Target SSC CGL | 10,000+ Questions | English Vocab Quiz For SSC CGL : Day 11
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Directions (1-2): In the following questions, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Q1. HEGEMON
(a) Enemy
(b) Leader
(c) Harmony
(d) Obstacle
Q2. SCHISM
(a) Rupture
(b) Policy
(c) Concrete
(d) Opaque
Q3. OVERTURE
(a) Descend
(b) Capture
(c) Prelude
(d) Closure
Directions (4-6): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Q4. FLEECE
(a) Defraud
(b) Vilify
(c) Cede
(d) Enrich
Q5. SIBILATE
(a) Whiz
(b) Boo
(c) Exalt
(d) Rasp
Q6. DENUDE
(a) Bare
(b) Clothe
(c) Bereave
(d) Jump
Directions (7-8): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Q7. The process by which air is circulated through, mixed with or dissolved in a liquid or substance.
(a) aerating
(b) miasma
(c) effluvium
(d) volatile
Q8. To make a sharp sound or series of sounds as result of a hard object striking another.
(a) innuendo
(b) scrape
(c) swat
(d) clack
Directions (9-10): In the following questions, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Q9. The alpha and the omega
(a) Happy and sad
(b) The beginning and the end
(c) The love and the hatred
(d) Truth and dare
Q10. Throw up the sponge
(a) To attack
(b) To laugh at someone
(c) To surrender
(d) To talk loudly
Solutions
S1. Ans(b)
Sol. Hegemon means a supreme leader.
S2. Ans(a)
Sol. Schism means a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief; division, rupture.
S3. Ans(c)
Sol. Overture means an introduction to something more substantial; preliminary, prelude, introduction.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Fleece: obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them.
Enrich: improve or enhance the quality or value of.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Sibilate: utter with a hissing sound.
Exalt: to praise someone very highly.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Denude: strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets.
Clothe: to provide or cover someone with things to wear.
S7. Ans(a)
Sol. Aerate means to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through.
Miasma means an unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapour.
Effluvium means an unpleasant or harmful odour or discharge.
S8. Ans(d)
S9. Ans(b)
Sol. The alpha and the omega: the beginning and the end
S10. Ans(c)
Sol. Throw up the sponge: to give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat.