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1. To make a person or animal go away by waving ones arms at them-
a) To scram b) To shoo c) To vamoose d) To scoot
2. To expel someone from a position or place-
a) Oust b) Disinherit c) Chase d) Relegate
3. To jump or dance around excitedly-
a) Cavort b) sulk c) frisk d) Relegate
4. Failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence
a) Recline b) Supine c) Oblate d) Prostrate
5. A soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in
authority-
a) Radical b) Anarchist c) Mutineer d) Revolutionary
6. An unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an
unwelcome one-
a) Reverberation b) Backlash c) Flak d) Repercussion
7. To place or deal with close together for contrasting effect-
a) Scrutiny b) Juxtaposition c) Correlate d) Contrast
8. A long narrow ditch embanked with its own soil and used for concealment
and protection in warfare-
a) Trench b) Gully c) Furrow d) Moat
9. To be full or covered with a mass of small bubbles-
a) Scintillating b) Brew c) Frothy d) Aerated
10.Comment added to a text or diagram-
a) Lexicon b) Thesaurus c) Terminology d) Annotation
11.Involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering-
a) Tragic b) Fatal c) Catastrophic d) Pathetic
12.To increase rapidly in number; Multiply-
a) Proliferate b) Procreate c) Propagate d) Escalate
13.To bent easily; Flexible-
a) Putty b) Pliable c) Rigid d) Ductile
14.A small mistake in an agreement or law that gives someone the chance to
avoid having to do something-
a) Loophole b) Ruse c) Ploy d) Gambit
15.Having or showing an interest in learning things; Curious-
a) Probe b) inquisitive c) Speculative d) Snoop
16.Speak or write about in an abusive disparaging manner-
a) Crucify b) ignify c) Vilify d) Basify
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17.A feeling of unease or embarrassment; Awkward-
a) Slag b) Declivity c) Prolapse d) Discomfiture
18.A small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation, especially
on clothing-
a) Glisten b) Spangle c) Glitter d) Glimmer
19.To move hurriedly with short quick steps-
a) Scurry b) Skim c) Whirl d) Zip
20.To show approval or praise by clapping-
a) Applaud b) Extol c) Eulogize d) Hail
21.(of a cat) to make a low continuous vibratory sound expressing
contentment-
a) Buzz b) Meow c) Roar d) Purr
22.Disgusting and unpleasant smell-
a) Oops b) Ouch c) Darn d) Rancid
23.A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings
or complaining-
a) Agitate b) Fluster c) Stoic d) Upset
24.To proclaim widely or loudly-
a) To trumpet b) To herald c) To manifest d) To blazon
25.A substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing
new drugs-
a) Sedentary b) Placebo c) Lax d) Torpid
26.Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect-
a) Pious b) Reverent c) Humble d) Devout
27.To declare invalid an official agreement, or result-
a) To annul b) To negate c) To efface d) To undo
28.A period of time during which a person that might have a disease is kept
away from other people so that the disease cannot spread-
a) Solitude b) seclusion c) Quarantine d) Desolate
29.A heavy blow, or the sound of such a blow-
a) Lop b) Shop c) Flop d) Whop
30.To depart from an established course-
a) Deviate b) Whirl c) Err d) Wander
31.A piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically-
a) Hybrid b) Bud c) Scion d) Graft
32.Very poor or bad-
a) Gnarly b) Bully c) Lousy d) Rad
33.A formal agreement between individuals or parties-
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a) Protocol b) Norm c) League d) Pact
34.To have a strong emotional effect on-
a) Smother b) Yield c) Overwhelm d) Forfeit
35.Tending to hang loosely-
a) To attenuate b) to enfeeble c) to prostrate d) to flop
36.A person involved in a lawsuit-
a) Pseudo b) Litigant c) Suspect d) Appellant
37.An achievement or something fail to be attained by someone-
a) To elude b) To eschew c) To shirk d) To devoid
