Meanings of words - Online Test

Q1. Which of the following is the most opposite in meaning to the word ‘rumbustious’?
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:

Rumbustious means boisterous or unruly. While rollicking, boisterous, ebullient and clamorous all mean the same as rumbustious, phlegmatic means calm. Hence B is the correct answer.

Q2. Which of the following is Most Similar to word 'Imbroglio'?
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:

Predicament - a difficult, confusing, or embarrassing situation
Mirthful - full of mirth; merry or amusing.
Breakthrough - a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development.
Simplicity - the quality or condition of being easy to understand or do.

Q3. Which of the following word is most similar to ‘Disruptive’ ?
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:

Bewitch - enchant and delight (someone).
Counteract - act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it.
Dismantle - take (a machine or structure) to pieces.
Detonate - explode or cause to explode.

Q4. Which of the following word is Most Opposite to 'Scathing'?
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:

Scathing-  extremely severe or harsh
Mordant - (especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.
Acrimonious - (typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter.
Virulent - (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.
Innocuous -  not harmful or offensive.

Q5. Which of the following means to apply bodily or intellectual effort?
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:

Dismissive - feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration.
Flip - move, push, or throw (something) easily with a sudden quick movement.
Exert - apply or bring to bear (a force, influence, or quality).
Expel - officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization.

Q6. Which has the similar meaning an act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation?
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:

Gambit - an act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation
Hesitate - pause in indecision before saying or doing something.
Procrastinate - delay or postpone action; put off doing something.
Gambit - an act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation.
Adjourn - break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later.

Q7. Which has the similar meaning turn or slide violently or uncontrollably?
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:

Slew - turn or slide violently or uncontrollably
Hoard - accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away.
Macerate - cause to waste away by fasting.
Steep - of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular.

Q8. Which of the following is most similar in meaning as “Cohort”?
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:

Cohort  – a group of people with a shared characteristic
Foe - an enemy or opponent.
Antagonist - a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
Adversary - one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.
Cadre - a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.

Q9. Which of the following means “the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself"?
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:

Behest - a person's orders or command.
Fledging - (of a young bird) develop wing feathers that are large enough for flight.
Equivocation - the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
Confront - come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.

Q10. Which has the similar meaning as "(of a person or organization) seeking to promote the welfare of others, generous and benevolent"?
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:

Philanthropic – (of a person or organization) seeking to promote the welfare of others, generous and benevolent
Espouse - adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).
Felicity - intense happiness.
Tenacity - the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip.
Philanthropic - (of a person or organization) seeking to promote the welfare of others; generous and benevolent.