ENGLISH QUIZ ON VOCAB

For each of the following questions, select the option which is CLOSEST in meaning to the capitalized word.

1.    INTREPID

(1) Moist                           (2) Rude

(3) Tolerant                       (4) Fearless

2.    FILCH

(1) Hide                             (2) Steal

(3) Swindle                        (4) Covet

3.    URBANE

(1) Well-dressed                (2) Friendly

(3) Polished                       (4) Prominent

4.    DECANT

(1) Bisect                           (2) Pour off

(3) Speak wildly                 (4) Bequeath

5.    ANTITHESIS

(1) Contract                       (2) Examination

(3) Conclusion                   (4) Opposite

6.    HERETICAL

(1) Heathenish                  (2) Rash

(3) Quaint                         (4) Unorthodox

7.    IMPROMPTU

(1) Offhand                       (2) Rehearsed

(3) Laughable                    (4) Deceptive

8.    CHIVALROUS

(1) Crude                          (2) Courteous

(3) Handsome                   (4) Foreign

9.    OBNOXIOUS

(1) Dreamy                       (2) Daring

(3) Offensive                     (4) Visible

10.  VERBATIM

(1) Word for word             (2) In secret

(3) At will                           (4) In summary

11.  ENTICE

(1) Inform                          (2) Attract

(3) Observe                       (3) Disobey

12.  STUPEFY

(1)Lie                               (2) Make dull

(3) Talk nonsense             (4) over read

13.  NEBULOUS

(1) Subdued                      (2) Cloudy

(3) Eternal                         (4) Careless

14.  STEREOTYPED

(1) Lacking Originality      

(2) Illuminating

(3) Free from disease

(4) Pictorial

15.  STILTED

(1) Artificial                        (2) Fashionable

(3) Canonical                    (4) Senseless

Answers:

1. (4) Fearless. Those who are invulnerable to some kind of fear are intrepid. Other synonyms are brave, dauntless, unfearing, and hardy.

2. (2) Steal. To filch means to steal. Pilfer is another synonym.

3. (3) Polished. Urbane means to show high degree of refinement such as polished behaviour. Svelteis another synonym.

4. (2) To decant means to make a liquid flow out from a container. Transfer & Empty are another synonym.

5. (4) Opposite. ANTITHESIS is something exactly opposite. Contrast & Reverse are another synonym.

6. (4) Unorthodox. When there is a departure from accepted beliefs or standards or orthodox thoughts, it is heretical. Profane & heterodox are another synonym.

7. (1) Offhand. Impromptu means that something comes out spontaneously without advance preparation. Extemporary is another synonym. Unplanned & Unarrangedare another synonym.

8. (3) The meaning is Courteous. bravery & gallant are another synonym.

9. (3) Offensive. Something causing disapproval or protest is obnoxious. Hateful, Loathsome & horribleare another synonym.

10. (1) Word for word. Verbatim means precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker.Exactly, to the letter & accurately are another synonym.

11. (2) Attract. Entice means to provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or opinion. Other synonyms are lure, tempt.

12.  (2) To make dull or stupid or muddle.

13.  (3) Eternal. Nebulous is something which has no definite forms or limits. There is a nebulous distinction between caste or creed. One may have nebulous ideas or reasons about something.

14. (1) Lacking originality. Anything lacking spontaneity, originality or individuality is stereotyped.

15. (1) Artificial.  Stiff, affected & Unnatural are other synonyms.