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Tuesday, 26 May 2015

100 Verbal Questions and Answers

Verbal 
1.     Depreciation: deflation, depression, devaluation, fall, slump
2.     Deprecate : feel and express disapproval, 
3.     Incentive : thing one encourages one to do (stimulus)
4.     Echelon : level of authority or responsibility
5.     Innovation : make changes or introduce new things
6.     Intermittent : externally stopping and then starting
7.     Detrimental: harmful
8.     Conciliation : make less angry or more friendly

9.     Orthodox: conventional or traditional, superstitious

10.  Fallible : liable to error

11.  Volatile : ever changing

12.  Manifest: clear and obvious

13.  Connotation : suggest or implied meaning of expression

14.  Reciprocal: reverse or opposite

15.  Agrarian : related to agriculture

16.  Vacillate : undecided or dilemma

17.  Expedient : fitting proper, desirable

18.  Simulate : produce artificially resembling an existing one.

19.  Access : to approach

20.  Compensation: salary

21.  Truncate : shorten by cutting

22.  Adherence : stick

23.  Heterogeneous: non similar things

24.  Surplus : excessive

25.  Assess : determine the amount or value
26.  Cognizance : knowledge

27.  Retrospective : review

28.  Naive : innocent, rustic

29.  Equivocate : tallying on both sides, lie, mislead

30.  Postulate : frame a theory

31.  Latent : dormant, secret

32.  Fluctuation : wavering,

33.  Eliminate : to reduce

34.  Affinity : strong liking

35.  Expedite : hasten

36.  Console : to show sympathy

37.  Adversary : opposition

38.  Affable : lovable or approachable

39.  Decomposition : rotten

40.  Agregious : apart from the crowd, especially bad

41.  Conglomeration: group, collection

42.  Aberration: deviation

43.  Augury : prediction

44.  Creditability : ability to common belief, quality of being credible

45.  Coincident: incidentally

46.  Constituent : accompanying

47.  Differential : having or showing or making use of

48.  Litigation : engaging in a law suit

49.  Moratorium: legally or officially determined period of delay before fulfillment of the agreement of paying of debts.

50.  Negotiate : discuss or bargain

51.  Preparation : act of preparing
52.  Preponderant : superiority of power or quality

53.  Relevance : quality of being relevant

54.  Apparatus : appliances

55.  Ignorance : blindness, in experience

56.  Obsession: complex enthusiasm

57.  precipitate : speed, active
58.  corroborative:  refutable
59.  obnoxious : harmless
60.  sanction:  hinder
61.  empirical: experimental
62.  aborigine:  emigrant
63.  corpulent :   emaciated  
64.  officious:  pragmate    
65.  Agitator : Firebrand :: Renegade : Turncoat

66.  Burst : Sound :: Tinder : Fire

67.  Star : cluster :: Tree : clump

68.  Piston : Cylinder :: elevator : shaft

69.  Mitigate : punishment :: commute : sentence

70.  Erudite : scholar :: illiterate : ignorant

71.  Fire : Ashes :: explosion : debris  

72.  mason : wall :: Author : Book  

73.  Fire : Ashes :: Event : memories
74.  (a) cheerleaders : pompoms
(b)  audience:seats
(c)  team:goalposts
(d)  conductor:podium
(e)  referee:decision
 Ans. (a)
75.  archipelago:islands::

(a)  arbor:bower
(b)  garden:flower
(c)  mountain:valley
(d)  sand:dune
(e)  constellation:star

Ans. (a)


76. crow:boastful ::

(a) smirk:witty (b) conceal:s;y
(c)  pout:sulky
(d)  blush:coarse
(e)  bluster:unhappy

Ans. (a)


77. bracket:shelf ::

(a)  hammer:anvil
(b)  girder:rivet
(c)  strut:rafter
(d)  valve:pipe
(e)  bucket:well

Ans. (a)


78. taxonomy:classification ::

(a)  etymology:derivation
(b)  autonomy:authorization (c) economy:rationalization
(d)  tautology:justification
(e)  ecology:urbanisation

Ans. (a)


79. moderator:debate ::

(a)  legislator:election
(b)  chef:banquet
(c)  auditor:lecture
(d)  conspirator:plot
(e)  umpire:game

Ans. (a)


80. glossary:words ::

(a)  catalogue:dates
(b)  atlas:maps
(c)  almanac:synonyms
(d)  thesaurus:rhymes
(e)  lexicon:numbers

Ans. (a)


81. lumber: bear ::

(a)  roost:hen
(b)  bray:donkey
(c)  waddle:goose
(d)  swoop:hawk
(e)  chirp:sparrow

Ans. (a)


82. celerity:snail ::

(a)  indolence:sloth
(b)  cunning:weasel
(c)  curiosity:cat
(d)  humility:peacock
(e)  obstinacy:mule

Ans. (a)


83. wood:sand ::

(a)  coal:burn
(b)  brick:lay (c) oil:polish
(d)  metal:burnish
(e)  stone:quarry

Ans. (a)


84. carpenter:saw :: 

(a)  stenographer:typist
(b)  painter:brush
(c)  lawyer:brief
(d)  runner:sneakers
(e)  seamstress:scissors

Ans. (a)


85. horns:bull :: 

(a)  mane:lion
(b)  wattles:turkey
(c)  antlers:stag
(d)  hooves:horse
(e)  wings:eagle

Ans. (a)


86. gullible:duped :: 

(a)  credible:cheated
(b)  careful:cautioned
(c)  malleable:moulded
(d)  myopic:mislead
(e)  articulate:silenced

Ans. (a)


87. marathon:stamina :: 

(a)  relay:independence
(b)  hurdle:perseverance
(c)  sprint:celerity (d) job:weariness
(e) ramble:directness

Ans. (a)


88. Skin:man ::

(a)  hide:animal
(b)  jump:start
(c)  peel:potato
(d)  eat:food
(e)  wool:cloth

Ans. (a)


89. Bamboo:Shoot :: 

(a)  Bean:Sprout
(b)  Peas:Pod
(c)  Potato:Eye
(d)  Carrot:Root
(e)  Leaf:Stem

Ans. (a)


90. Deflect:Missile :: 

(a)  Siege:Castle
(b)  Distract:Attraction
(c)  Protect:Honour
(d)  Drop:Catch
(e)  Score:Goal

Ans. (a)


91. Editor:magazine :: 

(a) captain:ship (b) actor:movie (c) director:film (d) player:team
(e) jockey:horse

Ans. (a)


92. Volcano : Lava :: 

(a)  Fault:earthquate
(b)  crack:wall (c) tunnel:dig
(d)  water:swim
(e)  floor:polish

Ans. (a)

93. Disregarded 
(a)  heed 
(b)  hopeful
(c)  evade (d) dense
Ans. (a)
94. Obviate (a) becloud
(b)  necessitate
(c)  rationalize (d) execute
Ans. (b)

95. Superficial (a)  profound
(b)  exaggerated
(c)  subjective (d) spirited
Ans. (a)
96.     chief : tribe :: governer : state

97.     epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head 

98.     guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach

99.     inept : clever :: languid : active

100.  Erudite : scholar :: illiterate : ignorant



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