Vocabulary Test 53

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Question 1
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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom.
To cool one's heels

A
To close the chapter

B
To walk on the heels

C
To kick someone with the heels

D
To wait and rest for some time

Solution

'To cool ones heels' the idiomatic expression means, if someone leaves you to cool your heels, they force you to wait, often until you become calmer. Therefore option (d) 'to wait and rest for some time' is the right answer.
Question 2
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Choose the correct word which is closest in meaning to the word phrase in bold given in the sentence. Indicate your option.
The young boy is quite sanguine about the result of his competitive examination.

A
Depressed

B
Pessimistic

C
Anxious

D
Optimistic

Solution

The correct answer is Option D.
SANGUINE means positive and optimistic. Thus OPTIMISTIC is the word closest in meaning and thus the correct answer.
The remaining options are incorrect because:
DEPRESSED means annoyed and worried.
PESSIMISTIC means negative.
ANXIOUS means worried or concerned.
Question 3
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Given below are a few foreign language phrases that are commonly used. Choose the correct meaning for each of the phrases.
Alibi

A
everywhere

B
elsewhere

C
nowhere

D
without any excuse

Solution

An alibi is a form of defense used in criminal procedure wherein the accused attempts to prove that he or she was in some other place at the time the alleged offense was committed. Therefore option (b) else where is the correct answer.
Question 4
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Choose the meaning of the given idiom
To blaze a trail

A
To set on fire

B
To blow the trumpet

C
To initiate work in a movement

D
To be hopeful

Solution

'Blaze a trail' means to do something that has never been done before. E.g. He blazed a trail in architecture.
Thus, option C is the correct answer out of all the options.
Question 5
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Choose the meaning of the given idiom.
To make clean breast of

A
To tell the truth about something

B
To gain prominence

C
To destroy before it blooms

D
To praise oneself

Solution

'To make clean breast of' means to tell the truth about something. E.g. Julia finally made a clean breast of it and admitted that she had stolen the money.
Thus, option A is the correct answer. Rest of the options signify different meanings.
Question 6
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Choose the word which is closest in meaning to the word phrase in bold given in the sentence.
It was a scurrilous attack on him.

A
Serious

B
Unjustified

C
Insulting

D
Justified

Solution

Scurrilous refers to making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation. Therefore, option (c), i., e, insulting, is the correct pick.
Question 7
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Who is called a 'Connoisseur' ?

A
One who gives friendly help

B
One who performs gymnastic feats

C
An expert judge in the matter

D
A member of royal family of taste"

Solution

Since connoisseurs are persons who can expertly judge a matter of taste or art, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not express the right meaning, hence, incorrect
Question 8
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Choose the meaning of the idiom/proverb/phrase.
A wild-goose chase

A
A wise search

B
A fruitful search

C
A worthwhile hunt

D
A futile pursuit

Solution

'A wild-goose chase' means a search that is completely unsuccessful and a waste of time because the person or thing being searched for does not exist or is somewhere else. E.g. After two hours spent wandering in the snow, I realized we were on a wild goose chase. 'Futile pursuit' means something which is useless in doing as there is no point of succeeding in that.
Thus, option D is the correct answer.
Question 9
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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom.
Gift of the gab

A
Gift for hard work

B
Gift undeserved

C
Gift of being a good conversationalist

D
Gift from unknown person

Solution

'Gift of the gab' means, the ability to speak with eloquence and fluency. Option (c) 'gift of being a good conversationalist' means the same and is the correct choice.
Question 10
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Directions For Questions

Read the given passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

There is a fairly universal sentiment that the use of nuclear weapons is clearly contrary to morality and that its production probably so, does not go far enough. These activities are not only opposed to morality but also to the law if the legal objection can be added to the moral, the argument against the use and the manufacture of these weapons will considerably be reinforced. Now the time is ripe to evaluate the responsibility of scientists who knowingly use their expertise for the construction of such weapons, which has a deleterious effect on mankind.
To this must be added the fact that more than 50 percent of the skilled scientific manpower in the world is now engaged in the armaments industry. How appropriate it is that all this valuable skill should be devoted to the manufacture of weapons of death in a world of poverty is a question that must touch the scientific conscience.
A meeting of biologists on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological consequences of nuclear were added frightening dimension to those forecasts. Its report suggested that the ling biological effects resulting from climatic changes may at least be as serious as the immediate ones. Sub-freezing temperatures, low light levels, and high doses of ionizing and ultraviolet radiation extending for many months after a large-scale nuclear war could destroy the biological support system of civilization, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. Productivity in natural and agricultural ecosystems could be severely restricted for a year or more. Postwar survivors would face starvation as well as freezing conditions in the dark and be exposed to near-lethal doses of radiation. If, as now seems possible, the Southern Hemisphere were affected also, global disruption of the biosphere could ensue. In any event, there would be severe consequences, even in the areas not affected directly, because of the interdependence of the world economy.
In either case the extinction of a large fraction of the earth's animals, plants and microorganism seem possible. The population size of Homo sapiens conceivably could be reduced to prehistoric levels or below, and extinction of the human species itself cannot be excluded.

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Choose the word, which is most opposite in meaning of the word in the passage
Deleterious

A
Beneficial

B
Harmful

C
Irreparable

D
Non-cognizable

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Question 1

To close the chapter

To walk on the heels

To kick someone with the heels

To wait and rest for some time

Solution

Question 2

Depressed

Pessimistic

Anxious

Optimistic

Solution

Question 3

everywhere

elsewhere

nowhere

without any excuse

Solution

Question 4

To set on fire

To blow the trumpet

To initiate work in a movement

To be hopeful

Solution

Question 5

To tell the truth about something

To gain prominence

To destroy before it blooms

To praise oneself

Solution

Question 6

Serious

Unjustified

Insulting

Justified

Solution

Question 7

One who gives friendly help

One who performs gymnastic feats

An expert judge in the matter

A member of royal family of taste"

Solution

Question 8

A wise search

A fruitful search

A worthwhile hunt

A futile pursuit

Solution

Question 9

Gift for hard work

Gift undeserved

Gift of being a good conversationalist

Gift from unknown person

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Question 10

Beneficial

Harmful

Irreparable

Non-cognizable

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