Month: June 2015

Exercise Synonym #203

Exercise Synonym-:

The “exercise synonym” asks you to identify the best synonym of the given words-:

  1. TURGID
    1. shrunken
    2. bombastic
    3. turbulent
    4. elastic

    Exercise Synonym

    Synonyms

  2. SQUELCH
    1. quell
    2. burp
    3. bite
    4. malign
  3. CONFOUND
    1. slam
    2. excavate
    3. bewilder
    4. discover
  4. VISAGE
    1. senility
    2. countenance
    3. avenue
    4. application
  5. WELTER
    1. haven
    2. clutter
    3. worship
    4. protégé
  6. CONGLOMERATION

    1. combination
    2. scepter
    3. senile
    4. rickety
  7. SLANDER

    1. vested
    2. libel
    3. repudiated
    4. vigorous
  8. EXALTED

    1. ideal
    2. abscess
    3. hitherto
    4. smutty
  9. ELOQUENCE

    1. epoch
    2. dream
    3. passion
    4. senile
  10. EXTERMINATING

    1. exigencies
    2. inculcated
    3. blackguards
    4. eradicate
  11. BOGGLED

    1. flabbergast
    2. expect
    3. Inuit
    4. intuitive
  12. CANE

    1. canister
    2. pikestaff
    3. bruise
    4. canalize
  13. HELM

    1. leadership
    2. hellion
    3. airily
    4. hoe-down
  14. RESOUND

    1. garment
    2. lewd
    3. reproduce
    4. lexical
  15. RAKED

    1. ragbag
    2. scour
    3. sultry
    4. valuation
  16. ABERRATION

    1. complete
    2. complex
    3. delusion
    4. leaky
  17. ABHOR

    1. detest
    2. love
    3. crime
    4. lean
  18. ACQUIESCE

    1. give in
    2. give up
    3. go along
    4. get out
  19. ALACRITY

    1. lavish
    2. rendering
    3. enthusiasm
    4. mendacious
  20. AMIABLE

    1. egregious
    2. charming
    3. cheetah
    4. resound
  21. REPUDIATED

    1. disgraced
    2. shrewd
    3. eloquence
    4. denomination
  22. INEXORABLE

    1. decrepit
    2. merciless
    3. epoch
    4. pacifist
  23. VESTED

    2. docile
    3. robed
    4. unheeded
  24. INCULCATED

    1. impart
    2. precooked
    3. terminable
    4. hitherto
  25. RESENTED

    1. tentatively
    2. meritorious
    3. gnaw
    4. dislike

It is not about how well you prepare, it is about how much faith you have in your dreams. So, take the leap of faith and go for your dreams.
ANSWERS
1-b
2-a
3-c
4-b
5-b
6-a
7-b
8-a
9-c
10-d
11-a
12-b
13-a
14-c
15-b
16-c
17-a
18-a
19-c
20- b
21-a
22-b
23-c
24-a
25-d

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Sentence Completion

Sentence Completion

are the most common questions asked in IELTS. So go and practice lots of questions based on sentence completion.
Given below are five sentences with some blanks in them. Your task is to complete the sentence with the most appropriate word given in the options.

  1. Innovation would ___ in one trading hub for a while but then stagnate, sometimes because of external predators-roving pirates, invading barbarians but more often because of internal parasites.

    1. perish
    2. palliate
    3. flourish
    4. dramatize
  2. Boomers and their parents also spent their ___ years away from the cities, where newer immigrants tended to gather unlike today’s young people who have become more involved with immigrants.

    1. fantastic
    2. frenetic
    3. formative
    4. idyllic
  3. ____, shy dogs tend to live much longer that bold, aggressive dogs.

    1. febrile
    2. captivated
    3. docile
    4. ferocious
  4. When a mouse catches a whiff of a cat or a rat, it steps away from the direction of the scent, generally backward so it can keep an eye on the ______

    1. predator
    2. cannibal
    3. perfume
    4. swath
  5. Scientist have been able to formulate _ _______in the case of DNA, but definitive research has yet to provide a similar formulation for a finger print or a voice.

