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Synonyms - 1

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In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Question 1
RESCUE

A
Command
B
Help
C
Defence
D
Safety
Correct Answer: Option B

Rescue = Saving someone from harm.

Help = To aid someone.

Defence = Protection against harm

Defend = To prevent someone from being harmed.

In this context, Help is more accurate than Defence. If the option was DEFEND instead of DEFENCE, then that could have been the answer.

Question 2

SHALLOW

A
Artificial
B
Superficial
C
Foolish
D
Worthless
Correct Answer: Option B
Meanings of the given words:

Shallow: (of the sea, a lake, or a river) Become less deep over time or in a particular place.

Artificial: Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, typically as a copy of something natural.

Superficial: Existing or occurring at or on the surface.

Foolish: (of a person or action) Lacking good sense or judgment; unwise.

Worthless: Having no real value or use.
Question 3

DISTANT

A
Far
B
Removed
C
Reserved
D
Separate
Correct Answer: Option A
Meanings of the given words:

Distant :
Separated by space.

Far :
at, to, or by a great distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing is distant from another).

Removed : take (something) away or off from the position occupied.

Reserved : slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

Separate : forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Question 4

ADVERSITY

A
Failure
B
Helplessness
C
Misfortune
D
Crisis
Correct Answer: Option C
Meanings of the given words:
Adversity is a very difficult or unfavorable situation.

Adversity :  hard knock, difficult situation, trouble, distress, affliction, calamity..

Failure : non-success , lack of success, non-fulfillment, defeat, abortion

Helplessness : a feeling of being unable to manage.

Misfortune: tough luck, ill luck, bad luck.

Crisis : a crucial stage or turning point.

Question 5

DIVERSION

A
Amusement
B
Distortion
C
Deviation
D
Bylane
Correct Answer: Option C
No answer description available for this question.
Question 6

ABJECT

A
Challenge
B
Miserable
C
Deny
D
Disobey
Correct Answer: Option B

No answer description available for this question.



Question 7

ATTEMPT

A
Serve
B
Explore
C
Try
D
Explain
Correct Answer: Option C
Meanings of the given words:

Attempt :  to try to do something, especially something difficult 
.

Serve means to help somebody, who are in needy or perform duty etc.


Explore : means to search or to discover something which is already present.


Try : make an attempt or effort to do something.


Explain: describe, give an explanation of.

 

Question 8

FORAY

A
Maraud
B
Contest
C
Ranger
D
Intuition
Correct Answer: Option A
Meanings of the given words:

Foray - Maraud = Sudden Short Attack.
Synonyms:
Attack, assault, invasion, incursion, sortie.

Maraud - A sudden short attack.
Contestan event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a quality.
Intuition- means person who acts by what he thinks in two solutions.
Ranger - A keeper of a park, forest, or area of countryside.
Question 9

MOVING

A
Taking
B
Toying
C
Shifting
D
Turning
Correct Answer: Option C
Meanings of the given words:

Moving = means shifting one place to another.

Taking = the action or process of taking something.
Toying = consider (an idea or proposal) casually or indecisively.
Shifting = move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.
Turning = a place where a road branches off from another.

For eg. "I was toying with the idea of writing a book"

So, Shifting is the correct answer. Because other words mostly related to particular objects but only shifting relates to every single object so shifting is correct answer.
Question 10

INSOLVENT

A
Poor
B
Bankrupt
C
Penniless
D
Broke
Correct Answer: Option B
Solvent : means able to pay one's debts or not in debt.

Bankrupt :  means unable to pay his debts or exhausted.

So insolvent means bankrupt.