Empower your English

I   Vocabulary:

Directions: Choose the option that is closest in meaning to the given word.

1. delineate
 (a) to ruin; to decay; to destroy
 (b) to speak out against; to condemn; to     accuse; to censure
 (c) to purify of offensive material; to censor
 (d) to outline; to describe; to sketch; to draw

2. fiasco
 (a) setting forth facts; public exhibition;     show; clarification
 (b) party slogan
 (c) ludicrous and complete failure; disaster
 (d) faithfulness; loyalty

3. paraphrase
 (a) to attack with words; to question the     truthfulness or integrity; to challenge
 (b) to delay or refuse to commit oneself in     order to gain time; to avoid an answer
 (c) to banish; to exile; to withdraw from one’s    country; to expel
 (d) to restate the meaning of a passage in     other words
 
4. exploit
 (a) to deprive or leave desolate by loss; to     suffer loss
 (b) to laugh at; to utter with scorn; to jeer;    to taunt mock
 (c) to push away; to repel; to reject
 (d) to use for one’s selfish purpose

5. sanctimonious
 (a) contemptible;     degrading;     humiliating;     ignoble; contempt;    base; mean
 (b) wise; prudent; sensible; discreet
 (c) pretending to be religious; self-righteous
 (d) inclined to believe anything; easily imposed    upon; naive; gullible; deceivable

II    Antonyms

DIRECTION: Choose the most appropriate word opposite (antonym) in meaning to the word.

1. EQUIVOCATE :

[ A ]  investigate thoroughly           
[ B ]  judge fairly
[ C ]  think slowly
[ D ]  speak honestly

2. BURGEON :                                      

[ A ]  render
[ B ]  shrink
[ C ]  supplant
[ D ]  fortify

3. CHARY :
[ A ]  miserly
[ B ]  perceptive                    
[ C ]  trusting
[ D ]  willful

4. CONTRITE :

[ A ]  unrepentant
[ B ]  unique
[ C ]  dull
[ D ]  emollient
 
5. HERETICAL:

[ A ]  extravagant
[ B ]  orthodox
[ C ]  commonplace
[ D ]  benign

 
III   Synonyms

Direction: Choose the most appropriate word closest in meaning (synonyms) to the word. given below

1. PHLEGMATIC

[ A ]  calm
[ B ]  cryptic                                     
[ C ]  practical
[ D ]  salivary

2. REFRACTORY                                    
 
[ A ]  articulate
[ B ]  sinkable
[ C ]  vaunted
[ D ]  unmanageable

3. VOLUBILE                                       
 
[ A ]  worthwhile
[ B ]  serious
[ C ]  terminal
[ D ]  loquacious

4. ABERRATION

[ A ]  deviation
[ B ]  abhorrence
[ C ]  dislike
[ D ]  absence

5. ATROCITY
 
[ A ]  endurance
[ B ]  fortitude
[ C ]  session
[ D ]  heinous act

IV   idioms / phrases

DIRECTION: Choose the exact meaning of the idioms/phrases

1. When I saw him in the morning, he looked like a duck in a thunderstorm.

[ A ]  entrapped
[ B ]  distressed
[ C ]  indomitable
[ D ]  peaceful

2. Our school is within a stone’s throw of the railway station.

[ A ]  very far-off
[ B ]  within a certain radius
[ C ]  at a short distance
[ D ]  within a definite circumference
 
3. He burnt his fingers by interfering in his neighbor’s affair.

[ A ]  got himself into trouble
[ B ]  burnt himself
[ C ]  got himself insulted
[ D ]  got rebuked

4. He is not worth his salt if he fails at this juncture.

[ A ]  very strange
[ B ]  very proud of himself
[ C ]  quite depressed
[ D ]  quite worthless

5. Mrs. Hashmi has been in the blues for the last several weeks.

[ A ]  abroad
[ B ]  unwell
[ C ]  depressed
[ D ]  penniless

Test of Aptitude

1. ‘Bank’ is related to ‘Money’ in the same way as ‘Transport’ is related to

[ A ]  Goods
[ B ]  Road
[ C ]  Movement
[ D ]  Traffic

2. ‘Captain’ is related to ‘Soldier’ in the same way as ‘Leader’ is related to

[ A ]  Chair
[ B ]  Follower
[ C ]  Party
[ D ]  Minister

3. ‘Oval’ is related to ‘Circle’ in the same way as ‘Rectangle’ is related to

[ A ]  Triangle
[ B ]  Square
[ C ]  Periphery
[ D ]  Diagonal

4. Summer : Raining

[ A ]  Monday : Sunday
[ B ]  Summer : Winter
[ C ]  December : January
[ D ]  License : Driving

5. Water : Swim

[ A ]  Graze : Grass
[ B ]  Plan : Implement
[ C ]  Flood ; Damage
[ D ]  Ground : Play

6. Fury : Ire

[ A ]  Convulsion : Spasm
[ B ]  Amusement : Happiness
[ C ]  Joke : Laugh
[ D ]  Cry : Whisper

7. Doctor: Nurse: : ? : Follower

[ A ]  Worker
[ B ]  Employer
[ C ]  Union
[ D ]  Leader

8. Water : Sand : : Ocean

[ A ]  Engine
[ B ]  River
[ C ]  Desert
[ D ]  Waves

9. Good : Bad : : Virtue : ?
[ A ]  Blame
[ B ]  Sin
[ C ]  Despair
[ D ]  Vice

10. Select the number group similar to the given group from the four alternatives:
Given Group : ( 5, 6, 22 )

[ A ]  4, 8, 2
[ B ]  3, 8, 26
[ C ]  8, 9, 34
[ D ]  7, 9, 48

11. Select the number group similar to the given group from the four alternatives :Given Group : ( 84, 92, 109 )

[ A ]  9,17, 36
[ B ]  34, 42, 59
[ C ]  7, 16, 32
[ D ]  63, 71, 89

12. Choose the related number from the given alternatives : 211 : 333 : : 356 : ?

[ A ]  358
[ B ]  329
[ C ]  423
[ D ]  388

13. Choose the related number from the given alternatives : 11529 : 72135 : : 152943 : ?

[ A ]  163044
[ B ]  62034
[ C ]  213549
[ D ]  203448

14. Choose the related number from the given alternatives : ACEG : ZXVT : : IKMO : ?

[ A ]  YACE
[ B ]  RPLN
[ C ]  SQOM
[ D ]  RPNL

15. Choose the related day from the given alternatives : Monday : Saturday : : Thursday : ?

[ A ]  Wednesday
[ B ]  Friday
[ C ]  Tuesday
[ D ]  Sunday