A.

Security personnel struggled to restrain the angry crowd demanding justice

outside the government building.

B. Quick medical intervention helped avert a fatal outcome after the child
suffered a severe allergic reaction.

C. The committee emphasized the overarching need for transparency in every

phase of the budgeting process.

D. She remained resolute in her stance, refusing to compromise her principles

under intense political pressure.

E. His receptive beliefs left no room for discussion, alienating colleagues with
different perspectives.
 RESTRAIN नियंत्रित करिा
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level
(as of expression)

1
• Stifle • Liberate
• Constrain • Unleash
• Inhibit • Vent Noun- (Restraint )
• Tame • Take out

Security had to ________the protestors from entering the premises.

 AVERT टालिा
to keep from happening by taking action in advance

1
• Forestall • Assist
• Preclude • Facilitate
• Obviate • Encourage
• Anticipate • Abet

Strong diplomatic efforts ________a potential war between the two

nations.
 OVERARCHING व्यापक
including or influencing every part of something

1
• Extensive • Component
• Ubiquitous • Fragmentary
• Comprehensive • Regional Overarch (Verb)
• Widespread • Divisional

The company implemented a new _______structure to allow each

department to operate independently and focus on its specific goals.
 RESOLUTE दृढ़
fully committed to achieving a goal

1
• Decisive • Irresolute
• Intent • Skeptical
• Vehement • Faltering Resolutely (adverb)
• Bent (on or upon) • Hesitant Resoluteness (noun)
Resolve (noun/verb)

She ___________walked into the courtroom, ready to defend her innocence.

 DOGMATIC कट्टर
given to or marked by the forceful expression of
strongly held opinions

1
• Opinionated • Receptive
• Doctrinaire • Open-minded
• Pontifical • Undogmatic Dogmatically (Adverb)
• Obstinate • Latitudinarian Dogmatism/ (noun)
Dogmatist

Religious ________has often been a source of conflict throughout history.

A. She’s so fastidious about cleanliness that even a single fingerprint bothers
her immensely.

B. His plainspoken glances at the clock suggested he was hiding something or

waiting nervously.

C. The proposal's nebulous objectives made it difficult for the board to

approve any funding.

D. Unable to decide, he would often vacillate between bold ambition and

cautious inaction.

E. He tackled every project with such gusto that his enthusiasm became truly
infectious.
 FASTIDIOUS दरु ाराध्य
hard to please

1
• Finicky • Lackadaisical
• Meticulous • Lax
• Fussy • affable Fastidiousness (Noun)
• Persnickety • Unfastidious Fastidiously (adverb)

Her _________in proofreading caught even the tiniest errors others

missed.
 FURTIVE गप
ु चप
ु
given to acting in secret and to concealing one's
intentions

1
• Shady • Forthright
• Sly • Candid
• Clandestine • Frank Furtiveness (Noun)
• Treacherous • Plainspoken Furtively (adverb)

The cat made a ___________ movement towards the bird, trying not to be
noticed.
 NEBULOUS अस्पष्ट
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain
meaning

1
• Cryptic • Obvious
• Obscure • Distinct
• Esoteric • Intelligible Nebulously (Adverb)
• Vague • Evident Nebulousness (Noun)

The committee’s _________ guidelines made it difficult for the team to

proceed confidently.
 VACILLATE संदेह करिा
to show uncertainty about the right course of action

1
• Hesitate • Decide
• Stagger • Continue
• Scruple • Plunge (in) Vacillation (Noun)
• Teeter • Budge

His ________ over the project’s direction caused confusion among the
team members.
 GUSTO उत्साह
active strength of body or mind

1
• Vigor • Lethargy
• Verve • Weakness
• Dynamism • Indolence With gusto = full energy
• Dash No gusto = dull mood
• Tenderness
Fake gusto = pretending to be excited

She tackled every challenge in the project with such ______that even the most
skeptical team members were inspired to give their best.
Directions: Choose the correct pair of words in which the second word is
correct antonym of the first word.

