611.
Superficial
Answer: A
It is shallow.
Superficial means on the surface only, from the Latin for on the face. Unusually fine and proud are unrelated.
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Synonyms Questions and Answers
Direction for [ Question No: 611 To 620 ] :
In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives,choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
612.
Suffice
Answer: A
It is be adequate.
To suffice is to be enough, from the Latin sufficere. Endure is to last or bear, which is a different thing - a supply may suffice without enduring.
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613.
Psychopathic
Answer: A
It is mentally or emotionally diseased.
Psychopathic comes from the Greek psyche, mind, and pathos, suffering. Cardiac arrest and muscular disorder belong to the body.
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614.
Notorious
Answer: A
It is well known for some bad quality.
Notorious is fame of the wrong kind. Generous and idealistic are qualities that would not earn it.
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615.
Ardent
Answer: A
It is eager.
Ardent means passionate and enthusiastic, from the Latin ardere, to burn - the same root as arson. Difficult and silvery are unrelated.
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616.
Filch
Answer: B
It is steal.
To filch is to steal something of small value. Covet is to want what is another's without taking it, and swindle is to cheat rather than to pilfer.
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617.
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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618.
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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619.
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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620.
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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Topics
- 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