Test 8

Question 1

extortion

Answer 1

the activity of getting money by threatening

eg. he was accused of extortion

Question 2

distort

Answer 2

twist
eg. the plastic was distorted by heat
the news was badly twisted

Question 3

assertive

Answer 3

very confident

eg. assertive teacher

Question 4

assert

Answer 4

to claim

Question 5

unsound

Answer 5

1) spurious
eg. unsound reasoning

2) structurally poor
eg. unsound building, bridge

Question 6

erroneous

Answer 6

wrongs

[syn] amiss

Question 7

unerring

Answer 7

without mistake

Question 8

serpentine

Answer 8

fig. m - very evil

eg. a serpentine person

Question 9

immutable

Answer 9

unchangeable

Question 10

transmute

Answer 10

to change completely

eg. the criminal transmuted himself into a national hero

Question 11

muted

Answer 11

mild

eg. muted color/voice

Question 12

antithetical

Answer 12

completely opposite
eg. antithetical political ideologies
i found him to be antithetical

Question 13

disapprobation

Answer 13

disapproval

Question 14

approbation

Answer 14

approval/praise

[syn] plaudit

eg. he received approbation for his contribution to the society

Question 15

garner

Answer 15

to get or receive
eg. to garner approbation
i will garner much time to prepare for the GRE

Question 16

garnish

Answer 16

to decorate food items

Question 17

glean

Answer 17

to collect through difficult means

eg. i gleaned information about universities

Question 18

malignant 2

Answer 18

1) causing death
eg. malignant tumour

2) fig m - desiring to harm others (having ill-will)
eg. a person with malignant attitude

Question 19

concise

Answer 19

to the point (brief)

eg. oxford concise dictionary

Question 20

anomalous 3

Answer 20

1) abnormal
eg. anomalous behaviour

2) inconsistent
eg. anomalous data

3) very rare and unusual
eg. anamalous gemstone in teh museum

Question 21

anomaly 3

Answer 21

1) abnormality
2) inconsistency
3) the state of being rare and unusual

Question 22

aberrant

Answer 22

abnormal ( aber samma ghumne)

eg. aberrant behaviour/mind

Question 23

aberration

Answer 23

abnormality

eg. mental aberration

Question 24

digressive

Answer 24

deviating

eg. the teacher was digressive in the class

Question 25

malign

Answer 25

to hurt others reputation | eg. he was maligned by the press

Question 26

benignant

Answer 26

benign

Question 27

misnomer

Answer 27

mis- wrong, nomer-nomenclature wrong name eg. the international airport is a misnomer because almost all fights are domestic

Question 28

curtail

Answer 28

cutoff | eg. to curtail freedom

Question 29

curt

Answer 29

short and rude eg. curt reply [syn] brusque, abrupt[+1]

Question 30

abrupt

Answer 30

sudden or unexpected eg. abrupt change of weather [syn] terse (-ve)

Question 31

terse (+ve)

Answer 31

using few and effective words | eg. terse style of writing

Question 32

laconic

Answer 32

using few words | eg. the laconic manager/response/writing

Question 33

inconclusive 2

Answer 33

1) insignificant eg. inconclusive discussion 2) not leading to the conclusion

Question 34

immure

Answer 34

put into prison / imprison [syn] confine [+1], incarcerate eg. solitary confinement

Question 35

confine

Answer 35

to limit | eg. he was confined in the wheelchair after the accident

Question 36

condone 2

Answer 36

1) to ignore as insignificant eg. to condone mistakes 2) to promote something -ve by ignoring eg. the govt. was accused of condoning violence

Question 37

mural

Answer 37

art on wall

Question 38

pattern

Answer 38

a type of art

Question 39

delineate

Answer 39

to describe draw or indicate in detail or clearly | eg. the location was delineated in the map

Question 40

extricate

Answer 40

to set free eg. the people were extricated from rubbles i had to extricate myself from problems

Question 41

immaculate

Answer 41

spotless/clean eg. immaculate character/t-shir/table [ant] maculated (spotty or partially good)

Question 42

peccadillo

Answer 42

minor flaw | eg. sexual peccadillo of the celebrity

Question 43

undulating 4

Answer 43

1) uneven eg. undulating surface 2) fluctuating eg. undulating fever 3) wavy eg. undulating smoke 4) with rhythmic up and down eg. undulating melody

Question 44

cadence

Answer 44

rhythmic up and down [syn] cadency

Question 45

cadenza

Answer 45

solo song

Question 46

aria

Answer 46

solo song for opera

Question 47

parochial 2

Answer 47

1) relating to church eg. parochial school 2) fig. m - having or showing narrow outlook / limited eg. parochial attitude

Question 48

insular

Answer 48

in-into, sul-penninsula - island 1) of a typical island 2) having and showing narrow outlook or limited eg. the British linguistic insularity

Question 49

provincial 2

Answer 49

1) of the province eg. provincial political party 2) fig. m - having and showing narrow outlook or limited eg. provincial political ideology

Question 50

chauvinist

Answer 50

jingoist (aggressive rationalist) (-ve)

Question 51

chauvinism

Answer 51

jingoism

Question 52

nationalist

Answer 52

strong patriot

Question 53

patriot

Answer 53

lover of the nation

Question 54

male chauvinist

Answer 54

a person who believes that males are superior to females

Question 55

preternatural

Answer 55

supernatural (relating to god, ghost or magic) [syn] extraordinary, paranormal

Question 56

necromancy

Answer 56

black magic