38.Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger-
a) Volatile b) Wild c) Reckless d) Giddy
39.A person who is not acceptable by a social group, especially because he or
she is not liked, respected, or trusted-
a) Fugitive b) Vagrant c) Pariah d) Tramp
40.To imply or suggest an idea in addition to the literal meaning-
a) To nub b) To connote c) To malign d) To purport
41.To resolve a sentence into its component parts and describe their syntactic
roles-
a) Dissect b) Anatomize c) Parse d) Synthesize
42.To use for the first time -
a) Paten b) Smitten c) Begotten d) Christen
43.To cause a process or action to begin-
a) Initiate b) Impel c) Imitate d) Conscript
44.A rich source of something-
a) Antecedent b) Lode c) Node d) Provenience
45.To be indecisive or irresolute-
a) Vex b) Dither c) Tiff d) Stew
46.To kill someone by covering their nose and mouth
a) To smite b) To smother c) To lynch d) To extirpate
47.To break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay-
a) Disintegrate b) Disharmony c) Disinherit d) Denigrate
48.Wide in range or effect
a) Sweeping b) Exaggerate c) Exclusive d) Superficial
49.To treat with cruelty or violence
a) Wrong b) Abuse c) Fault d) Pervert
50.In a state of stunned confusion or bewilderment
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a) Snarl b) Maze c) Daze d) Paradox
51.To delay or prevent someone by obstructing them
a) To Perturb b) To impede c) To irk d) To Faze
52.To have as belonging to one; Own
a) Dominate b) Possess c) Abandon d) To hog
53.The action of making amends for a wrong done
a) Reparation b) Extortion c) Retrieval d) Reclamation
54.To portray in words; Describe
a) To evince b) To divulge c) To depict d) To manifest
55.To impose something unwelcome on
a) Subject b) Extort c) Levy d) inflict
56.A tangled mass in something such as hair or wool
a) Knot b) Vortex c) Snot d) Whorl
57.Relating to hell or underworld
a) Diabolical b) Execrable c) Elysium d) infernal
58.To allay the sorrow or grief
a) To lament b) To console c) Distress d) Solace
59.To teach a person to accept a set of beliefs uncritically
a) To drill b) To install c) indoctrinate d) To convince
60.Liquids forming a homogeneous mixture when added together-
a) Irascible b) Crucible c) Miscible d) Risible
61.To free someone from a constraint or difficulty
a) Exterminate b) Extricate c) Expurgate d) intricate
62.The recently dead person
a) Oblivion b) Deceased c) Euthanized d) Reposed
63.To cut off a branch, limb, or twig from the main body of a tree
a) Dollop b) Clop c) Lop d) Slop
64.Deserving reward or praise
a) Meritorious b) Honourable c) Virtuous d) Noble
65.Involving or showing violence and bloodshed
a) Inundate b) Gory c) Sanguine d) Imbrue
66.Based on random choice or personal whim
a) Auxiliary b) Arbitrary c) Allegory d) Ambulatory
67.To slap with ones hand or a flat object
a) To spank b) To clobber c) To whip d) To flog
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68.The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a
particular profession or group
a) Etiquette b) Frizette c) Epaulette d) Rosette
69.The way in which a substance holds together; Thickness or Viscosity
a) Corpulence b) Consistency c) Exigency d) Exultancy
70.A symbol that reserves as an emblem of a group of people
a) Obelisk b) Minaret c) Mast d) Totem
71.To leave a place suddenly or secretly
a) Scarce b) Ligger c) Decamp d) Loiter
72.To sweep over something so as to surround it completely
a) Engulf b) imbibe c) Drown d) Plunge
73.To take someone somewhere suddenly & quickly
a) Rush b) Whisk c) Fly d) Flit
74.Work extremely hard or incessantly
a) Job b) Craft c) Toil d) Activity
75.Express a preposition, theory, etc in clear or definite terms
a) Pronunciation b) Postulate c) Proclaim d) Enunciate
76.The tendency to recur at intervals
a) Rotation b) Wheel c) Sequence d) Periodicity
77.A dramatic entertainment, in which performers express their feelings
through gestures
