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Choose the word appropriate in meaning to the word underlined below:

The listeners were delighted by the music concert
(a) Surprised
(b) Saddened
(c) Angered
(d) Excited

Ans: (d) Excited

Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alternatives given below

A la mode
(a) Fashionable
(b) Cheap
(c) Expensive
(d) Convenient

Ans: (a) Fashionable

Replace the underlined word with a suitable word

The tranquillity and sanctity of the place soothed us.

(A) Security

(B) Holiness

(D) Placidity

Ans: (B) Holiness

Explanation:
Synonym of sanctity-
holiness
grace
goodness
devotion
purity
spirituality
righteousness
piety
godliness
religiousness
sanctitude

Reference Link: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/sanctity

Find the appropriate synonym of the word ‘Indefatigable‘.

(A) Tireless

(B) Indomitable

(D) Incompatible

Ans: (A) Tireless

Explanation:
Synonym of Indefatigable-
tireless
dogged
persevering
patient
relentless
diligent
inexhaustible
unremitting
assiduous
unflagging
untiring
sedulous
pertinacious
unwearying
unwearied

Reference Link: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/indefatigable

The word ‘beleaguered‘ means

(A) Belittled

(B) Benefited

(D) Irritated

Ans: (C) Troubled

Explanation:
Synonym of beleaguered-
harassed
troubled
plagued
tormented
hassled (informal)
aggravated (informal)
badgered
persecuted
pestered
vexed
put upon

Reference Link: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/beleaguered

‘Impassioned’ means

(A) Ardent
(B) Dispassionate
(C) Passionless
(D) Unemotional

Ans: (A) Ardent

Explanation:
Synonym of Impassioned-
intense
heated
passionate
warm
excited
inspired
violent
stirring
flaming
furious
glowing
blazing
vivid
animated
rousing
fiery
worked up
ardent
inflamed
fervent
ablaze
vehement
fervid

Reference Link: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/impassioned

The word ‘Analogous’ means

(A) analytical
(B) artificial
(C) comparable
(D) aural

Ans: (C) comparable

Explanation:
Synonym of Analogous-
similar
like
related
equivalent
parallel
resembling
alike
corresponding
comparable
akin
homologous

Reference Link: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/analogous

Find the appropriate synonym for the word ‘Climactic’.

(A) Culminating
(B) Climatic
(C) Temperate
(D) Atmospheric

Ans: (A) Culminating

Explanation:
Synonym of Climactic-
apocalyptic
apocalyptical
highest
pivotal
critical
climacteric
decisive
culminating
crucial
watershed
high
cataclysmic
life-or-death
fateful
crowning
epochal
life-and-death
momentous
apical
meridian
crestal
earthshaking
crossover
payoff
vital
make-or-break
apogean
deciding
cataclysmal
go-no-go

Reference Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climactic

The word ‘Genocide’ means

(A) Racial killing
(B) Murder
(C) Suicide
(D) Slaughter

Ans: (A) Racial killing

Explanation:
Synonym of Genocide-
massacre
killing
murder
slaughter
holocaust
ethnic cleansing (euphemistic)
carnage
extermination
mass murder
annihilation
pogrom
butchery
mass slaughter

Reference Link: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/genocide

The word ‘officious’ means

(A) self-important

(B) official

(D) enterprising

Ans: (A) self-important

Explanation:
Synonym of officious-
interfering
bustling
meddling
intrusive
prying
pushy (informal)
dictatorial
inquisitive
bossy
overbearing
opinionated
self-important
overzealous
obtrusive
bumptious
meddlesome
overbusy

Reference Link: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/officious