General English Awareness for MBA Entrance Exams (Vocabulary Quiz - 164)

Directions (Qs. 1 to 15) : Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the given word in question.

1. Regatta
[A]Pretense Of Ignorance Of Something Wrong; Assistance; Permission To Offend
[B]Argumentative; Fond Of Argument
[C]Recede; Lessen
[D]Boat Or Yacht Race


2. Renegade
[A]Deadly
[B]Trip; Short Journey
[C]Coward; Betrayed Of Faith
[D]Deserter; Apostate


3. Repugnance
[A]Easy; Expert
[B]Condition Of Being Crammed Full; Glutted State; Repletion
[C]Imperceptible; Intangible
[D]Loathing


4. Retrench
[A]Crowd
[B]Total Failure
[C]Cut Down; Economize
[D]Records; History


5. Risqué
[A]Overstock; Fill To Excess
[B]Related To Monks
[C]Doubtful; Ambiguous
[D]Verging Upon The Improper; Offcolor


6. Salient
[A]Annoying; Tedious
[B]Mild; Fragrant
[C]Prominent
[D]Lure; Attract; Tempt


7. Savant
[A]Affectedly Dainty
[B]Antiquated
[C]Support; Prop Up
[D]Scholar


8. Serpentine
[A]Tending Or Leaning Toward; Bent
[B]Condition In Which Blood Lacks Red Corpuscles
[C]Obligated; Indebted
[D]Winding; Twisting


9. Simulate
[A]Make Amends For (A Sin)
[B]Boastful; Pompous
[C]Trinket; Trifle
[D]Feign


10. Sloth
[A]Pitiless
[B]Laziness
[C]Clowning
[D]Addition Of Details; Intricacy


11. Soupçon
[A]Supposed
[B]Suggestion; Hint; Taste
[C]Changing In Form; Fickle
[D]Pull Away; Take By Violence


12. Stagnant
[A]Definite; Open
[B]Cause To Appear Foolish Or Inconsistent
[C]Motionless; Stale; Dull
[D]Of Trifling Significance


13. Stolid
[A]Given To Unwholesome Thought; Gloomy
[B]Question Severely
[C]Dull; Impassive
[D]Disrepute; Ill Fame


14. Subsequent
[A]Limits; Independent Variable
[B]Following; Later
[C]Threatening
[D]Peak


15. Supersede
[A]Trader
[B]Cause To Be Set Aside; Replace
[C]Give
[D]Fits Of Depression Or Gloom