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 January 03.
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Weekly English Vocabulary Based on Hindu Editorial 2020 January 03
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.
Dulcet : Somewhere, a Bluetooth speaker was stashed away and playing the kind of soft, dulcet melodies heard in expensive spas.
(a)Parsimonious
(b)Halcyon
(c)Pendulous
(d)Mellifluous
(e)None of these
Solution:
Dulcet – pleasing to the ear or sweet and soothing. (Mellifluous , mellisonant, euphonious)
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.
Veracious : For too long this film renders a portrait of a feminist artist in clown paint, though Tomlin hangs in with a veracious, multidimensional performance.
(b)Accurate
(c)Pellucid
(d)Viscous
(e)None of these
Solution:
Veracious – precisely accurate or habitually speaking the truth. (Accurate, credible, genuine)
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.
Parsimonious : Harry Ornest, parsimonious enough to type his own letters, brought his family to St. Louis to run the operation.
Solution:
Parsimonious – excessively unwilling to spend or very unwilling to spend money or use resources. (Penurious)
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.
Atavism : The result is civilization, art, music, scientific reasoning and philosophy, which often attempt to mitigate and improve on our genetic atavism.
Solution:
Atavism – a tendency to revert to something ancient or ancestral or a reappearance of an earlier characteristic. (Regression, reversion. relapse)
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.
Traduce : But do we sometimes traduce the truth for the sake of a bit of tartness and tang?
Solution:
Traduce – speak unfavorably about or speak badly of or tell lies about someone so as to damage their reputation. (Malign, defame, slander)
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.
Factitious : There is even a pathological manifestation of the condition called “factitious victimisation”, of which Munchausen syndrome is an extreme version.
Solution:
Factitious – not produced by natural forces; artificial or fake or artificially created or developed. (Counterfeit, specious, artificial)
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.
Beatific : I felt beatific rather than annoyed by all of the obstacles the city placed in my path.
(a)Despicable
(b)Ecstatic
(c)Meagre
(d)Lamentable
(e)None of these
Solution:
Beatific – feeling or expressing blissful happiness. (Ecstatic, rapturous, serene)
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.
Overweening : Humanity’s overweening confidence in its own intelligence also gets a skewering.
Solution:
Overweening – showing excessive confidence or pride. (Conceited, cocksure)
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.
Garble : The connection was awful and kept garbling his voice.
Solution:
Garble – reproduce a message, sound, or transmission in a confused and distorted way. (Muddle, jumble, distort)
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.
Recondite : I knew in advance from his recondite Instagram account that a friend I challenged, the filmmaker Amos Poe, would produce surprises.
(d)Customary
Solution:
Recondite – (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse. (Obscure, abstruse, arcane, esoteric)
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