Synonyms & Antonym-test-1 - Illuminate Minds

Q.1 Scoffed(at): A 20% growth in exports is not something to be scoffed at.

appreciated

tanned

devalued

followed

Q.2 Flamboyance: The company is known for its element of flamboyance.

ostentation

exaggeration

flagellation

industrialization

Q.3 Reiterate: The minister in his speech has reiterated the established policy stance.

encouraged

repeated

supported

opposed

Q.4 Sops : The forth coming budget is likely to provide a host of sops for the Ayurveda industry.

benefits

attractions

incentives

appeasements

Q.5 Nuance : The written word may not capture the nuances and inflections of the spoken word.

meanings

feelings

stress

subtleties

Q.6 Corroborative : It is not always possible to obtain corroborative evidence in insurgency cases.

authentic

spurious

confirmative

misleading

Q.7 Shadow

1.Though I tried hard, her work put mine in the shadow.

2. People live under the shadow of fear in a military regime.

4. I knew beyond a shadow of doubt that he was lying.

3. The children were having fun chasing each other's shadow.

Q.8 Bill

1. Post the bill quickly lest anyone should notice it.

2. His suffering from severe cold can be easily made out from his bill

3. Look how sharp is the bill of what wood pecker.

4. The bill was passed by 290 votes of 85.

Q.9 Concerned

2. People are concerned about excessive violence on the television.

3. They were more concerned with how the speaker was dressed than in what she was saying.

1. We should make no compromise where safety is concerned.

4. She has started making a concerned effort to find a job.

Q.10 Flag

4. No other flag can be hoisted here except ours.

2. Despite being indefatigable, he too began to flag, before the match ended.

3. Can you flag all the relevant pages in this book?

1. Unless we flag him without food for two more days, he will not speak out the truth.

Vocabulary Test

Number of questions:10

Explanation: Scoff means to speak of something in a scornfully derisive way. Hence something to be scoffed at’ would mean ‘something to be devalued’.

Explanation: Flamboyant means ‘brightly coloured and showy’. Hence flamboyance here can mean ostentation (pretentious display of wealth, skill or knowledge, designed to impress).

Explanation: Reiterate means to say something again or repeatedly.

Explanation: Sops means something given to appease or bribe someone. Sops are benefits, attractions and appeasements but the sops given by the government is meant to encourage. This underlying implication of encouragement is there only in incentives.

Explanation: Nuances are subtle differences in or shade of meaning.

Explanation: Corroborate means to confirm or give support to. Hence corroborate evidence would mean confirmative evidence.

Of the given sentences, shadow is not appropriate in sentence 1. In the context of the sentence, the word is shade not shadow. To put something in the shade means to be much better or more impressive.

Of the given choices, 2 is the sentence where the word is inappropriately used. "bill" means account, note, poster, announcement, etc. In the context of the sentence, it must be "prescription" not bill.

Concerned is wrongly used in sentence 4. While concerned means involved, worried or interested (as in sentence 1, 2 and 3), the appropriate word in sentence 4 is concerted (done in a planned or determined way).

Choice (1) is the sentence where flag is inappropriately used. "Flag" has as one of its meanings – to become tired, or weaker; but in the context of the sentence it is not applicable.

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