groups.
1.extricating 2. chiseling 3.splintering 4.bifurcating
8. They raised a temporary wooden structure which was very weak, unstable and liable to break.
1. sturdy 2,resilient 3,buoyant 4,fragile
9. Shifting of ill-acquired money to offshore accounts in a secretive way landed him in hot waters.
1.ostensibly 2.surreptitiously 3.irrevocably 4.suspiciously
10. Now a days people spend extravagantly on overseas holidays and weekend celebrations.
1. exuberate 2. exhilarate 3. splash 4.splurge
(ANSWERS : (1.(4) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4.(4) 5. (1) 6.(2) 7.(3) 8.(4) 9. (2) 10,(4) )
Choose the correct Meaning of the phrase/clause/word in bold and underlined.
Exercise No.
Four
1. The doctor advised him to move to an open and salubrious countryside area if he wants early recovery from his illness.
1.distant 2.healthy 3.unusual 4.airy
2. Once he fritters away his wealth, his fair-weather friends will dissipate without a trace.
1. converse 2.converge 3. disperse 4.dissent
3. Mr. Trump was not perturbed and discomforted by the protests against him outside meeting venue.
1.hazed 2.dazed 3.gazed 4.fazed
4. He got himself examined by two doctors but reports of both the doctors did not agree with each other.
1.consistent 2.conflicting 3.conclusive 4. confronting
5. His life is full of difficult and tough times but he always remains happy and cheerful.
1. vicissitudes 2. servitude 3.multitudes 4. turpitude
6. Of late activities of China towards India are of unfriendly, inimical and hostile nature.
1. concurrent 2. belligerent 3. divergent 4. subservient.
7.The lack of coordination among their team mates contributed to their abysmal defeat in the match.
1. obvious 2, terrible 3.expected 4. avoidable
8. These remarks reflect their incredible disapprobation of his dissipated activities.
1.renunciation 2. appreciation 3. ignorance 4.condemnation
9. Parents are often oblivious of faults and follies of their wards.
1.insensible 2. unmindful 3.follow 4. afraid
10. He is the only member of the committee who dared to show temerity to stand up against the chairman.
1.verbosity 2.exposure 3. openness 4.audacity
ANSWERS : (1.(2) 2.(3) 3.(4) 4.(2) 5.(1) 6.(2) 7.(2) 8.(4) 9.(2) 10.(4)