a) Mimicry b) Ham c) Pantomime d) Depiction
78.A loud, harsh. Piercing cry
a) Noise b) Howl c) Cry d) Screech
79.A hollow object used to contain something
a) Platter b) Salver c) Plate d) Receptacle
80.The lower jawbone in mammals and fishes
a) Trunk b) Snout c) Beak d) Mandible
81.Urge someone to act in a violent or unlawful way
a) Taunt b) Solicit c) incite d) Psych
82.To regard with disgust and hatred
a) Tease b) Abhor c) Ridicule d) Sneer
83.Unable to be destroyed or removed
a) Ineradicable b) Habit c) Worn d) Fixed
84.To officially register as a member of an institution
a) To muster b) To enroll c) institutionize d) Officiate
85.To reveal the true, objectionable nature of someone
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a) To betray b) To forsake c) To expose d) To delude
86.To shut a door or window forcefully and loudly
a) To calm b) To strike c) To shut d) To slam
87.Sums of money expressed in a specified monetary
a) Denominate b) Monetize c) Demarche d) Demonetize
88.Action that is likely to make people very angry
a) Inflationary b) Commensurate c) inflammatory d) Enrage
89.Having or displaying an overly critical point of view
a) Judgmental b) Hallucinate c) Contravene d) Expanse
90.Obtaining something by force, threats or other unfair means
a) Regret b) Extort c) Resent d) Encompass
91.To harass someone persistently to do something
a) Iconoclasm b) Dote c) Torture d) importune
92.A short statement expressing a general truth
a) Maxim b) infer c) Drum d) Pander
93.A short and thick stick used as a weapon
a) Strand b) Hockey stick c) Lasso d) Cudgel
94.A spot or a stain caused by a discolouring substance
a) Hue b) Blot c) Tint d) Fade
95.Match or surpass a person by imitation
a) Parallel b) Emulate c) Ditto d) impression
96.Lack of skill, ability, or competence
a) Ineptitude b) Undexterity c) Proficiency d) Prowess
97.An event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence
a) Stanza b) Episode c) Series d) Periodic
98.Represent something as being less important than it really is
a) Discriminant b) Stride c) Underpay d) imperious
99.The ceremony of crowning a sovereign
a) Felicitation b) Promotion c) Coronation d) Installation
100. One who tends to patronize, rebuff or ignore people regarded as social
inferiors and imitate, admire people regarded as social superiors
a) Snob b) Fob c) Dandy d) Freak
101. A room where dead bodies are kept until burial
a) Grave b) Cemetery c)Mortuary d) Pyre
102. Make something seem less important, significant or trifling
a) Superintend b) Optimally c) Trivialize d) Dumb down
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103. A gesture expressing respect, such as a bow down
a) Consensual b) Obeisance c) Perk d) Germinate
104. The outer layer of the cerebrum(brain), composed of folded grey matter,
plays an important role in the consciousness
a) Victor b) Cortex c) Scrub d) Capered
105. A man with abnormal habits
a) Eccentric b) Frantic c) idiotic d) Sulky
106. Rub a part of the body to restore warmth
a) Fuzz b) Chafe c) Scum d) Oblique
107. The punishment of being kept in school after class hours
a) Pretension b) isolate c) Detention d) Blender
108. Things that have been discarded as worthless
a) Remains b) Flotsam c) Shambles d) Havoc
109. Become apparent through the appearance of symptoms
a) Manifest b) Distinct c) Visible d) Divulge
110. An outline representing or bounding the shape of something
a) Tracery b) Contour c) Doodle d) Pattern
111. A person famous and respected within a particular sphere
a) Eminent b) Obscure c) Despotic d) imperative
112. An event serving as an introduction to something more important
a) Perform b) prelude c) introduce d) Preface
113. The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not
explicitly stated
a) illustration b) Elucidation c) implication d) Explication
114. Extreme anxiety, sorrow or pain
a) pique b) Vexation c) Chagrin d) Distress
115. A region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been