    1. fornesics
    2. nostrum
    3. distinctiveness
    4. therapeutic

Answers-:
1-3
2-3
3-2
4-1
5-3
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Vocabulary Questions For IELTS

VOCABULARY QUESTIONS 101-102

Given below are vocabulary questions that can help you increase your vocabulary.
Question 101-FIND THE WORD THAT IS THE BEST OPPOSITE

  1. CABALISTIC

    • artistic
    • exoteric
    • cryptic
    • acrylic
  2. TENEBROUS

    • unilateral
    • melodious
    • light
    • harsh
  3. IMBECILIC

    • fundamental
    • regular
    • populous
    • precocious
    4. Vocabulary Questions

    Vocabulary Words

  4. IMPUISSANT

    • potent
    • poignant
    • prevalent
    • placable
  5. SETACEOUS

    • barbed
    • disputations
    • unarmed
    • contagious

QUESTION 102
Knowing just the word is not going to help you in IELTS. You need to know their synonyms as well.
In the given sentences, find out the best synonym-:

  1. MAUNDER
    1. mishandle
    2. insult
    3. wander
    4. assault
  2. EXIGUOUS
    1. scanty
    2. irrelevant
    3. healthy
    4. proximate
  3. GOSSAMER
    1. filmy
    2. intractable
    3. snake-like
    4. wild
  4. CARTEL
    1. decoration
    2. syndicate
    3. official
    4. knowledge
  5. FEINT
    1. obscure
    2. feeble
    3. swear
    4. dodge
  6. MOROSE
    1. amiable
    2. sullen
    3. gorgeous
    4. jumbled
  7. INDITE
    1. accuse
    2. jumble
    3. compose
    4. arouse
  8. BRASH
    1. resonant
    2. plausible
    3. impetuous
    4. fragmented
  9. PRIVATION
    1. want
    2. privacy
    3. alienation
    4. eccentricity
  10. TENUOUS
    1. mushrooming
    2. slight
    3. vicious
    4. unlimited

ANSWERS 101-:
1-b
2-c
3-d
4-a
5-c
ANSWERS 102
1-c
2-a
3-a
4-b
5-d
6-b
7-c
8-c
9-c
10-b
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Words Explained

English is like an ocean. There are so many words. Some of them have the same meaning as others and some different. Lets look into some of the words explained below.

  1. ABSOLVE
    Meaning-: to free from guilt or duty.
    Synonyms-: pardon, exonerate
    Antonyms-: accuse, inculpate
  2. ABHOR
    Meaning-: hate
    Synonyms-: loathe, detest
    Antonyms-: enjoy relish
  3. ACCOLADE
    Meaning-: honor, award
    Synonyms-:laurels
    Antonyms-: disgrace
  4. ACCOMPLICE
    Meaning-: a partner in crime
    Synonyms-: confederate, attribute, endure
    Antonyms-: deny, reject
  5. ACCREDIT
    Meaning-: to approve, rectify
    Synonyms-: appoint, approve, authorize, certify, commission, empower, enable, endorse, entrust, guarantee, license, okay, recognize, sanction, vouch for
    Antonyms-: deny, disapprove, reject

  6. CONDUIT

    Meaning-: a similar natural passage
    Synonyms-: duct, pipe, pipeline,conductor, main, sewer
    Antonyms-:

  7. ADULTERATE

    Meaning-: to debase or make impure by adding impure materials into it
    Synonyms-: contaminate, pollute
    Antonyms-: purify, expurgate

  8. AMBIDEXTROUS

    Meaning-: to be able to use both hands efficiently
    Synonyms-: deceptive, hypocritical, left-handed
    Antonyms-: clumsy, maladroit

  9. AUGMENT

    Meaning-: to make larger or increase the size
    Synonyms-:enhance, enlarge, expand
    Antonyms-:decrease, diminish

  10. GIBE

    Meaning-: to taunt or utter mocking words
    Synonyms-:sarcasm, swipe, joke
    Antonyms-:compliment, praise

Remember, sometimes it is not just about what you know, but more about how you express.

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