THE HINDU EDITORIAL BASED CONTEXTUAL VOCABULARY TEST-56
1. Relegate
S: downgrade, banish, demote, dismiss, deport, displace, eject
A: assume, promote, upgrade, boost, enhance
2. Backlash
S: reaction, repercussion, resentment, resistance, response, retaliation
A: cause, question, element, motivation, inducement, incitement
3. Buck
S: resist, oppose, combat, dispute, prance, repel,
A: allow, agree, comply, concur, settle, accede
4. Buoy
S: encourage, stimulate, direct, regulate, influence,
A: neglect, ignore, misguide, mislead, leave, mismanage
5. Imminent
S: forthcoming, immediate, impending, inevitable, possible, probable
A: avoidable, distant, escapable, doubtful, unlikely
6. Remnant
S: residue, remains, leftover, shred, vestige, balance, excess
A: whole, full, all, gross, total, complete, entire, aggregate
7. Wary
S: careful, cautious, attentive, frugal, vigilant, watchful
A: careless, certain, negligent, foolish, heedless, reckless
8. Vow
S: promise, assertion, oath, pledge, affiance, troth
A: break, breach, split, silence, denial, rejection
9. Umbrage
S: anger, displeasure, chagrin, annoyance, exasperation, grudge
A: calmness, comfort, delight, enjoyment, glee, peace, pleasure
10. Tendentious
S: biased, disposed, partial, contentious, disputed, prejudiced
A: fair, just, unbiased, equal, generous, honest, sincere
11. Impulse
S: drive, resolve, influence, instinct, motive, notion, passion, thought,
A: concrete, factual, detailed, material, particular, real, specific
12. Impetus
S: stimulus, force, catalyst, impulse, momentum, motivation, incitation
A: impediment, obstacle, hindrance, opposition, setback, constraint, deterrent
13. Augment
S: improve, amplify, boost, develop, enhance, expand, inflate, intensify
A: compress, lower, reduce, shorten, undermine, weaken, decline, depress
14. Perspective
S: view, outlook, aspect, attitude, mindset, prospect, viewpoint, overview
A: N/A
15. Converse
S: opposite, antipode, antithesis, contra, contrary, counter, inverse, observe, reverse
A: same equal, alike, identical, equivalent, clone, dupe, similar
16. Impervious
S: immune, impassable, impenetrable, inaccessible, resistant, hermetic
A: affected, moved, susceptible, exposed, responsive, vulnerable, sensitive
17. Delusion
S: misconception, deception, fantasy, hallucination, illusion, apparition
A: fact, reality, truth, accuracy, actuality, certainty, honesty
18. Mollify
S: pacify, soothe, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, mitigate, placate, quell
A: aggravate, agitate, excite, incite, increase, intensify, provoke, worsen
19. Fringe
S: border, brink, edge, hem, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, verge,
A: center, inside, interior, middle, inner, internal, medial
20. Scant
S: meagre, insufficient, mere, paltry, skimpy, slight, sparse, deficient
A: adequate, ample, enough, important, significant, sufficient
One word substitution
1. Science dealing with the motion of projectile like rockets bombs & firearms.
(a)Ballistics (b) Missiles (c) Crystallography (d) Euthenics
2. Fear of heights
(a) Acrophobia (b) Aerophobia (c) Acrophobia (d) Agoraphobia
3. Drugs which completely destroys bacteria.
(a) Antiseptic (b)Therapeutic (c) Antibiotic (d) Analgesic
4. To pronounce clearly
(a) Loquacious (b) Articulate (c) Effusive (d) Vociferous
5. Beautiful writing
(a)Cacography (b)Demography (c) Calligraphy (d)Holography
6. That which cannot be believed.
(a)Incorrigible (b) Incredible (c) Credible (d) Inevitable
7. That which cannot be defeated.
(a) Antibiotic (b) Intractable (c) Invulnerable (d) Invincible
8. Philosophy concerned with the nature of existence
(a) Oncology (b) Ornithology (c) Ontology (d) Paleontology
9. The right to vote in political elections.
(a) Suffrage (b) Sacrilege (c) Surreal (d) Scaffold
10. One in his seventies.
(a) Sexagenarian (b) Septuagenarian (c) Octogenarian (d) Nonagenarian
The given are meaning of the phrasal verbs which are in the answer parts. You have to find the
suitable phrasal verb as your answer
1. Extinguish.
(a) Put out (b) Put off (c) Put Back (d) Put through
2. To access or reach
(a) Get away (b) Get at (c) Get back (d) Get down
3. To suddenly develop
(a) Break up (b) Break out (c) break off (d) break into
4. To change sides
(a) Come through (b) Come upon (c) Come up (d) Come over
5. To investigate
(a) look over (b) look up (c) look out (d) Look into
6. To contend against an opponent
(a) Take into (b) Take on (c) Take up (d) take out
7. To hit with a vehicle
(a) Run into (b) Run away (c) Run over (d) Run up
8. To not consume
(a) Keep on (b) Keep off (c) Keep away (d) Keep down
9. To make someone unconscious
(a) Lock out (b) Leave out (c) Kick out (d) Knock out
10. To make something seem less important
(a) Pay off (b) Mark down (c) Play down (d) Hold down
