English Word Power Quiz for Competitive Exams - Set 9

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1. Which of the following means superfluous ?
1. Desirable
2. Brave
3. More than in needed
4. Flaccid
5. Not profound
2. A superficial knowledge is 
   
1. Deep and profound
2. Dangerous
3. Specialilsed 
4. Balanced
5. Not profound
3. The opposite of affluent is 
1. Week
2. Indigent
3. Wounded
4. Calm
5. Violent
4. The meaning of effluent is 
1. Genius
2. Lost
3. A powerful person
4. Flowing forth or out
5. Curved
5. Another word for flowing back is 
1. Reflex
2. Callow
3. Backfire
4. Reflux
5. Backlash
6. The opposite of defer is 
1. Expedite
2. Differ
3. Postpone
4. Resist
5. Paucity
7. Which of the following means subsidy ?
1. Subside
2. Substitute
3. Money granted by the government 
4. Suburb
5. Subvent
8. Which of the following has been misspelt ?
1. Decent
2. Dissent
3. Descendant
4. Deccent
5. Distance
9. Choose the correct alternative :
1. Complex 
1. Complicated
2. Compress
2. Duples 
1. Duplicate
2. Twofold
3. Triples 
1. Trinityh
2. Trine
4. Circumvent
1. Outwit
2. Circulate
5. Circumference 
1. Circular boundary 
2. Circumscribe
10. Which of the following means urbane ?
1. Rural
2. Moderate
3. Dull
4. Snobbish
5. Courteous

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