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  • - Format: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
  • - Duration: 20 minutes
  • - Number of Questions: 10

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Test Level 3: Vocab Usage - Question 1

Directions: Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given set of words.

Something not corresponding to what is suitable

Detailed Solution: Question 1

Something that is not in harmony or is unsuitable is 'incongruous'.

Test Level 3: Vocab Usage - Question 2

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases that are italicised and highlighted. Select the most appropriate words or phrases to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.

a. During their summer vacations, kids are (A) averse / (B) adverse to getting up early and taking a bath.
b. The husband and wife kept sitting on the beach to enjoy the cold (A) barmy / (B) balmy breeze blowing from the sea.
c. At the guest house, the guests were welcomed by a very (A) complaisant / (B) complainant and competent staff.
d. The organisers of the fashion event are looking for a (A) disinterested / (B) uninterested person to judge the event.

Detailed Solution: Question 2

In sentence 'a', option (A) is correct because 'averse' implies 'not willing or reluctant to do anything'. It fits with 'getting up early'.
In sentence 'b', option (B) is correct because 'balmy', here, implies 'the breeze that is mild and pleasant'. The keyword is 'beach'. 'Barmy' is 'crazy'.
In sentence 'c', option (A) is correct because 'complaisant' is someone who is exhibiting a desire and willingness to please. The keyword is 'welcomed'.
In sentence 'd', option (A) is correct because 'disinterested' is a person who is impartial. The keyword is 'judge'. 'Uninterested' is 'not interested'.

Test Level 3: Vocab Usage - Question 3

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases that are italicized and highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.

a. The test takers are awaiting results of their effort with (A) baited / (B) bated breath.
b. In politics it is not uncommon to credit your opponent with having a rotten (A) bourgeois / (B) proletariat mentality.
c. The disease is highly (A) infectious / (B) contagious. So the patient was quarantined and nobody was allowed to touch his fluids and clothes except with gloves on.
d. You ought to catch those indulging in even the mildest of ragging from the (A) scruff / (B) scuff of their necks and throw them out of the hostel.

Detailed Solution: Question 3

'Bait' is to trap; 'bate' is to hold back. 'Bourgeois' is akin to the class of exploiters; 'proletariat' to the class of the exploited. Only the former will be 'rotten'. Only 'contagious' is connected with touch. Nape of neck is 'scruff'; 'scuff' is scrape or drag.

Test Level 3: Vocab Usage - Question 4

Directions: Create a word using all the given letters from the jumbled letters and identify its appropriate meaning.

Detailed Solution: Question 4

The word formed is 'aberrant'. 'Aberrant' means not normal; varying from the usual or deviant.

Test Level 3: Vocab Usage - Question 5

Directions: Create a word using all the given letters from the jumbled letters and identify its appropriate meaning.

Detailed Solution: Question 5

The word formed is 'tousled'. 'Tousled' means in disarray; extremely disorderly or rumpled.

Test Level 3: Vocab Usage - Question 6

Directions: Match each suffix or prefix with its meaning.

Detailed Solution: Question 6

para- beside
therm- heat
homo- same
-ship - position held
aer- - air

Test Level 3: Vocab Usage - Question 7

Directions: Match each suffix or prefix with its meaning.

Detailed Solution: Question 7

Uni- one
Ecto- external
-wise - in relation to
Magn- great
Contra- against

Test Level 3: Vocab Usage - Question 8

Directions: Use the words given in the table below to answer the question.

Complete the crossword using the words from the above table. There are more words than required.

Hints -
1. Very large or enormous
2. (across) Move back or further away from a previous position
3. An extremely small amount
4. Scarcity in amount or quantity
5. To put off to a later time

Detailed Solution: Question 8

(Correct Answer : 1 - xx, 2 - xviii, 3 - xvii, 4 -xv, 5 - xiv)

Test Level 3: Vocab Usage - Question 9

Directions: Use the words given in the table below to answer the question.

Complete the crossword using the words from the above table. There are more words than required.

Hints -
1. (across) The best or most perfect thing that can exist or be achieved
(down) To be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future
2. A person who is insignificant or is deficient in a particular respect
3. A difficult situation that brings trouble or destruction
4. Conjuring tricks performed as entertainment

Detailed Solution: Question 9

(Correct Answer : 1(across) - viii, 1(down) – iv, 2 - xv, 3 - xvii, 4 - xx)

Test Level 3: Vocab Usage - Question 10

Directions: The question has explained the meaning of two words from the table below. Identify the correct matching words from the table.

a. unwilling to change views
b. regular shifts in circumstances

Detailed Solution: Question 10

'Pertinacious' means 'stubbornly persisting, refusing to give up'. 'Vicissitude' means 'unpredictable changes or variations that keep occurring in life, fortune, etc.' So, option D is correct.

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