Synonym
Session-2
1. It is very difficult to retain all that you hear in the class.
A. keep
2. The great artist life was full of
vicissitudes.
C. changes
3. She has an insatiable love
for music.
A. unsatisfiable
4. The great dancer
impressed the appreciative crowd by his nimble
movements.
C. quickening
5. The visitor
had a bohemian look.
B. unconventional
6. The bullet wound
proved to be fatal and the soldier
died immediately.
D. deadly
7. The attitude of
Western countries towards the Third World Countries is rather callous to say the least.
D. unfeeling
8. In spite of their efforts, the team of scientists could not make much
headway to solve the problem.
A. progress
9. On scrutiny the police
officer found out that the documents
provided by the landlord were totally fabricated.
A. forged
10. Lack of occupation is
not necessary revealed by manifest idleness.
A. easily perceived
11. The accident occurred due to his lapse.
C. error
12. Sunlight and shadow
made the landscape a kaleidoscope of colour.
B. frequently changing pattern of bright
scenes
13. After the dismal performance of the team in the
series concluded yesterday, the
captain offered his resignation to the president of the club.
A. poor
14. We didn't believe in
his statement, but subsequent events proved that
he was right.
A. later
15. The pioneers left a
blazing trial of courage, manliness and chivalry.
D. settlers
16. He has a propensity for getting into debt.
A. natural tendency
17. That young is quite sanguine about
the result of his competitive examination.
D. optimistic
18. He is averse
to the idea of holding
elections now.
D. opposed
19. The thief outwitted the constable on some pretext
and disappeared on the way to the police station.
A. defeated
20. Silence is mandatory for meditation to be effective.
A. compulsory
21. We should always try
to maintain and promote communal amity.
D. understanding
22. The soldier displayed exceptional courage and saved Major from the enemy's hand.
A. avoidable
23. Public figures should not indulge in
mud-slinging.
C. slander
24. The notice said that the meeting would begin precisely at 9.30 AM.
B. exactly
25. That the plan is both inhuman and
preposterous needs no further
proof.
C. absurd
26. The prisoner has been languishing in the jail for the last many years.
B. suffering
27. As the driver was inebriated he could not control the car.
D. intoxicated
28. When the police questioned him, he gave very incoherent answer at first.
B. inconsistent
29. Even today many people are guided by
abstruse moral values.
C. obscure
30. Instead of putting up a united front against
on common enemy, the medieval states frittered away their energy in internecine warfare.
A. mutually destructive
31. Few teachers have been spared the problem of
an obstreperous pupil in the class.
B. unruly
32. The story is too fantastic to be credible.
A. believable
33. They feel that we should be fully aware of our own environment.
D. surroundings
34. No one will invite her to a tea party for she is so garrulous.
A. talks a lot
35. The aberration
in the Indian Economy can be attributed to short-sightedness of its
political masters.
C. deviation
36. Traffic
being what it is, it is lamentable
that our roads
are unable to take the load.
B. deplorable
37. A rupture
in the relationship of two
brothers is quite apparent.
A. break
38. His visit to foreign countries brought about a sea-change in his outlook
and his attitude to people.
A. complete change
39. Only those who are gullible take every advertisement seriously.
C. unsuspecting
40. Whatever opinion he gives is sane
A. rational
41. The recent acts of vandalism in the country cannot be ignored.
D. violence
42. It took him a long time to come round
after the
operation.
A. recover
43. I don't like alien fashions.
A. foreign
44. Catching snakes can be hazardous for people untrained in the art.
D. dangerous
45. The inspector was a vigilant young man.
C. watchful
46. I wrote to him as lately as last week.
C. recently
47. Many species of animals have become
extinct during the last
hundred years.
B. non-existent
48. The tablet alleviated
the pain, and the patient was soon feeling much better.
A. mitigated
49. The International Community may begin to doubt the credentials of the largest democracy in the world.
D. trustworthiness
50. They were totally unaware of the
impending disaster.
B. imminent
51. The general policies will relieve the sufferings of the common man.
A. alleviate
52. The underworld still makes solid profit out of illicit liquor.
C. illegal
53. True religion does not require one to
proselytize through guile or
force.
D. convert
54. The small boy was able to give a graphic
description of the thief.
C. vivid
55. " I have learnt a great deal working
factories, and for a time I've never been a
weaver. Here are my testimonials,
Mr. Davis"
D. credentials
56. The claims of students look hollow when they attribute their poor
performance to difficulty of examination.
B. impute
57. The angry villagers have lynched two suspected child-lifters
already.
C. killed
58. Some people just cannot compromise
where truth is
concerned.
A. adjust
59. He listened of my request with
indifference.
A. disinterest
60. The soldier provided his mettle in the battlefield.
C. courage and endurance
61. Japan has been very much eulogized in this book.
B. praised
62. The time I spent in the library was a
most rewarding one.
A. profitable
63. The benevolence
of the God of Rain has seen a very successful monsoon this year too
B. kindness
64. Whatever the verdict of history may be, Chaplin will occupy a unique place in
its pages.
A. judgment
65. Even though singing of ballads is no longer lucrative the Bhopas of Rajasthan continue
to sing them in order to cherish the
memory of their royal warriors.
C. profitable
66. Incensed by his rude behaviour, the manager suspended the worker.
C. enraged
67. The poem is written in a very
lucid
style.
B. clear
68. The base of an Indian Politicians is the
group of sycophants around them who earn bad name for their leaders.
C. flatterers
69. He was wanted at the outset of his career.
B. beginning
70. When youngsters do not have good
role-model to emulate they start searching
for them amongst Sportsmen of Film stars.
A. imitate
71. The novel was so interesting that I was
oblivious of my
surroundings.
B. unmindful
72.
All the
characters in this novel are
fictitious.
D. unreal
73. Everyone was listening to the news of earthquake with mounting anxiety.
C. uneasiness
74. He corroborated
the statement of his brother.
A. confirmed
75. The prince fell in love with a comely
young maiden.
B. pretty
76. When I look back over there wartime years I
cannot help feeling that time is an inadequate and even capricious measure of their duration at one moment they seem so
long, at another so short.
B. whimsical
77. Manish neglected
to remit the fees in time and therefore had to pay a fine.
B. failed
78. Some of the Asian countries have been
enmeshed in an inescapable
debt trap.
A. entangled
79. She baffled all our attempts to find her.
C. foiled
80. It is a scandal
that the murderer was declared innocent.
D. disgraceful action
81. Everybody likes him because he is an
industrious student.
D. diligent
82. The young man appears to be quite
headstrong.
B. obstinate
83. As soon as he finished his speech, there was spontaneous applause from the audience.
C. instinctive
84. The president of the party deprecated the move of the Government to
introduce electoral reforms in haste.
C. protested
85. He found a lucrative assignment.
B. profitable
86. A person unrestrained by
the rules of morality or tradition is called a licentious person.
A. libertine
87. The leader nodded his approbation.
B. approval
88. When he returned he was accompanied by a sprightly young girl.
B. lively
89. Being a member of this club, he has certain rights.
D. privileges
90. When
he could not endure the cruel
ragging any longer, the new recruit bravely stood up to all his bullying seniors.
C. resisted
91. His style is quite transparent.
C. lucid
92. The invasion force had no artillery and was
completely annihilated.
C. destroyed
93. The courage shown by the soldiers at this moment of crisis is exemplary.
D. admirable
94. Swift is known in the world of letters for his misogynism.
B. hate for womankind
95. The indiscriminate
demand for mass consumption goods is deplorable.
B. undifferentiated
