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Weekly English Vocabulary – Hindu Editorial 2020 February 7

by Entri
August 18, 2021
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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 2020 February 7.

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Weekly English Vocabulary Based on Hindu Editorial 2020 February 7

1. Directions : For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most appropriate as a substitute in the given context.

Idiosyncratic : In a series filled with idiosyncratic, memorable performances, his may be the finest.

(a)Gratuitous
(b)Hapless
(c)Distinct
(d)Gourmand
(e)None of these
Ans:  c) Distinct

Solution:

Idiosyncratic – relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual.(Individual, distinct)

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2. Directions : For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most appropriate as a substitute in the given context.

Garrulous : On the other hand, what resembles reality in Hrabal’s fiction is only its garrulous rhythms, not the outlandish claims that it reports as fact.

(a)Propitious
(b)Abjure
(c)Fractious
(d)Gabby

(e)None of these
Ans:  d) Gabby

Solution:

Garrulous – full of trivial conversation or excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters. (Gabby, chatty, loquacious)

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3. Directions : For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most appropriate as a substitute in the given context.

Flagrant : Released after a year in a psychiatric hospital, she remains disconsolate and highly agitated, unable to contain the rage ignited by her ex-husband’s flagrant infidelity.

(a)Fatuous
(b)Fetter
(c)Extant
(d)Egregious
(e)None of these
Ans:  d) Egregious

Solution:

Flagrant – conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible or conspicuously or obviously offensive. (Egregious, blatant)

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4. Directions : For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most appropriate as a substitute in the given context.

Hapless : “I’m not responsible for your income, your living conditions or your personal happiness,” Carlotta announces to her hapless subjects.

(a)Gratuitous
(b)Torrid
(c)Piteous
(d)Edacious
(e)None of these
Ans:  c) Piteous

Solution:

Hapless – deserving or inciting pity or unfortunate. (Piteous, unfortunate, pathetic)

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5. Directions : For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most appropriate as a substitute in the given context.

Impecunious : For a fee professional blood merchants will herd a gaggle of impecunious strangers to a donation centre, where they pose as acquaintances of the patient in need.

(a)Impinge
(b)Penurious
(c)Gourmand
(d)Fetter
(e)None of these
Ans:  b) Penurious

Solution:

Impecunious – not having enough money to pay for necessities or having little or no money. (Penniless, penurious)

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6. Directions: For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most appropriate as a substitute in the given context.

Impetuous: The decision was both impetuous and brutal, in part an exercise in fundamentalist iconoclasm, in part an act of defiance and rage against the world at large.

(a)Impulsive
(b)Impinge
(c)Arcane
(d)Impute
(e)None of these
Ans:  a) Impulsive

Solution:

Impetuous – characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation. (Impulsive, brainish, madcap)

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7. Directions : For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most appropriate as a substitute in the given context.

Bombastic : In a way, it’s sort of fitting that Dom and the gang would be using the Hydrogen One, a phone whose every facet was designed to be as bombastic and extreme as possible.

(a)Piggish
(b)Hoggish
(c)Callous
(d)Declamatory
(e)None of these

Ans:  d) Declamatory

Solution:

Bombastic – ostentatiously lofty in style or high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated. (Declamatory, orotund)

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8. Directions: For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most appropriate as a substitute in the given context.

Calumny: The court claimed that these letters contained “rumor, calumny and counter-revolutionary speech” and amounted to collecting intelligence “on behalf of imperialism.”

(a)Bereft
(b)Defamation
(c)Bilk
(d)Dirge
(e)None of these
Ans:  b) Defamation

Solution:

Calumny – a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone’s words or actions. (Defamation, slander, obloquy)

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9. Directions : For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most appropriate as a substitute in the given context.

Candor : “To me, candor to the court is sacrosanct, and I don’t think there’s anybody in the FBI who’s I belaboring under the misimpression that I think it’s OK to mislead the court.”

(a)Erudite
(b)Carouse
(c)Frankness
(d)Atrophy
(e)None of these
Ans:  c) Frankness

Solution:

Candor – the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech or the quality of being open and honest; frankness. (Frankness, honesty, truthfulness)

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10. Directions: For each of the words given below, a contextual usage is provided. From the alternatives given, pick the word that is the most appropriate as a substitute in the given context.

Debacle: The only man to reach double figures in the second-innings debacle was MS Dhoni.

(a)Debauch
(b)Covet
(c)Fiasco
(d)Conduit

(e)None of these
Ans:  c) Fiasco

Solution:

Debacle – a sudden and violent collapse or a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco. (Fiasco, failure)

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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 Hindu editorial, which will be published every Friday.

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