ruptured; A bruise
a) Pustule b) Knurl c) Contusion d) Tumor
116. Average in amount, intensity, quality or degree
a) Moderate b) Supernatant c) Hobble d) Hum
117. A factory where workers are employed at very low wages for long hours
and under poor conditions
a) Impalpable b) Outset c) Bloomy d) Sweatshop
118. Something widely feared as possible dangerous occurrence
a) Spectre b) Beguile c) Monolith d) Canny
119. To make someone feel completely baffled
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a) Perplex b) Explicate c) Construe d) Elucidate
120. To be deprived of a close relative person or close friends through their
death
a) Divest b) Bereave c) Oust d) Dispossess
121. The process by which air is circulated through, mixed with or dissolved in
a liquid or substance
a) Aerating b) Miasma c) Effluvium d) Volatile
122. To make sharp sound as a result of a hard object striking another
a) Innuendo b) Clack c) Swat d) Wallop
123. Courteousness and refinement of manner
a) Plaudit b) Adulteration c) Urbanity d) Profanity
124. Involving in immoral or dishonorable actions
a) Redoubt b) Sordid c) immaculate d) Scrupulous
125. To invent something in order to deceive
a) Formulate b) Compose c) Project d) Fabricate
126. To disorder or disarrange someones hair by running ones hands through
through/over it
a) Tangle b) Crumple c) Ruffle d) Crease
127. A person who is very old fashioned and pompous
a) Fuddy-duddy b) Ancient c) Antique d) Uncivilized
128. A trace or remnant of something that is disappearing or no longer exists
a) Obsolete b) Vestige c) Memento d) Glimmer
129. To trip or momentarily lose ones balance; Almost fall
a) Totter b) Stammer c) stumble d) Blunder
130. A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and
prejudices rather than by using rational argument
a) Rebel b) Demagogue c) Radical d) Anarchistic
131. The action of repeating something aloud from memory
a) Paraphrase b) Rendition c) erudition d) Recitation
132. To lift or haul something heavy with great effort
a) Heave b) Shrimp c) Wimp d) Runt
133. A conclusion or agreement done or reached decisively and with authority
a) Precise b) Definitive c) Reliable d) Specific
134. Causing a burning sensation like that of hot liquid on the skin
a) Piping b) igneous c) Scalding d) Sizzling
135. An organisation set up to provide help and raise money for those in need
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a) Conglomerate b) Donation c) Charity d) Dole
136. Very rude or coarse; Vulgar
a) Gross b) Adipose c) Porcine d) Corpulent
137. To stop doing something; Cease or abstain
a) Endure b) Desist c) Dismay d) Persevere
138. To rummage about in a place or a container in search of something
a) To rake b) To excavate c) To ferret d) To poke
139. To cut the wool off a sheep or other animal
a) To mow b) To prune c) To shear d) To trim
140. To divide something by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and
forcefully
a) Detach b) Bisect c) Sever d) Dissect
141. A bias in favour of something
a) Addiction b) Disposition c) Predilection d) impulse
142. Head of monks in an abbey
a) Padre b) Dean c) Abbot d) Deacon
143. Substance used in surgery to produce unconsciousness
a) Antiseptic b) Antidote c) Anesthetic d) Cocaine
144. Master of ceremonies
a) Ceremonist b) Compere c) Organizer d) Manager
145. When something moves in straight line
a) Quadrilineal b) Octalineal c) Rectilineal d) Trapilineal
146. Tending to associate with others of ones kind
a) Grassivorous b) Gregorian c) Gregarious d) Altruist
147. A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm
a) Moderate b) Conservative c) Fanatic d) Fancy
148. A wide uninterrupted view
a) Window view b) Panorama c) Bioscopic d) Eagle-view
149. An instrument for measuring pressure of gas
a) Barometer b) Anemometer c) Micrometer d) Manometer
150. That cannot be expressed in words
a) Indelible b) ineffable c) Ingrate d) inexorable
