Directions (1-10): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Q1. Causing a burning sensation like that of hot liquid on the skin
(a) Piping
(b) Igneous
(c) Sizzling
(d) Scalding
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Causing a burning sensation like that of hot liquid on the skin’ is ‘Scalding’
Q2. Very rude or coarse; vulgar.
(a) Gross
(b) Adipose
(c) Porcine
(d) Corpulent
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Very rude or coarse; vulgar’ is ‘Gross’
Q3. To stop doing something; cease or abstain.
(a) To endure
(b) To desist
(c) To persevere
(d) To dismay
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘To stop doing something; cease or abstain’is ‘To desist’
Q4. Courteousness and refinement of manner.
(a) Plaudit
(b) Adulation
(c) Urbanity
(d) Profanity
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘Courteousness and refinement of manner’is ‘Urbanity’
Q5. Involving immoral or dishonorable actions and motives
(a) Redoubt
(b) Scrupulous
(c) Immaculate
(d) Sordid
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives’ is ‘Sordid’
Q6. To disorder or disarrange (someone’s hair), typically by running one’s hands through it.
(a) To tangle
(b) To crumple
(c) To ruffle
(d) To crease
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘To disorder or disarrange (someone’s hair), typically by running one’s hands through it.’ is ‘To ruffle’
Q7. To portray in words; describe
(a) To evince
(b) To divulge
(c) To depict
(d) To manifest
S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘To portray in words; describe’ is ‘To depict’
Q8. To impose something unwelcome on
(a) To subject
(b) To extort
(c) To levy
(d) To inflict
S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘To impose something unwelcome on’ is ‘To inflict’
Q9. To kill someone by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate
(a) To smite
(b) To extirpate
(c) To lynch
(d) To smother
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘To kill someone by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate’ is ‘To smother’
Q10. Very poor or bad.
(a) Gnarly
(b) Bully
(c) Lousy
(d) Rad
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘Very poor or bad’ is ‘Lousy’
