English Quiz for SBI | IBPS – Set 273

1.Her ______ display of tears at work did not impress her new boss,who felt she should try to control her emotions.
a) maudlin
b) meritorious
c) hirsute
d) None of these

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Answer a) maudlin
Maudlin (adj.) means excessively and weakly sentimental or
tearfully emotional.

2.Mary became ______ at typing because she practiced every day for six months.
a) proficient
b) reflective
c) dormant
d) None of these

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Answer a) proficient
Proficient (adj.) means well versed in any business or branch of
learning.

3.The high-profile company CEO was given an ______ for speaking at the monthly meeting of the area business leaders’ society.
a) Zenith
b) honorarium
c) inoculation
d) None of these

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Answer b) honorarium
Honorarium (n.) is payment or reward for services for which
payment is not usually required.

4.Because he was so ______, the athlete was able to complete the obstacle course in record time.
a) belligerent
b) nimble
c) Mordant
d) None of these

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Answer b) nimble
Nimble (adj.) is quick and light in movement, to be agile.

5.The graph clearly showed the company reaching the ______ in profits during the 1980s when the economy was in a boom period.
a) narthex
b) quiescence
c) vertex
d) None of these

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Answer c) vertex
Vertex (n.) means the highest point of anything; the apex or
summit.

6.Amie agrees with the ______ that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
a) perpetuity
b) penchant
c) maxim
d) None of these

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Answer c) maxim
Maxim (n.) is an established principle or a general truth, often a
condensed version of a practical truth.

7.After the boisterous customers left the café without tipping, Carlos ______ at them through the restaurant’s front window.
a) interjected
b) glowered
c) Lurid
d) None of these

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Answer b) glowered
To glower (v.) means to stare angrily or sullenly, to look intently
with anger or dislike.

8.The peasants passed their weary days in much ______ and little comfort.
a) Macabre
b) Naïve
c) travail
d) repose

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Answer c) travail
Travail (n.) means hard or agonizing labor.

9.The teacher was dismissed for the ______ act of helping his students cheat on the exam.
a) steadfast
b) jaunt
c) unconscionable
d) None of these

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Answer c) unconscionable
Unconscionable (adj.) means not restrained by conscience; unscrupulous.

10.The way my father likes to ______with any salesperson to see if he can bargain for a lower price is embarrassing.
a) striate
b) variegate
c) capitulate
d) wrangle

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Answer d) wrangle
To wrangle (v.) means to bicker, dispute, create a noisy
argument.

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