YT 14 (1ST OCT)

Question 1

WARMONGER

WAR MAANGNE WALA

Answer 1

MEANING: ONE WHO URGES OR ATTEMPTS TO CAUSE A WAR, HAWK, JINGOIST

POS: NOUN

Question 2

PECCADILLO

PECC (MISTAKE) + DILLO (DHEELA)

Answer 2

MEANING: A SMALL MISTAKE OR FAULT THAT IS NOT REGARDED AS VERY BAD OR SERIOUS

POS: NOUN

Question 3

ABRADED

AB + ERASIVE (RUBBING AWAY)

Answer 3

MEANING: TO DAMAGE OR DIMINISH BY CONTINUED FRICTION, CHAFED, CORRODED, ERODED

POS: VERB

Question 4

QUANDARY

A TOUGH QUANT PROBLEM YOU ARE TRYING TO SOLVE

Answer 4

MEANING: A SITUATION IN WHICH ONE HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 2 OR MORE EQUALLY UNSATISFACTORY CHOICES, DILEMMA

POS: NOUN

Question 5

PROLIFERATE

PRO + LIFE + RATE: IN OUR PROFESSIONAL (PRO LIFE), WE SHOULD WORK AT A FASTER RATE TO GROW RAPIDLY

Answer 5

MEANING: TO BECOME GREATER IN EXTENT, VOLUME, AMOUNT, OR NUMBER, ACCELERATE, ACCUMULATE, APPRECIATE

POS: VERB

Question 6

INEPTITUDE

IN + APTITUDE

Answer 6

MEANING: THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT ABILITY, POWER OR MEANS, IMPOTENCE, INABILITY, INADEQUACY

POS: NOUN

Question 7

EXTOL

EX + TOL. MY EX ALWAYS PRAISED THE ‘TALL’ GIRLS HIGHLY IN FRONT OF ME

Answer 7

MEANING: CELEBRATE, EMBLAZON, MAGNIFY, PRAISE

POS: VERB

Question 8

FINESSE

SOMETHING THAT IS ‘FINE’

Answer 8

MEANING: MENTAL SKILL OR QUICKNESS, ADROITNESS, CLEVERNESS, DEXTERITY, SLEIGHT

POS: NOUN

Question 9

PERILOUS

VERY LESS- CHANCE OF SAFETY

Answer 9

MEANING: INVOLVING POTENTIAL LOSS OR INJURY, GRAVE, GRIEVOUS, HAZARDOUS

POS: ADJ

Question 10

TACITURN

TAXI + TURN (TAXI DRIVER WILL BE RESERVED OR UNCOMMUNICATIVE WHILE DRIVING)

Answer 10

MEANING: TENDING NOT TO SPEAK FREQUENTLY, LACONIC, RESERVED, RETICENT

POS: ADJ