A. Imminent, Looming
B. Frenzy, Calmness
C. Congregated, Corralled
D. Throng, Legion
E. Evident, Distinct
 IMMINENT आसन्ि
giving signs of immediate occurrence

1
• Impending • Distant
• Brewing • Eventual
• Looming • Remote Imminently (adverb)
• Forthcoming • Former Imminence (noun)

The plane is expected to land _________, so please fasten your seatbelts.

 FRENZY उन्माद
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion

1
• Rampage • Tranquility
• Rage • Quietude
• Fury • Serenity Frenzily (adverb)
• Hysteria • Calmness Frenzied (adjective)

The ________ crowd pushed past the security barriers during the sale.
 CONGREGATED एकि
to bring together in one body or place

1
• Corralled • Dissipated
• Amassed • Split
• Huddled • Severed Congregational (adjective)
• Constellated • Dispersed Congregationally (adverb)
Congregation (noun)

The hymn was sung ________, creating a powerful sense of unity.

 THRONG भीड़
a great number of persons or creatures massed
together

1
• Horde
• Flock
• Multitude Throng (verb)
• Legion

Fans __________ the actor as soon as he stepped out of his car.

 OBFUSCATED समझ से परे
as in ambiguous

1
• Obscure • Evident
• Enigmatic • Distinct
• Clouded • Apparent Obfuscation (Noun)
• Unknowable • Clear Obfuscatory (Adjective)

The legal document was full of jargon and deliberate _________to mislead
the reader.
Directions: Choose the correct pair of words in which the second word is
correct antonym of the first word.

A. Contention, Argument
B. Onus , Blot
C. Incumbent , Imperative
D. Audacious, Impudent
E. Alacrity, Reticence
 CONTENTION वििाद
an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or
debate

1
• Argument • Peace
• Assertion • Harmony
• Hunch • Concord Contentiously (Adverb)
• Speculation Contentious (Adjective)

He spoke ________during the meeting, challenging every decision made

by the board.
 INCUMBENT अिलंबी
forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if
by law

1
• Imperative • Chosen
• Obligatory • Insignificant
• Nonelective • Discretionary Incumbent (adjective)
• Involuntary • Optional

It is ______ upon all citizens to follow the law.

 ALACRITY तत्परता
cheerful readiness to do something

1
• Amenability • Reticence
• Swiftness • Apathy
• Willingness • Indifference Alacritous (adjective)
• Rapidity • Slowness

His ________response to every challenge made him a favorite among the

team leaders.
 ONUS बोझ
a mark of guilt or disgrace

1
• Taint • Modesty
• Blot • Honor
• Stigma • Legitimacy
• Smirch • Chastity

The _________is on the applicant to provide accurate information

 AUDACIOUS साहसी
displaying or marked by rude boldness

1
• Brazen • Timid
• Defiant • Meek
• Insolent • Retiring Audacity (noun)
• Impudent • Courteous Audaciously (adverb)

The journalist made an ________ claim against the government.

A. His entrenched beliefs about tradition made it nearly impossible to
introduce any progressive ideas.

B. The couple parted ways due to irreconcilable differences that therapy and
time couldn’t resolve.

C. Through clever artifice, the conman manipulated investors into trusting a

completely fake business scheme.

D. His boorish behavior at the formal dinner embarrassed everyone and

offended several important guests.

E. She tried to coerce her boss into approving the leave by praising his
leadership constantly.
 ENTRENCHED आरोवपत
giving signs of firmly established over time of
occurrence

1
• Inherent • Interim
• Inveterate • Ephemeral
• Intrinsic • Momentary
• Immutable • Fleeting

The leader _______himself in power by controlling the media and

judiciary.
 IRRECONCILABLE कट्टर विरोधी
so different that agreement is not possible

1
• Contradictory • Reconcilable
• Antithetical • Congruent
• Diametrical • Harmonious Irreconcilably (adverb)
• Conflicting • Compatible

The parties remain ________divided over the peace agreement.

 ARTIFICE चालाकी
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an
end

1
• Ruse • Ineptness
• Stratagem • clumsiness
• Gambit
• Knack

The magician’s illusion was just an ______ to distract the audience.

