Friday, October 12, 2007

Verbal (100 Questions)

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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