In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
A small shop that sells fashionable clothes, cosmetics and the like.
Answer: C
It is a boutique.
A boutique is a small shop selling fashionable clothes and accessories, from the French for a small shop, ultimately from the Greek apotheke, a storehouse - the same root as apothecary.
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That which cannot be read.
Answer: B
It is illegible.
Illegible means impossible to read, from the Latin legere, to read. Ineligible means not qualified to be chosen, from eligere, to select - two words a single letter apart with quite different roots.
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In a state of anxiety, suspense or tension.
Answer: D
It is on tenterhooks.
Tenterhooks were the hooks on a tenter frame that held cloth stretched taut while it dried, so to be on tenterhooks is to be stretched with suspense.
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That which cannot be seen.
Answer: B
It is invisible.
Invisible means impossible to see. Intangible means impossible to touch, insensible means unconscious or unfeeling, and unseen means merely not seen, which is not the same as impossible to see.
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To slap with a flat object.
Answer: D
It is swat.
To swat is to hit with a flat implement, as one swats a fly. To chop is to cut with a blade, to hew is to fell or shape with an axe, and to gnaw is to bite persistently.
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Habitually silent or talking little.
Answer: C
It is taciturn.
Taciturn means saying little by habit, from the Latin tacere, to be silent - the same root as tacit. Servile means slavishly obedient, and unequivocal means leaving no room for doubt.
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One who cannot be corrected.
Answer: B
It is incorrigible.
Incorrigible means beyond correction, from the Latin corrigere. Incurable applies to a disease, hardened describes a settled attitude, and invulnerable means impossible to wound.
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To be the embodiment or perfect example of something.
Answer: C
It is personify.
To personify is to embody a quality in a person or thing - she personified patience. To signify is to mean, and to characterise is to describe the character of.
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A person not sure of the existence of God.
Answer: B
It is agnostic.
An agnostic holds that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable, from the Greek for not knowing. An atheist denies it outright and a theist affirms it; the agnostic does neither.
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A paper written by hand.
Answer: B
It is a manuscript.
Manuscript is from the Latin manu scriptus, written by hand, and now covers any author's copy submitted for publication. A thesis is a dissertation, whatever its means of production.
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