In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
A thing which is not fresh.
Answer: A
It is stale.
Stale means no longer fresh, of food or of news or ideas. A niche is a recess, moist means slightly wet and ripe means fully developed.
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That which cannot be removed.
Answer: A
It is indelible.
Indelible means impossible to erase, from the Latin delere, to blot out - the same root as delete. Illegible means impossible to read and edible fit to eat.
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One who goes on a journey to a holy place.
Answer: D
It is a pilgrim.
A pilgrim journeys to a holy place, from the Latin peregrinus, a foreigner or traveller. A tourist travels for pleasure and a devotee need not travel at all.
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An assembly of listeners.
Answer: A
It is an audience.
An audience is an assembly gathered to listen, from the Latin audire. A crowd gathers for any reason and the public is everyone at large.
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A general act of forgiveness granted on a national occasion.
Answer: B
It is an amnesty.
An amnesty is a general pardon granted by a government, from the Greek amnestia, forgetting. A benediction is a blessing and emancipation is release from bondage.
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Something which is short-lived.
Answer: C
It is ephemeral.
Ephemeral means lasting a very short time, from the Greek for lasting a day. Interim means for the meantime and a diadem is a crown.
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He cannot bear to be in a closed room. He is
Answer: A
He is claustrophobic.
Claustrophobia is fear of enclosed spaces, from the Latin claustrum, a closed place. Acrophobia is fear of heights and agoraphobia of open or public spaces.
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The new salesman talks a great deal, often about things only he finds interesting. No one likes a ______ man like him.
Answer: A
It is loquacious.
Loquacious means talkative, from the Latin loqui, to speak. Verbose describes writing or speech that uses too many words rather than a person who talks too much, and reticent and tacit are its opposites.
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A noisy, rough person who causes trouble.
Answer: D
It is a hooligan.
A hooligan is a rough, noisy troublemaker. The word appears in London police reports of the 1890s, probably from a rowdy family or music-hall character of the name.
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An opinion contrary to accepted doctrine.
Answer: D
It is heresy.
Heresy is opinion contrary to established doctrine, from the Greek hairesis, a choosing. A convention is an accepted practice and a controversy a public dispute.
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