Synonyms Set 8

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This set of English Grammar Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Synonyms Set 8

Q1 | bulwark is most similar to
  • conundrum
  • festival
  • rampart
  • confuse
Answer: rampart
Explaination:
a bulwark is a solid wall-like structure raised for defense, or a rampart
Q2 | pedantic is most similar to
  • pedestrian
  • arduous
  • fickle
  • consequential
Answer: pedestrian
Explaination:
pedantic means ostentatiously or narrowly learned, or unimaginative; one meaning of pedestrian is commonplace or unimaginative
Q3 | bumptious is most similar to
  • backward
  • arrogant
  • clumsy
  • rugged
Answer: arrogant
Explaination:
bumptious means noisily self-assertive; arrogant means disposed to exaggerate one’s own worth
Q4 | expiation is most similar to
  • breathing
  • immigration
  • divergence
  • atonement
Answer: atonement
Explaination:
expiation means the act of making atonement; atonement means reparation for an offense or injury
Q5 | flagitious is most similar to
  • deliberate
  • fatiguing
  • villainous
  • habitual
Answer: villainous
Explaination:
flagitious means marked by outrageous crime or vice; villainous means having the characteristics of a deliberate criminal or scoundrel
Q6 | inveigle is most similar to
  • cajole
  • complexity
  • hoodwink
  • distress
Answer: cajole
Explaination:
to inveigle means to win over with flattery; to cajole means to persuade with flattery
Q7 | heed
  • trek
  • consider
  • consolidate
  • bound
Answer: consider
Explaination:
to heed means to pay attention to, or to consider
Q8 | edge
  • diffuse
  • point
  • force
  • dissuade
Answer: diffuse
Explaination:
to edge means to force or move gradually (as in to edge off the road)
Q9 | elevate
  • lessen
  • mention
  • affix
  • hoist
Answer: hoist
Explaination:
to elevate means to lift up, or raise; to hoist means to raise into position
Q10 | appoint
  • score
  • discuss
  • nominate
  • ensure
Answer: nominate
Explaination:
to appoint means to name officially, often to a position; to nominate means to appoint or propose for office
Q11 | hoard
  • stockpile
  • burrow
  • mine
  • dessert
Answer: stockpile
Explaination:
to hoard means to gather a hidden supply; to stockpile means accumulate a reserve of something
Q12 | homogeneous
  • alike
  • strange
  • polite
  • alkaline
Answer: alike
Explaination:
homogeneous means descended from the same ancestral type, or alike
Q13 | hub
  • counsel
  • elder
  • center
  • extension
Answer: center
Explaination:
a hub is a center of activity
Q14 | tame
  • lost
  • evasive
  • pushy
  • submissive
Answer: submissive
Explaination:
tame means deficient in spirit or courage, or submissive
Q15 | irk
  • shrug
  • irritate
  • devour
  • avoid
Answer: irritate
Explaination:
to irk means to annoy or irritate
Q16 | loom
  • disappear
  • cut
  • surface
  • teach
Answer: surface
Explaination:
to loom means to come into sight in enlarged or distorted form; to surface means to come to the surface or into view
Q17 | fitful
  • erratic
  • angry
  • tired
  • pronounced
Answer: erratic
Explaination:
fitful means having intermittent or irregular character; erratic means lacking regularity
Q18 | gaudy
  • massive
  • mindful
  • tasteful
  • flashy
Answer: flashy
Explaination:
gaudy means ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented; flashy means ostentatious or showy
Q19 | flaunt
  • conceal
  • parade
  • trust
  • fray
Answer: parade
Explaination:
to flaunt means to display ostentatiously or impudently; to parade means to exhibit ostentatiously
Q20 | flex
  • bend
  • binge
  • rid
  • consume
Answer: bend
Explaination:
to flex means to bend
Q21 | tantalize
  • pronounce
  • reign
  • equal
  • flirt
Answer: flirt
Explaination:
to tantalize means to tease by presenting something desirable; to flirt means to behave amorously without serious intent
Q22 | dastardly
  • devastating
  • cowardly
  • clever
  • munificent
Answer: cowardly
Explaination:
dastardly means despicably mean or cowardly
Q23 | aficionado
  • novice
  • trickster
  • devotee
  • agent
Answer: devotee
Explaination:
an aficionado is a fan, or a devotee
Q24 | contiguous
  • catching
  • divided
  • adjoining
  • circumstantial
Answer: adjoining
Explaination:
contiguous means touching along a boundary or point; adjoining means joining at a point or line
Q25 | swindler
  • charlatan
  • expert
  • divinity
  • debonair
Answer: charlatan
Explaination:
a swindler is a person who takes money or property through fraud or deceit; a charlatan is a person who pretends to have knowledge or ability, or a fraud
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