151. A mixture of dried, naturally fragrant plant material, used to provide a
gentle natural scent inside buildings, especially in the residential places
a) Potpourri b) Perfume c) Scent d) Aroma
152. Placing different things in order to create an interesting effect
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a) Sit for a portrait b) Render precisely c) c) Juxtapose d)
Framing
153. Study of cultures
a) Erotology b) Etymology c) Ethology d) Ethnology
154. A person who has lost the protection of law
a) Outlaw b) immigrant c) Outcast d) Orphan
155. An unimportant person
a) Nonagenarian b) Nonentity c) Nonpareil d) Non- conformist
156. Pertaining to the west
a) Celestial b) Oriental c) Occidental d) Western
157. One who is converted from one religion to another
a) Pilgrim b) Polytheist c) Presbyter d) Proselyte
158. The art of delaying
a) Degeneration b) Inflation c) Procrastination d)
Regression
159. The animals which lives by preying on other animals
a) Aggressor b) Attacker c) Terminator d) Predator
160. The man who is hardworking and diligent
a) Seditious b) Sedate c) Sedulous d) Scheming
161. Providing relief
a) Reissue b) Reprieve c) Rejoinder d) Refuge
162. Proposition made as a basis for reasoning without the assumption of its
truth a) Hypertext b) Hypocrisy c) Hyperbole d) Hypothesis
163. Chief of a group of workmen
a) Chieftain b) Volunteer c) Foreman d) Manager
164. Animals without backbone
a) Marsupials b) Mammals c) invertebrate d) Vertebrate
165. Someone who is incapable of being quietened or pacified
a) Implacable b) Unflappable c) insatiable d) Uncivilized
166. Stick with a thick end used in a mortar for pounding
a) Thistle b) Stifle c) Scepter d) Pestle
167. A rough, violent, troublesome person
a) Tartar b) Talkative c) Swindler d) vagabond
168. One who sets type for books, newspapers, etc.
a) Typist b) Editor c) Compositor d) Reporter
169. Regular users of places/restaurants
a) Client b) Clientele c) Customer d) Habitant
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170. A place where astronomical observations are made
a) Laboratory b) Observatory c) Astrolibrary d) Astrophery
171. Equal in rank, merit or quality
a) Chum b) Contemporary c) Peer d) Colleague
172. Unusual, amusing thing whose only purpose is to attract attention, and
which has little or no value or importance of its own
a) Gimcrack b) Gimmick c) Gillie d) Gimbals
173. A statement which you say the same thing twice in different way
a) Tautology b) Repetition c) Tarragon d) Recitation
174. Any officer in the British army who is lower in rank than a captain
a) Subservient b) Sublimate c) Subjugate d) Subaltern
175. An expression of mild disapproval
a) Tut b) Faux pas c) Fiasco d) ignore
ANSWERS
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. D
11. C 12. A 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. D 18. B 19. A 20. A
21. D 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. A
31. D 32. C 33. D 34. C 35. D 36. B 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B
41. C 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. B 46. B 47. A 48. A 49. B 50. C
51. B 52. B 53. A 54. C 55. D 56. A 57. D 58. B 59. C 60. C
61. B 62. B 63. C 64. A 65. B 66. B 67. A 68. A 69. B 70. D
71. C 72. A 73. B 74. C 75. D 76. D 77. C 78. D 79. D 80. D
81. C 82. B 83. A 84. B 85. C 86. D 87. A 88. C 89. A 90. B
91. D 92. A 93. D 94. B 95. B 96. A 97. B 98. C 99. C 100. A
101. C 102. C 103. B 104. B 105. A 106. B 107. C 108. B 109. A 110. B
111. A 112. B 113. C 114. D 115. C 116. A 117. D 118. A 119. A 120. B
121. A 122. B 123. C 124. B 125. D 126. C 127. A 128. B 129. C 130. B
131. D 132. A 133. B 134. C 135. C 136. A 137. B 138. C 139. C 140. C
141. C 142. C 143. C 144. B 145. C 146. C 147. C 148. B 149. D 150. B
151. A 152. C 153. D 154. A 155. B 156. C 157. D 158. C 159. D 160. C
161. B 162. D 163. C 164. C 165. A 166. D 167. A 168. C 169. B 170. B
171. C 172. B 173. A 174. D 175. A
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