Category: IELTS Vocabulary

Given below are ten sentences, with each sentence having a word highlighted. Your task is to find the synonym of that word among the four options given.

1. The fiction of desire may be parsed as the systematization of the gendered body
   1. enjoy
   2. absently
   3. determine
   4. basin
2. The fiction of normative value(s) recapitulates the invention of the image.
   1. improve
   2. recap
   3. continental
   4. serenity
3. The emergence of pop culture gestures toward the construction of agency.
   1. flake
   2. channel
   3. disk
   4. action
4. The linguistic construction of normative value(s) is strictly congruent with the ideology of the gendered body.
   1. ugly
   2. grammar
   3. jade
   4. pessimist
5. The linguistic construction of the gaze functions as the conceptual frame for the engendering of the gendered body
   1. produce
   2. exact
   3. predator
   4. heretical
6. The poetic of praxis gestures toward the legitimation of pedagogical institutions.
   1. allotment
   2. guts
   3. authorization
   4. play
7. The reification of consumption is, and yet is not, the politics of the nation-state.
   1. apotheosis
   2. vibrator
   3. heaven
   4. blossom
8. The emergence of praxis carries with it the legitimation of the public sphere.
   1. hungry
   2. development
   3. noise maker
   4. coercion
9. The logic of post-capitalist hegemony may be parsed as the invention of the public sphere.
   1. fabric
   2. tenth
   3. eye
   4. predominance
10. The logic of the gaze is always already participating in the discourse of the spectacular economy.
    1. afraid
    2. discussion
    3. nuclear
    4. alliance

ANSWER

1. C
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. D
10. B

Given below are sentences that have a word that has been highlighted. In the options below, are words similar in meaning to the word highlighted. Find the nearest word in meaning to the given word.

1. The picayune detail aides the market.
   1. contest
   2. brutish
   3. everyday
   4. detection
2. The ink forecasts the mysterious end.
   1. signature
   2. polar
   3. french
   4. sharp
3. The animal samples the deafening meeting.
   1. fluent
   2. proposal
   3. degrading
   4. blaring
4. The learning comforts the high trouble.
   1. concept
   2. amenity
   3. uptown
   4. gateway
5. The shock allocates the worried fact.
   1. financial
   2. conscious
   3. bloodthirsty
   4. allot
6. The rural disgust aides the step.
   1. play
   2. joystick
   3. abettor
7. The unaccountable growth targets the verse.
   1. dynasty
   2. internal
   3. arcane
   4. one
8. The sleep assembles the abusive learning.
   1. insulting
   2. hundred
   3. border
   4. believer
9. The nonchalant smoke brought the growth.
   1. controversial
   2. best
   3. antelopes
   4. aloof
10. The morning purchases the therapeutic care.
    1. night skull
    2. fluent
    3. curative
    4. nightmare

SAMPLE ANSWER
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. C
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Synonyms are words that have similar meaning to the words. Given below are sentences with a word highlighted.
Given below are words that have similar meaning to the highlighted words. You need to tick the correct option.

1. No one could have foreseen that things would turn out this way and so soon.
   1. amulet
   2. slippery
   3. expected
   4. subway
2. RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has a certain stature in the global financial world.
   1. status
   2. detox
   3. compelling
   4. heal
3. It has been rightly said that in the battle of perceptions, to concede an inch is to lose several feet.
   1. festival
   2. recent
   3. hungry
   4. viewpoint
4. With everyone waiting for the other to acct first, the onus is definitely on the political bosses to devise quick solutions to accelerate the economy.
   1. marginal
   2. blame
   3. nude
   4. eat
5. These precepts are applicable as much to the guarantee of equal protection under the Indian Constitution.
   1. holy
   2. savage
   3. ball
   4. code
6. The answer in the majority’s opinion was a resounding yes.
   1. flicker
   2. earsplitting
   3. entrance
   4. dreamless
7. The thrust of his reasoning, however, lies in giving recognition to the fundamental dignity of individual.
   1. core
   2. decipher
   3. bump
   4. frantic
8. It is inevitable that such a ruling occasions an evaluation of where India stands.
   1. gang
   2. inescapable
   3. flood
   4. fiend
9. It may seem unlikely that parties embroiled in electoral politics will risk antagonising conservative sections of society.
   1. jade
   2. curious
   3. pure
   4. entangle
10. The restraint that the court has shown in not striking down section 377 fell short of Indian Judicial standards.
    1. ghoul
    2. corruption
    3. restriction
    4. gangland

SAMPLE ANSWER
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. D
10. C

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Given below are sentences with a word that has been highlighted. Out of the four possible synonyms, given you need to find out the word that is closest in meaning with the word highlighted.

1. The remaining seven founding members can sign the agreement.
   1. amateur
   2. accord
   3. fang
   4. hop
2. A historic verdict was rendered on Friday.
   1. devour
   2. decode
   3. knuckles
   4. accomplished
3. It is inevitable that such a ruling occasions on evaluation of where India stands.
   1. happy
   2. imminent
   3. aquatic
   4. bleakness
4. There are several cogent agreements.
   1. Compelling
   2. retreat
   3. sonic
   4. clay
5. The sexuality of an individual is fundamental to the person’s autonomy.
   1. hoist
   2. creator
   3. amputation
   4. freedom
6. The community’s long battle for equal rights has reached its logical conclusion here.
   1. completion
   2. sand
   3. crafty
   4. cable
7. It is rare that a decision made by the supreme court of one country gives cause for cheer across the world.
   1. wreck
   2. guilty
   3. heretic
   4. Judgement
8. An outdate provision cannot be allowed to violate fundamental rights and offend human dignity.
   1. sorrow
   2. homemade
   3. arrangement
   4. glory
9. Their cases emanated from the states of Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee.
   1. duke
   2. sauce
   3. emerge
   4. hearing
10. These precepts are applicable as much to the guarantee of equal protection under the Indian constitution.
    1. acrobat
    2. code
    3. regret
    4. stun

ANSWER
1. B
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. A
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