541.
Dissolute
Answer: D
It is immoral.
Dissolute means given over to loose living, literally loosened from restraint. Virtuous is its opposite.
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Synonyms Questions and Answers
Direction for [ Question No: 541 To 550 ] :
In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives,choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
542.
Sozzled
Answer: A
It is drunk.
Sozzled is British slang for intoxicated, from the dialect verb to sozzle, to splash about. Moderate is its opposite.
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543.
Irk
Answer: A
It is to annoy.
To irk is to irritate or weary. Delight and appease are its opposites; making a wry face is a reaction to being irked, not the word's meaning.
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544.
Bucolic
Answer: B
It is rustic.
Bucolic means of the countryside, especially pastoral life, from the Greek boukolos, herdsman. Citified is its opposite.
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545.
Banal
Answer: E
It is commonplace.
Banal means so ordinary as to be uninteresting. The word came into English from the French, where banal first meant belonging to the whole village and so common to all.
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546.
Intrepid
Answer: D
It is fearless.
Intrepid means resolutely fearless, from the Latin trepidus, alarmed, with the negative prefix. Afraid and timid are its opposites.
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547.
Osmosis
Answer: B
It is gradual acceptance.
Osmosis is the passage of a solvent through a membrane, and figuratively the gradual, unconscious taking in of ideas - learning by osmosis. Abrupt ending is its opposite in manner.
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548.
Vanguard
Answer: C
It is pioneer.
The vanguard is the foremost part of an advancing army, from the French avant-garde, and by extension those leading a movement. A flag bearer carries a standard, which is a narrower and more literal role.
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549.
Contentment
Answer: B
It is satisfaction.
Contentment is a quiet satisfaction with what one has. Craving is its opposite - wanting what one has not.
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550.
Eventually
Answer: B
It is ultimately.
Eventually means in the end, after a time. Suddenly, quickly and abruptly all describe speed, and initially is at the other end of the sequence.
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- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Double Synonyms
- Homonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Sentence Completion
- Passage Completion
- Fill in the Blanks
- Spotting Errors
- Sentence Improvement
- Passage Correction
- Choose the Correct - Incorrect Sentence
- Reconstruction of Sentence
- Sentences Rearrangement
- Reconstruction of Paragraphs
- Rearrangement of Jumbled Parts
- Word Formation
- Idioms and Phrases
- Active-Passive voice
- Direct-Indirect Speech
- Spelling Test
- Phrasal Verbs
- Parts of Speech
- Tenses
- Articles and Determiners
- Prepositions
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Figures of Speech and Poetic Devices