Test: Word Association - Banking Exams MCQ

‘Deception’ means ‘the act of deceiving someone’. ‘Delusion’ means ‘an illusion or mistaken conviction’. ‘Hallucination’ means ‘a false image or belief’. ‘Demolish’ means ‘to destroy’. Thus clearly, ‘delusion’ and ‘hallucination’ are synonyms.

‘Futile’ means ‘to be incapable of accomplishing a specified result’. ‘Pride’ means ‘a consciousness of one's own dignity’. ‘Vacant’ means ‘empty’. ‘Unprofitable’ means ‘not beneficial or useful’. Thus, ‘futile’ and ‘unprofitable’ are clearly synonyms.

‘Mentor’ means the person who guides and instructs. ‘Preacher’ means a person who preaches, especially a minister of religion. ‘Accomplice’ and ‘Accessory’ both mean a person who helps another commit a crime and are therefore synonyms.

‘Haughty’ means arrogantly proud and self-important. ‘Indifferent’ means one who is having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned. ‘Rational’ means with based on logic and reason. ‘Humble’ means having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's importance. The pair of ‘haughty’ and ‘humble’ are clearly antonyms.

‘Altruistic’ means a person showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. ‘Egotist’ means a person who is excessively conceited or absorbed in themselves. ‘Ascetic’ means characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. Clearly, ‘altruistic’ and ‘selfish’ are antonyms of each other.

‘Union’ means ‘the action of joining together ’. ‘Attachment’ means ‘affection towards someone’. ‘Dissociation’ means ‘the action of disconnection or separation’. ‘Puncture’ means ‘to put a hole in something’. Thus, ‘union’ and ‘dissociation’ are clearly antonyms.

‘Habit’ means ‘a repeated action or condition’. ‘Routine’ means ‘the doing of customary acts in a mechanical repetition’. ‘Usage’ means ‘the manner of using something’. ‘Fashion’ means ‘style’. Thus, ‘habit’ and ‘routine’ are clearly synonyms.

‘Implicit’ means something which is implied and not stated openly. ‘Complex’ means consisting of many different and connected parts; composite. ‘Permit’ means to allow. Clearly ‘implicit’ and ‘open’ are antonyms.

‘Accord’ means an official treaty or pact or agreement. ‘Compromise’ means an agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions. The difference between the two words is that the former does not necessarily involve making concessions while the same is crucial to the latter. Therefore ‘accord’ and ‘agreement’ are associated as synonyms.

‘Pallid’ means to lack vigor or intensity, ‘soar’ means to fly or rise high in the air, whereas, ‘colorful’ means to be full of interest or lively and exciting and ‘twiddle’ means to twist, move or fiddle with. It can be inferred that ‘pallid’ and ‘colorful’ are antonyms of each other. Hence, option 4 is the correct answer.