English Word Power Quiz for Competitive Exams - Set 4

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1. Match the lists (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and a, b, c, d, e) :
1. Too emotional to say anything 
• a. Botanist
2. Says much but means very little
• b. Graphologist 
3. Says little but means very little
• c. Garrulous
4. Studies hand writings
• d. Inarticulate
5. Studies plant life
• e. Laconic
2. To have blue blood is to 
   
1. Suffer from cancer
2. Have an aristocratic origin
3. Suffer from food poisoning 
4. Be a coward
5. Be a genius
3. Match the lists :
1. Psychometry            a. Mentally ill
2. Psycholinguistics     b. Diseases of the mind
3. Psychogenic             c. Science of measuring one's intelligence 
4. Psycho                     d. The behavioural characteristics of the speaker and the language
5. Psychopathology     e. Thoughts
4. To see red is to 
1. Lose consciousness
2. Get emotional 
3. Lose control of one's temper
4. Become sad
5. Go home
5. Match the list :
1. To go beyond                                                  a. Outgoing
2. Interested in and responsive to others            b. Outgo
3. To grow too large for                                      c. Outguess
4. A development                                               d. Outgrow
5. To outwit                                                        e. Outgrowth
6. Another word for moreover is 
1. Indeed
2. Also
3. And
4. So
5. Without
7. Dramatis persona means
1. A double meaning
2. Distinguished
3. Characters of the drama
4. Too much
5. The lord be with you
8. Which of the following has been misspelt ?
1. Pecuniary
2. Recalcitrant 
3. Obscure
4. Paedeatrician
5. Vandal
9. The meaning of herald is
1. A crier
2. A forerunner
3. Long-distance running
4. An old spinster
5. A lovely woman
10. Choose the correct alternative :
1. Escaped 
1. Got out
2. Got up
2. Arrived
1. Got out 
2. Got there
3. Understood 
1. Realized
2. Heared
4. Two things that happen together without any apparent reason
1. Coincidence
2. Coinciding
5. A person who words on a ship
1. A sailor
2. A mailman

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