571.
Havoc
Answer: D
It is ruin.
Havoc is widespread destruction. The word was a military cry - to cry havoc was the order permitting soldiers to plunder.
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Synonyms Questions and Answers
Direction for [ Question No: 571 To 580 ] :
In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives,choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
572.
Ponderous
Answer: B
It is heavy.
Ponderous means unwieldy from weight, and figuratively laboured and dull, from the Latin pondus, weight. Conceited and shameless are unrelated.
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573.
Cache
Answer: A
It is hidden place.
A cache is a store of things concealed, from the French cacher, to hide. The computing sense of a fast memory store derives from it, but the word itself means the hiding place.
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574.
Stereotyped
Answer: A
It is lacking originality.
Stereotyped means fixed in an unvarying form. The word comes from printing: a stereotype was a solid metal plate cast from a mould, so that the same page could be printed again without resetting the type.
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575.
Precedence
Answer: B
It is priority.
Precedence is the right to come before others in order or importance. A procession is an order of going, but precedence is the entitlement rather than the file.
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576.
Zenith
Answer: D
It is summit.
The zenith is the point of the sky directly overhead, and figuratively the highest point of anything. Its opposite is the nadir.
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577.
Amnesty
Answer: D
It is general pardon.
An amnesty is an official pardon for a class of offenders, usually political. It comes from the Greek amnestia, forgetting - the same root as amnesia, which is why loss of memory is the plausible wrong answer.
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578.
Impede
Answer: A
It is obstruct or hinder.
To impede is to get in the way of, from the Latin for shackling the feet - pes, foot, the same root as impediment. To let free is its opposite.
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579.
Ensue
Answer: D
It is follow.
To ensue is to happen afterwards as a result. Remain is its opposite in effect; compel and plead are unrelated.
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580.
Rejuvenate
Answer: C
It is renew.
To rejuvenate is to make young again, from the Latin juvenis. Age is its opposite.
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- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Double Synonyms
- Homonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Reading Comprehension
- Cloze Test
- Theme Detection
- Deriving Conclusions from Passages
- 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
- Transformation of Sentences
- Spelling Test
- Phrasal Verbs
- Parts of Speech
- Tenses
- Articles and Determiners
- Prepositions
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Figures of Speech and Poetic Devices