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Correct Answer: Option A
Parts of Speech: Verb
Synonyms: Baste, Bawl Out, Berate, Call Down, Scold, Chastise, Chew Out, Dress Down, Flay, Hammer, Jaw, Keelhaul, Lambaste (Or Lambast), Lecture, Rag, Rail (At Or Against), Rant (At), Rate, Ream(Out), Rebuke, Reprimand, Reproach, Score, Tongue-Lash, Upbraid
Antonyms: Excuse, Pardon, Spare
Explanation:
To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Correct Answer: Option D
Parts of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: Continence, Self-Abnegation, Self-Denial, Sobriety, Temperance
Antonyms: Self-indulgence
Explanation:
Voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites.
Correct Answer: Option B
Parts of Speech: Verb
Synonyms: Abstract, Boil Down, Brief, Digest, Encapsulate, Epitomize, Outline, Recap, Summarize, Reprise, Sum Up, Synopsize, Wrap Up
Antonyms: Amplify, Elaborate, Elongate, Enlarge, Expand, Extend, Lengthen, Prolong,Protract, Supplement
Explanation:
To make into a short statement of the main points.
Correct Answer: Option A
Parts of Speech: Verb
Synonyms: Do nothing, idle, be inactive, languish, laze (around/about), lounge (around/about), loll (around/about), loaf (around/about), slouch (around/about); Go to seed, degenerate, moulder, stagnate; veg out; mooch about/around, bat around/about.
Antonyms: Activate, Build, Carry Out, Develop, Die, Flourish, Grow, Improve, Strengthen,Do, Shrink, Shrivel, Wither, Go To Seed
Explanation:
Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
Correct Answer: Option C
Parts of Speech: Verb
Synonyms: Act, Affect, Assume, Bluff, Counterfeit, Dissemble, Fake, Pass (For), Pretend, Profess, Put On, Sham, Feign
Antonyms: Destroy, Face, Give, Idle, Meet, Receive, Reveal, Be Honest, Be Real, Tell Truth,Distinguish, Finger, Identify
Explanation:
To present a false appearance of.
Correct Answer: Option D
Parts of Speech: Adjective
Synonyms: Bosom, Buddy-Buddy, Chummy, Close, Especial, Friendly, Inseparable, Familiar, Inward, Near, Thick, Tight
Antonyms: Distant, Common, Open, Public
Explanation:
Closely acquainted.
Correct Answer: Option C
Parts of Speech: Verb
Synonyms: Allay, Help, Assuage, Ease, Mitigate, Mollify, Palliate, Relieve, Soothe
Antonyms: Aggravate, Exacerbate
Explanation:
To make more bearable or less severe.
Correct Answer: Option A
Parts of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: Balk, Bar, Block, Chain, Encumbrance, Cramp, Crimp, Deterrent, Drag, Embarrassment, Fetter, Handicap, Hindrance, Holdback, Hurdle, Impediment, Inhibition, Interference, Let, Manacle, Obstacle, Obstruction, Shackles, Stop, Stumbling Block, Trammel
Antonyms: Thin, Unencumbered, Unobstructed
Explanation:
Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
English Vocabulary Quiz 6
Correct Answer: Option B
Parts of Speech: Verb
Synonyms:Balance, Dither, Falter, Halt, Hang Back, Scruple, Shilly-Shally, Stagger, Teeter, Hesitate, Waver, Wobble
Antonyms: Continue, Persist, Stay, Abide, Adhere, Advance, Budge, Continue, Decide, Dive, Hold Fast, Persist, Plunge, Stand Fast, Stay, Stick, Stir
Explanation:
To show uncertainty about the right course of action.
Correct Answer: Option A
Parts of Speech: Verb
Synonyms: Castrate, Damp, Dampen, Deaden, Desiccate, Devitalize, Dehydrate, Geld, Lobotomize, Petrify
Antonyms: Brace, Energize, Enliven, Invigorate, Quicken, Stimulate, Vitalize, Vivify
Explanation:
To deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality.
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