Weekly English Vocab – The Hindu Editorial 2020 April 24

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Weekly English Vocabulary Based on The Hindu Editorial 2020 April 24

1. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Time for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.

(a)Ursal

(b)Urtext

(c)Usance
(d)Usurp
(e)None of these

Ans: (c) Usance

Solution:

Usance – the time allowed for the payment of foreign bills of exchange, according to law or commercial practice.

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2. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Destruction of a city.

(a)Urbacity

(b)Urbicide

(c)Uraster

(d)Urbicolous

(e)None of these

Ans: (b) Urbicide

Solution:

Urbicide – destruction of a city or iolence against the city.

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3. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Disloyal or unfaithful.

(a)Unseel

(b)Unligable

(c)Unreeve

(d)Unleal

(e)None of these

Ans: (d) Unleal

Solution:

Unleal – disloyal or unfaithful or treacherous.

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4. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Living on only one host or source of food.

(a)Univoltine

(b)Unipotent

(c)Univorous

(d)Unisonous

(e)None of these

Ans: (c) Univorous

Solution:

Univorous – living on only one host or source of food or Liking or consuming only one kind of product.

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5. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Unable to be bound together.

(a)Unreeve

(b)Univocal

(c)Unleel

(d)Unligable

(e)None of these

Ans: (d) Unligable

Solution:

Unligable – unable to be bound together.

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6. Choose the word with the following meaning.
To take the strength from.

(a)Unseel

(b)Untreasure

(c)Upas

(d)Unsinew

(e)None of these

Ans: (d) Unsinew

Solution:

Unsinew – to deprive of sinews or of strength : enervate, enfeeble seeking every way to unsinew the enemy.

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7. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Roofless.

(a)Upaithric

(b)Untimeous

(c)Unzymotic

(d)Unleal

(e)None of these

Ans: (a) Upaithric

Solution:

Upaithric – roofless; open to the sky.

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8. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Fabulous.

(a)Universalism

(b)Uniparous

(c)Unzymotic

(d)Upher

(e)None of these

Ans: (c) Unzymotic

Solution:

Unzymotic – fabulous.

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9. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Difficult or distressing.

(a)Undine

(b)Uneath

(c)Ungual
(d)Undern

(e)None of these

Ans: (b) Uneath

Solution:

Uneath – difficult; distressing; hard; scarce.

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10. Choose the word with the following meaning.
Fingernail.

(a)Unguinous

(b)Unguligrade

(c)Unguicule

(d)Unifilar

(e)None of these

Ans: (c) Unguicule

Solution:

Unguicule – Of or pertaining to a claw or nail; ungual or fingernail.

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We hope this blog was helpful for you in improving your knowledge in Vocabulary. Stay tuned with Entri for weekly vocabulary based on The Hindu editorial, which will be published every Friday.

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