Double Synonyms Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: part

• I - the constables decided to separate, that is, to part at the corner.
• II - a small portion of the cake is a part of it.

Split, cut and break all suggest force or damage. One can split from a companion or cut a cake, but only part reads naturally in both sentences at once, as a verb in the first and a noun in the second.

Answer: A

Correct answer: train

The word has to serve both a military and an ordinary sense.

• I - to aim guns at a position is to train them on it; this is the standard idiom.
• II - a line of ducklings following one behind another is a train.

Target fits the guns but cannot describe a line of ducklings, and array and turn fit neither sentence naturally.

Answer: D

Correct answer: shade

• I - sitting under a tree, one sits in its shade.
• II - wanting another colour for the wall is wanting another shade.

Tint fits the paint alone, cloud and fade fit neither. Note that the first sentence says shadow, and the word that covers both senses is the related but distinct shade.

Answer: A

Correct answer: dash

• I - a small line left to be filled in is a dash.
• II - to rush to a place is to dash there.

Blank and void describe the gap but not the hurry; bustle describes activity but is not the mark on the page.

Answer: B

Correct answer: scrap

• I - a piece of paper is a scrap of paper.
• II - to get into a fight is to get into a scrap.

Box and brush can each suggest a fight, but neither describes a piece of paper; grab describes neither.

Answer: D

Correct answer: prime

• I - the first and most likely suspect is the prime suspect.
• II - to prime an engine is to prepare it for running, which is what the driver decided to do.

Major fits the suspect but not the engine; counter and suffer fit neither.

Answer: B

Correct answer: long

• I - a distance too far to be covered is too long.
• II - a sad face is a long face, a fixed idiom.

Bad and unlucky say nothing about distance, and heavy describes a burden rather than either a distance or an expression.

Answer: A

Correct answer: adjust

To adjust is to alter something slightly so that it suits a purpose, which covers both altering a garment and repositioning a mirror. “Fit” works in the first sentence but not the second, where nothing is being made to match a size.