Vocabulary Test 52

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Question 1
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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 2
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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 3
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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 4
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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 5
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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 6
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Choose the best answer:
I get a real kick out of reaching the school before anybody else. It means ________________.

A
I get a kick on my backside on reaching the school

B
I get punishment for reaching the school before time

C
I very much enjoy reaching the school early

D
I receive a kick from those who reach the school late

Solution

'Idiomatic expressions are a type of informal English that have a meaning different from the meaning of the words in the expression.'
The phrase "get a real kick out of" is an idiomatic expression. It means 'to get a lot of enjoyment or excitement from something'.
Option C also contains the same meaning, that the speaker gets a lot of enjoyment, reaching the school early ("before anybody else"). Hence C is correct.
Option A is incorrect because this gives the literal meaning of the idiom. Idioms are not literal in meaning.
Similarly, options B and D also contain the literal meaning of the expression 'real kick out of'.
Hence, options B and D are incorrect.
Question 7
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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
Question 8
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Choose the correct synonym out of the four choices given.
Lethargy

A
Serenity

B
listlessness

C
impassivity

D
laxity

Solution

Lethargy is a state of tiredness, weariness, fatigue, or lack of energy. The correct synonym of lethargy is option (d). i.e., laxity that means the quality of being lax and neglectful
Question 9
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Select the correct meaning of the given word in question:
Seminary

A
chapel

B
college

C
convocation hall

D
hostel

Solution

A seminary, is a college that prepares students to be priests, ministers, or rabbis. Therefore option (b) is correct.
Question 10
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Directions For Questions

In the following question, choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning to the bold word.

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Obsequious

A
poor

B
cheerful

C
servile

D
sullen

Solution

Obsequious means obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. Servile means having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others. Poor means deficient; cheerful means happy; sullen means bad-tempered

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Question 1

To set on fire

To blow the trumpet

To initiate work in a movement

To be hopeful

Solution

Question 2

To tell the truth about something

To gain prominence

To destroy before it blooms

To praise oneself

Solution

Question 3

Serious

Unjustified

Insulting

Justified

Solution

Question 4

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 5

Gift for hard work

Gift undeserved

Gift of being a good conversationalist

Gift from unknown person

Solution

Question 6

I get a kick on my backside on reaching the school

I get punishment for reaching the school before time

I very much enjoy reaching the school early

I receive a kick from those who reach the school late

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Question 7

Beneficial

Harmful

Irreparable

Non-cognizable

Question 8

Serenity

listlessness

impassivity

laxity

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Question 9

chapel

college

convocation hall

hostel

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Question 10

poor

cheerful

servile

sullen

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