 BOORISH अशिष्ट
having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite
manners

1
• Loutish • Genteel
• Uncouth • Gentlemanly
• Unsophisticated • Refined Boorishness (Noun)
• Churlish • Courtly Boorishly (adverb)

He________interrupted the speaker without any regard for courtesy.

 CAJOLE फुसलािा
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging,
special attention, or flattery

1
• Coax • Harass
• Entice • Pester’
• Woo • Coerce Cajolery (noun)
• Wheedle • Cow

No amount of ______ could change his mind.

A. The speaker's jocular phrases and clichés failed to impress the audience or
convey any originality.

B. Though she disagreed with the decision, she chose to acquiesce out of
respect for authority.

C. The two issues are so inextricable that solving one without addressing the
other seems impossible.

D. After the scandal, the company’s reputation nose-dived, and its stock value
plummeted within hours.

E. It was naive of him to believe every promise made by a known political

opportunist.
 JOCULAR हास्यकर
given to or marked by mature intelligent humor

1
• Humorous • Stupid
• Witty • Witless
• Facetious • Hackneyed Jocularly (adverb)
• Comical • Lowbrow Jocularity (noun)

His _______tone lightened the tense atmosphere in the meeting.

 ACQUIESCE चप
ु चाप स्िीकार कर लेिा
to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)

1
• Assent • Dissent
• Subscribe • Scorn
• Accede • Spurn Acquiescence (noun)
• Consent • Gainsay

His silent _________ was interpreted as consent.

 INEXTRICABLE विकट
as in difficult

1
• Knotty • Decipherable
• Inexplicable • Feasible
• Unexplainable • Solvable Inextricably (adverb)
• Insuperable • Answerable

Technology is now ________ linked to modern education and

communication.
 NOSE-DIVED गगरािट
to go to a lower level especially abruptly

1
• Skidded • Soared
• Descended • Ascended
• Plunged • Upped Nose-dive (noun)
• Plummeted • Spiked

The leader _______himself in power by controlling the media and

judiciary.
 NAIVE अिभ
ु िहीि
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment

1
• Immature • Cosmopolitan
• Ingenuous • Worldly
• Unsophisticated • Cynical Naively (adverb)
• Inexperienced • Critical Naivety (noun)

She was ________to believe that everyone at the office had her best
interests at heart
A. The data entry work became so tedious that even the most focused
employees grew restless.

B. Her painstaking research over several months revealed hidden patterns in

the ancient manuscript’s language.

C. The event was organized under the auspices of UNESCO to promote cultural
preservation worldwide.

D. He is notorious for manipulating facts to serve his agenda during every

public debate.

E. Strict adherence by the rules ensured safety during the chemical

experiment in the university laboratory.
 TEDIOUS थकाऊ
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest

1
• Wearying • Riveting
• Dusty • Intriguing
• Humdrum • Engrossing Tediously (adverb)
• Monotonous • Involving Tediousness (noun)

The intern had to go through a _________ process of entering thousands of

handwritten forms into the database.
 PAINSTAKING श्रमसाध्य
taking, showing, or involving great care and effort

1
• Meticulous • Regardless
• Conscientious • Negligent
• Intensive • Slipshod Painstakingly (adverb)
• Thorough • Halfheartedly

She _________ restored each damaged page of the 200-year-old

manuscript by hand.
 AUSPICES आश्रय
the financial support and general guidance for an
undertaking

1
• Sponsorship
• Patronage
• Egis
• Funding

“The scheme was launched under the _______ of the Ministry of Health.”
 NOTORIOUS कुख्यात
not respectable

1
• Infamous • Honorable
• Shady • Moral
• Disreputable • Decent Notoriously (adverb)
• Ignominious • Ethical Notoriety (noun)

The politician is _________ late to his own press conferences.

 SHUNNING त्यागते
the act or a means of getting or keeping away from
something undesirable

1
• Evasion • Submission
• Eschewal • Endurance
• Ducking • Toleration Shun (verb)
• Dodging • Abidance

After the scandal, he was ________ by colleagues who once praised him.
A. He lounged zealously on the sofa all weekend, ignoring emails and urgent
work responsibilities.

