English Questions: Vocabulary test – 42

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1. Changes in_____________of the line on the graph.
   1) Inclination
   2) animosity
   3) antipathy
   4) enmity
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation : Inclination
   
   
2. He__________loyal subjects to rebellion
   1) crazy
   2) turbulent
   3) stormy
   4) incited
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : incited
   
   
3. Recovering the initial outlay plus____________interest
   1) averted
   2) fostered
   3) imputed
   4) ourished
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation : impute
   
   
4. She has an eye for the detail that a more___________journalist might overlook
   1) refined
   2) jaded
   3) unsullied
   4) sterile
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation : jaded
   
   
5. Their entirely predictable and usually___________opinions
   1) gracious
   2) polished
   3) advanced
   4) jejune
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : jejune
   
   
6. Try not to make___________remarks
   1) pen
   2) discerning
   3) highbrow
   4) imbecile
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : imbecile
   
   
7. Harry was a___________, foul-mouthed old devil
   1) appease
   2) Nasty
   3) recompense
   4) gladden
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation : Nasty
   
   
8. His__________reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic
   1) bombastic
   2) laconic
   3) periphrastic
   4) diffuse
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation :laconic
   
   
9. Sadly, law enforcement officers usually receive__________salaries in exchange for risking their lives.
   1) plaintive
   2) oscillate
   3) paltry
   4) pithy
   5) None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation : paltry
   
   
10. It was____________that anyone hunting in the forest without permission was to pay a fine.
    1) evident
    2) ordain
    3) apparent
    4) discernible
    5) None of these
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : ordain – make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on.