English Vocabulary Test-9

LIST-9 TEST

Choose the word that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.

1. INSOLVENT
(A) bankrupt
(B) rude
(C) powerful
(D) indirect

2. COGENT
(A) bold
(B) rude
(C) convincing
(D) aware

3. FRIGHTENED
(A) afraid
(B) confused
(C) coward
(D) reluctant

Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.

4. COGNIZANCE
(A) awareness
(B) ignorance
(C) reference
(D) importance

5. FEEBLE
(A) unused
(B) interested
(C) uninterested
(D) powerful

Choose the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pairs of words in capital.

6. RUDE : INSOLENT
(A) smile : amusement
(B) walk : run
(C) country : capital
(D) language : graphic

7. AGGRAVATE : ALLEVIATE
(A) powerful : effective
(B) fallow : fellow
(C) day : night
(D) relations : hostile

Fill in the blanks with suitable choices.

8. Only a few countries have enough weapons to __________ rest of the world.
(A) ameliorate
(B) derail
(C) integral
(D) annihilate

9. She has a/an __________ books on poetry in her personal library.
(A) eclectic
(B) affective
(C) effective
(D) neophyte

ANSWERS: ENGLISH VOCABULARY TEST
1(A) 2(C) 3(A) 4(B) 5(D)
6(B) insolent is an extreme form of rude, as run is an extreme form of walk.
7(C) aggravate and alleviate are opposite as day and night are opposite.
8(D) 9(A)

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