B. In economics, the axiom that demand increases as prices drop is widely

accepted and applied.

C. The company announced major augmentation, citing automation and

declining profits as the main justifications.

D. The referee had to dole out the goal due to a clear offside violation during
the play.

E. Watching children playing cricket on the streets made me nostalgic for

the carefree days of my childhood summers.
 ZEALOUSLY जोि से
as in vigorously

1
• Diligently • Casually
• Vehemently • Wearily
• Assiduously • Indolently Zeal (noun)
• Resolutely • Sluggishly Zealously (adverb)

The officer was _______in enforcing the new environmental laws.

 AXIOM स्ियंशसद्ध
an idea or statement put forth and accepted as true
by many people

1
• Theory
• Doctrine
• Proposition
• Hypothesis

In mathematics, the ________ that "the whole is greater than the part" is
taken as a fundamental starting point.
 AUGMENTING बढ़ािे
to make greater in size, amount, or number

1
• Increasing • Reducing
• Accelerating • Downsizing
• Boosting • Dwindling Augment (verb)
• Expanding • Decreasing Augmentation (noun)

The _______of military presence along the border was seen as a

strategic move.
 DOLE OUT दाििीलता करिा
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals

1
• Allocate • Deprive of
• Dispense • Refuse
• Hand out • Withhold
• Apportion • Disallow

The government ________ compensation to the flood victims, but many

complained it wasn’t enough for full recovery.
 NOSTALGIC बीते िक्त की याद
showing or evoking a longing for an often idealized
past

1
• Wistful • Cynical
• Moony • Hard-edged
• Dreamy • Hardheaded Nostalgically (adverb)
• Sentimental Nostalgia (noun)

She _______flipped through her old school yearbook, smiling at the faded photos and
handwritten notes.
The virus spread so __________ through the population that by the time symptoms
appeared, containment was nearly impossible.

A) superciliously
B) plausibly
C) insidiously
D) vitriolically
E) ineffably
 PLAUSIBLE प्रिंसिीय
worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable

1
• Credible • Unlikely
• Commendable • Incredible
• Laudable • Doubtful Plausibly (adverb)
• Praiseworthy • Absurd Plausibility (noun)

The suspect gave a _______ explanation for his whereabouts, but the
police still found gaps in his story.
 INEFFABLE अिर्णिीय
beyond the power to describe

1
• Unutterable • Communicable
• Inexplicable • Thinkable
• Indefinable • Expressible Ineffably (adverb)
• Incredible • Conceivable

She was ________ moved by the kindness of strangers during her toughest
days abroad.
 SUPERCILIOUS घमंडी
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an
overbearing attitude

1
• Arrogant • Unpretentious
• Bumptious • Diffident
• Pompous • Bashful Superciliously (adverb)
• Haughty • Sheepish Superciliousness (noun)

He superciliously dismissed every suggestion, convinced that no one

else in the room was as capable as him.
 VITRIOLIC कटु
marked by harsh insulting language

1
• Abusive • Civil
• Invective • Courteous
• Obscene • Judicious Vitriol (noun)
• Vituperative • Moderate Vitriolically (adverb)

The politician’s ________remarks during the debate shocked the audience

and triggered widespread backlash.
 INSIDIOUS कपटी
causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily
noticed

1
• Treacherous • Illuminating
• Perfidious • Explanatory
• Subtle • Frank Insidiously (adverb)
• Deceptive • Candid Insidiousness (noun)

The _______ of addiction lies in how it begins subtly, one bad habit at a
time, until it takes over one’s life completely
 PELLUCID पारदिणक
easily seen through

1
• Crystal • Opaque
• Limpid • Colored
• Lucent • Glazed Pellucidly (adverb)
• Transparent • Cloudy Pellucidity (noun)

The professor __________outlined the process, leaving no room for

confusion.
 QUISLING ग़द्दार
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance

1
• Traitor • Ally
• Apostate • Defender
• Turncoat • Patriot Quislingism (noun)
• Backstabber • Loyalist

During wartime, anyone seen helping the invaders was branded a

_________ and treated with public contempt.
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