In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives,choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Yammer
Answer: B
It is lament or grumble.
To yammer is to complain loudly and at length. Praise and compliment are its opposites; whimper is a quieter and more pitiable sound.
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Genesis
Answer: D
It is origin.
Genesis means the beginning or coming into being of something, from the Greek for birth - hence the first book of the Bible. Conclusion is its opposite.
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Culinary
Answer: C
It is to do with cookery.
Culinary comes from the Latin culina, kitchen. Distasteful describes a result rather than the domain.
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Shortage
Answer: B
It is paucity.
A shortage is a lack of something, and paucity means smallness of number or quantity. Abundance and sufficiency are its opposites; niggardly describes a person's giving, and hostage merely rhymes.
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See
Answer: B
It is observe.
To see is to perceive with the eyes, and observe is the nearest of the four. Look is directing the eyes, which one may do without seeing anything.
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Stumbling block
Answer: D
It is hurdle.
A stumbling block is an obstacle to progress. Advantage is its opposite, and frustration is what the obstacle causes rather than the obstacle itself.
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Abstruse
Answer: B
It is profound.
Abstruse means hard to understand, from the Latin for concealed. Shallow is its opposite; profound is the nearest of the four, both describing depth that the ordinary reader cannot easily reach.
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Showy
Answer: D
It is gaudy.
Showy means attracting attention by being bright or ostentatious, and gaudy says the same with the criticism made plain. Rowdy describes noise, not appearance.
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Cancel
Answer: A
It is abolish.
To cancel is to declare something no longer valid. Approve and allow are its opposites, and to break is to damage rather than to annul.
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Augury
Answer: D
It is prophecy.
An augury is an omen or a foretelling, from the Roman augur who read the future in the flight of birds. Future is the thing foretold, not the foretelling.
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