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TAKE
A WORD MATCHING TEST BASED ON THIS WORDLIST
| 1.Aberration |
[noun] a fact,
an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that
may be unacceptable:
eg:-a temporary aberration of his exhausted
mind * A childless woman was regarded as an aberration,
almost a social outcast.
SYNONYMSdeviation, deflection, departure,
divergence, diversion, turning, abnormality, mistake, slip,
oddity |
| 2.Concur |
[verb]
1. to occur at the same time; coincide;
2.to act together; 3.
to agree; to be in accord
SYNONYMS:-unite, band, coadjute, combine,
conjoin, league, accord, agree, harmonize, jibe agree, coincide,
concert, concord, harmonize
ANTONYMS:-contend, altercate |
| 3.Harrow |
[verb] to
torment; vex; cause mental distress
eg:- Studying for the GRE test was a
harrowing experience for George because
so much depended on his doing well.
SYNONYMS:- afflict, agonize, crucify, excruciate,
martyr, rack, torment, torture, try, wring, vex |
| 4.Vehement |
[adj]
1. violent; impetuous; moving with considerable
force;
2. characterized by strong feeling or passion;
impassioned; fervent
eg:-a vehement denial / attack / protest
* He had been vehement in his opposition to the idea.
SYNONYMS:- intense, concentrated, desperate,
exquisite, fierce,fervent furious, terrible, vicious, violent
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| 5.Demise |
[noun]
1. the end or failure of an institution,
an idea, a company, etc.
2. (formal or humorous) death:
eg:-his imminent / sudden / sad demise
SYNONYMS:- die, decease, depart, drop,
expire, pass away, succumb |
| 6.Vituperative |
[adj] berating;
speaking abusively to or about
eg:-a vituperative article / attack / commentary
SYNONYMS:-abusive, contumelious, invective,
opprobrious, scurrile, scurrilous, truculent, vituperatory,
vituperous |
| 7.Haughty |
[adj] behaving
in an unfriendly way towards other people because you think
that you are better than them:
eg:-a haughty face / look / manner * He
replied with haughty disdain.
SYNONYMS:-proud , arrogant, cavalier, disdainful,
high-and-mighty, autocratic, insolent, lordly, overbearing,
supercilious
ANTONYM:-lowly |
| 8.Adulterate |
[verb] ~ sth
(with sth) to make food or drink less pure by adding another
substance to it:
eg:-The water supply had been adulterated
with chemicals from the soil.
SYNONYMS:-debase, doctor, dope (up), load,
sophisticate
ANTONYM:-refine |
| 9.Conventional |
[adj]
1. growing out of custom or normal usage;
customary;
2. conforming to accepted standards, rather
than natural; 3. non-nuclear
eg:-conventional behaviour / methods /
approaches/ morality * She's very conventional in her views.
* It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather
a whole village turned into a hotel
SYNONYMS:-button-down, orthodox, square,
straight
ANTONYM:-unconventional |
| 10.Deuterium |
[noun] the
isotope of hydrogen that has atoms of twice the mass of
ordinary light hydrogen atoms, that occurs naturally in
very small amounts in water, and that is used in nuclear
reactions and as a tracer in chemical and biological investigations
called also heavy hydrogen; symbol D, H2, or 2H |
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