VOCABULARY QUESTIONS - 2 ABOOTTY

VOCABULARY QUESTIONS - 2
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*VOCABULARY QUESTIONS - 2*

1. Pick out the incorrect singular-plural group among the following:
(a) child - children (b) storey - stories
(c) mouse - mice  (d) wolf - wolves

*1. Answer: (b)*

2. The one word substitute for one who studies rivers is:
(a) diluvialist (b) speleologist
(c) potamologist (d) orologist

*2. Answer: (c)*

[diluvialist : വെള്ളപ്പൊക്കത്തെക്കുറിച്ചു പഠനം നടത്തുന്നയാൾ 
speleologist : ഗുഹകളെക്കുറിച്ചു പഠനം നടത്തുന്നയാൾ 
orologist : പർവ്വതങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചു പഠനം നടത്തുന്നയാൾ]

3. ‘Fable’ means:
(a) invention (b) table
(c) tale                 (d) epic

*3. Answer: (c)*

4. ‘To read between the lines’ means:
(a) to suspect
(b) to read carefully
(c) to understand the hidden meaning of the writer
(d) to do useless things

*4. Answer: (c)*

5. Choose the synonym of ‘polytheism’:
(a) belief in spirits
(b) respect for all religions
(c) belief in many births
(d) worship of many gods

*5. Answer: (d)*

6. The opposite of ‘sharp’:
(a) blunt         (b) weak
(c) powerful (d) strong

*6. Answer: (a)*

7. RADAR is ...........
(a) a synonym         (b) an antonym
(c) an acronym         (d) a pseudonym

*7. Answer: (c)*

[acronym : a word formed from the initial letters of other words _(e.g. laser, AIDS)_.
pseudonym :  a fictitious name, especially one used by an author (തൂലികാനാമം)

8. The appropriate antonym of ‘frugal’ is:
(a) lavish         (b) miserly
(c) economic (d) none of these

*8. Answer: (a)*

9. ‘Eulogistic’ is the antonym of:
(a) critical         (b) cowardly
(c) affluent         (d) logistic

*9. Answer: (a)*

10. Select the correctly spelt word:
(a) arithmatic (b) arithematic
(c) arithametic         (d) arithmetic

*10. Answer: (d)*
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