Current Affairs PDF

English Questions – Synonyms Set 57 (SSC CGL)

AffairsCloud YouTube Channel - Click Here

AffairsCloud APP Click Here

Hello Aspirants.
Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in AffairsCloud.com. Here we are creating question sample in Synonyms, which is BASED ON IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.

  1. Allure
    1) alleviation

    2) tempt

    3) deter
    4) dissuade

    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Allure – the quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.
    tempt – entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise.

  2. Tribulation
    1) discourage
    2) prevent
    3) abundance
    4) suffering
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Tribulation – a cause of great trouble or suffering.
    suffering – the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship.

  3. Parsimony
    1) repel
    2) Miserliness
    3) amenity
    4) gratification
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Parsimony – extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.
    Miserliness – excessive desire to save money; extreme meanness.

  4. Absolve
    1) threaten
    2) opulence
    3) disdain

    4) acquit

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Absolve – declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment.
    acquit – free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.

  5. Stern
    1) delinquency
    2) contentment
    3) warmth
    4) strict
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Stern – (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline.
    Strict – demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed.

  6. Pretend
    1) oversight

    2) convenience

    3) succor
    4) feign

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Pretend –  behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.
    feign – pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

  7. Flung
    1) inattention

    2) comforts

    3) measurement
    4) threw

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Flung – throw or hurl forcefully.
    threw – propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.

  8. Abjure
    1) creature
    2) renounce
    3) assert
    4) impassable
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Abjure – solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim).
    renounce – formally declare one’s abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).

  9. Peruse
    1) examine
    2) nonporous
    3) treasure
    4) dense
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation: Peruse – read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way.
    examine – inspect (someone or something) thoroughly in order to determine their nature or condition.

  10. Porous
    1) hermetic

    2) usurp

    3) permeable
    4) impervious

    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: Porous – (of a rock or other material) having minute interstices through which liquid or air may pass.
    permeable – (of a material or membrane) allowing liquids or gases to pass through it.