We all know that the English language plays a crucial role in competitive exams like PSC, SSC, Banking exams etc. So if you are aiming to crack those examinations, you should have a strong command in your English language skills. Vocabulary is one of the most crucial topics 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 The Hindu editorial every Friday. Reading the daily The 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 The Hindu Editorial 2020 May 22.
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Weekly English Vocabulary Based on The Hindu Editorial 2020 May 22
1. Choose the word which is most nearly in same meaning of the word “Chiromancer”?
(d)Southpaw
(e)None of these
Chiromancer – a person who is supposedly able to predict a person’s future by interpreting the lines on the palms of their hands or fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms. (Palmist, palmister)
Solution:
Rusticate – suspend temporarily from college or university. (Send down)
Solution:
Satiate – Supplied or filled to satisfaction. (replete, sate, slake)
4. Choose the word which is most nearly in same meaning of the word “Downtrodden”?
Downtrodden – oppressed or treated badly by people in power. (Oppressed, subjugated, subdued)
Solution:
Furore – an interest followed with exaggerated zeal. (Fad, craze, rage)
(d)Greenness
Solution:
Viridity – green colour or pigment; resembling the colour of growing grass. (Greenness)
7. Choose the word which is most nearly in same meaning of the word “Virility”?
(d)Intimacy
Solution:
Virility – the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation or the quality of having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive; manliness. (Masculinity, manliness)
(b)Assimilation
Solution:
Acquaintance – knowledge or experience of something or a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend. (Familarity)
(c)Chatter
(d)Captivation
(d)Suffusion
Solution:
Pervasion – the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance. (Permeation, suffusion)
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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