PART I – COMPULSORY
Q.1
(a) Choose the word that is near most similar in meaning to the Capitalized words.
| WORD | SYNONYMS |
| GUILE | sly or cunning intelligence.
Similar: cunning, slyness, deception, treachery Opposite: honesty, candour |
| ESSAY | a short piece of writing on a particular subject, an attempt or effort.
Similar: article, composition, attempt, effort, endeavor |
| INCEPTION | the establishment or starting point of an institution or activity.
Similar: establishment, institution, foundation, beginning, starting point Opposite: end |
| EXPATRIATE | a person who lives outside their native country.
Similar: emigrant, non-native, migrant |
| SINISTER | giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
Similar: menacing, evil |
| CONTRAPTION | a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe.
Similar: device, gadget, apparatus, mechanism |
| ANIMOSITY | strong hostility.
Similar: antipathy, hostility, antagonism, enmity |
| CONDONE | accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive).
approve or sanction (something), especially with reluctance. Similar: take no notice of, accept, allow Opposite: condemn, punish |
| PLAGIARISM | the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.
Similar: copying, infringement of copyright, piracy, theft, stealing, poaching, appropriation, cribbing |
| IMPEACHMENT | a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
a charge of treason or another crime against the state. the action of calling into question the integrity or validity of something. Similar: indictment, charge |
(b) Choose the word that is nearly most opposite in meaning to the Capitalized words.
| WORD | ANTONYM |
| ETERNITY
infinite or unending time. |
TRANSIENCE
the state or fact of lasting only for a short time |
| PANDEMONIUM
wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar. |
QUIETUDE
a state of stillness, calmness, and quiet in a person or place. |
| RELINQUISH
voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up. |
ASSUME
take or begin to have (power or responsibility). |
| HENPECKED
continually criticized and given orders by one’s wife or female partner (typically used of a man). |
ASSERTIVE, DOMINEERING |
| CONSISTENCY | INCONSISTENCY, ANOMALY |
| LAUDABLE
(of an action, idea, or aim) deserving praise and commendation. |
UNWORTHY
not deserving respect or attention. |
| EXAGGERATE
represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is. |
UNDERSTATE |
| EXTEMPORE
spoken or done without preparation. |
PREPARED |
| HYPOTHETICAL
presumed, imagined |
ACTUAL |
| POOH-POOH
dismiss (an idea or suggestion) as being foolish or impractical. Similar: reject, dismiss |
ACCEDE, COMPLY |