We all know that English language plays a crucial role in competitive exams like PSC, SSC, Banking exams etc. So if you are aiming to crack those examination, you should have a strong command in your English language skills. Vocabulary is one of the most crucial topic of English subject. Vocabulary refers to all the words in a language that is known and used by a particular person. It is essential not only for competitive exams, but it is the fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. In order to help you in improving your vocabulary skills, Entri will provide you with Weekly English Vocabulary based on Hindu editorial every Friday. Reading the daily Hindu editorial is highly recommended for candidates who are aspiring for competitive exams. In this blog, we have given some questions based on Vocabulary with answer and solutions. Check here for Weekly English Vocabulary Based on Hindu Editorial 2019 December 27
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Weekly English Vocabulary Based on Hindu Editorial 2019 December 27
1. Choose the word with the following meaning.
The art of bell ringing.
(a)Ufology
(b)Camsteary
(c)Cambistry
(d)Campanology
(e)None of these
Solution:
Campanology – the art of bell ringing.
Ufology – Ufology is the study of reports, visual records, purported physical evidence, and other phenomena related to unidentified flying objects.(UFO)
Camsteary – perverse; unruly.
Cambistry – science of international exchange.
2. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Mark used to note an omission.
(b)Cariole
(c)Carnet
(d)Caret
(e)None of these
Solution:
Caret – mark used to note an omission.
Carfax – place where four roads meet; intersection of roads at center of a town.
Cariole – light open carriage.
Carnet – customs or other permit; book of coupons.
3. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Robbery by gang or mob.
Solution:
Dacoitage – robbery by gang or mob.
Dacryops – wateriness of the eyes.
Dageraad – brightly coloured South African fish.
Damascene – decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns.
4. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Fingerprint.
Solution:
Dactylogram – fingerprint.
Damson – dark brownish purple.
Darbies – handcuffs.
Darraign – to vindicate; to justify or prove.
5. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Heartless.
Solution:
Dapocaginous – mean-spirited; heartless.
Daphnomancy – divination using a laurel.
Damnification – causation of injury or loss.
Dasyphyllous – having crowded, thick or woolly leaves.
6. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Flesh-eating marsupial.
Solution:
Dasyure – flesh-eating marsupial.
Datary – papal officer who registers and dates bulls and edicts.
Dation – act of giving, conferring or donating.
Davenport – small ornamental writing desk; large sofa.
7. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Wateriness of the eyes.
Solution:
Dacryops – wateriness of the eyes.
Dealbation – whitening; bleaching.
Debarrass – to disembarrass; disentangle; free.
Debouchure – mouth of a river or strait.
8. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Government by ten individuals.
Solution:
Decadarchy – government by ten individuals.
Decantate – to chant or say repeatedly.
Decimestrial – lasting ten months.
Declasse – below one’s social class.
9. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Ragged edge of paper.
Solution:
Deckle – ragged edge of paper.
Decastich – ten-line poem.
Decaudate – to cut off the tail of.
Decoct – to prepare or extract by boiling; to devise.
10. Choose the word with the following meaning.
The time spent by an invalid in bed.
(d)Decumbiture
Solution:
Decumbiture – the time spent by an invalid in bed.
Decrepitate – to crackle; to roast so as to cause to crackle.
Decorticate – to remove the bark, husk or peel of.
Decussate – to divide in the form of an X; to cross or intersect.
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