551.
Cease
Answer: B
It is stop.
To cease is to come to an end, from the Latin cessare. Begin and create are its opposites.
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Synonyms Questions and Answers
Direction for [ Question No: 551 To 560 ] :
In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives,choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
552.
Haggle
Answer: C
It is bargain.
To haggle is to dispute over a price. Accept and reject are the two ways of ending a haggle rather than the haggling itself.
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553.
Paltry
Answer: A
It is insignificant.
Paltry means petty and worthless - a paltry sum. Average is a middle rather than a low value, and slovenly describes untidiness.
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554.
Recuperate
Answer: B
It is recover.
To recuperate is to get better after illness, from the Latin recuperare. Reimburse is to repay money, rehabilitate to restore to a former state, and relocate to move - three near-misses built on the same prefix.
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555.
Defer
Answer: D
It is postpone.
To defer is to put off to a later time. The other defer, meaning to yield to another's opinion, is a separate word from a different Latin root. Differ and defy merely resemble it.
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556.
Bitterness
Answer: C
It is acrimony.
Bitterness of feeling is acrimony, from the Latin acer, sharp. Sourness is bitterness of taste, and an aspersion is a damaging remark.
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557.
Propel
Answer: A
It is drive.
To propel is to drive forward, from the Latin pellere, to push. Jettison means to throw overboard, which moves something away rather than forward.
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558.
Graphic
Answer: C
It is vivid.
Graphic means giving a clear and vivid picture in words, from the Greek graphein, to write or draw. Instructive and moving describe other effects a description may have.
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559.
Duplicity
Answer: C
It is deceit.
Duplicity is double-dealing - saying one thing and meaning another. Artlessness is its opposite; the word comes from the Latin duplex, twofold.
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560.
Germinate
Answer: B
It is sprout.
To germinate is for a seed to begin to grow, from the Latin germen, a shoot. Breed and produce describe other kinds of increase; decay is its opposite.
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