Directions (1-10) Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Q1. INDIGNANT
(a) Useless
(b) Exasperated
(c) Scoundrel
(d) Indecent
Q2. PILLAGE
(a) Pictorial
(b) Peculiar
(c) Foe
(d) Plunder
Q3. EXCULPATE
(a) Absolve
(b) Effete
(c) Pigmy
(d) Perilous
Q4. SURFEIT
(a) Shortage
(b) Satiate
(c) Canny
(d) Voluptuous
Q5. FLAGRANT
(a) Burial
(b) Notorious
(c) Lethal
(d) Strife
Q6. PLIGHT
(a) Dilemma
(b) Blessing
(c) Repair
(d) Disable
Q7. CONTEXTUAL
(a) Supplant
(b) Dependent
(c) Unrelated
(d) Replace
Q8. SUPERSEDE
(a) Replace
(b) Appropriate
(c) Comparable
(d) Ideal
Q9. EVINCE
(a) Belie
(b) Exhibit
(c) Conceal
(d) Stray
Q10. APHORISM
(a) Adage
(b) Conundrum
(c) Enigma
(d) Throng
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indignant: feeling or showing anger or annoyance.
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. Pillage: Rob a (place) using violence.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Exculpate: to declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Surfeit: an excessive amount of something.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Flagrant: conspicuously offensive.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Plight: a dangerous, difficult or otherwise unfortunate situation.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Contextual: Relating to or determined by or in context.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Supersede: Take the place or move into the position of.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Evince: reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling).
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Aphorism: a pithy observation that contains a general truth.
