English Quiz
1. What is the meaning of SALACITY
a) Recession
b) Indecency
c) Depression
d) Bliss
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Answer b) Indecency. Salacity (N) means the quality of being indecent, obscenity in speech or writing.
2. What is the meaning of HAWKER
a) Farmer
b) Priest
c) One who sells goods aggressively, especially by calling out
d) Officer
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Answer c) One who sells goods aggressively, especially by calling out
3. What is the meaning of UMBRAGE
a) Sensitive
b) Shabbiness
c)Premature
d) Resentment
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Answer d)Resentment. Umbrage (N) means take offence OR violating rules and regulation of your family or group
4. What is the meaning of EMULATE
a)Trying to do as well
b) Enable
c) Likely to be late
d) Insipid to win
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Answer a) Trying to do as well
5. What is the meaning of HIATUS
a) Gap
b) Contempt
c) Tight
d) Narrow
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Answer a) Gap. Hiatus (N) means a natural opening, space, a period of pause in activity, an interruption Synonyms- pause, break, gap, lacuna, interval, intermission
6. What is the meaning of CADGE
a) Beg
b) Hide
c) Bicker
d) Imprison
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Answer a)Beg. Cadge (V) means to ask somebody for food, money, etc. especially because you can’t or do not want to pay for something yourself. Synonyms-schnorr, scrounge, bum, grub, mooch, sponge
7. What is the meaning of TAINT
a) Soil
b) Stain
c) Dirty
d) Corrupt
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Answer d)Corrupt. Taint (V/N) means to damage the quality of something .something unpleasant that spoils the quality of something. Synonyms- trace, touch, suggestion, hint, tinge, stain, blot
8. What is the meaning of KEMP
a) Professional
b) Parasite
c) Tent
d) Champion
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Answer d) Champion. Kemp (N) means a strong, brave warrior.
9. What is the meaning of UNCANNY
a) Unmistakable
b) Strange
c) Fearful
d) Internal
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Answer b) Strange. Uncanny (Adj.) means strange and difficult to explain. synonyms: eerie, unnatural, unearthly, preternatural, supernatural
10. What is the meaning of VORACIOUS
a) Quick
b) Angry
c) Hungry
d) Wild
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Answer c) Hungry. Voracious (Adj.) means eating large amounts of foods OR wanting a lot of new information and knowledge. synonyms: insatiable, unquenchable, unappeasable.
