Synonym Session-2

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