Verbal Section Most Important Questions and Answers Part 10

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46. DETRITUS: GLACIERS

(a) thaw: cold

(b) snow: icebergs

(c) sediment: bottom

(d) silt: rivers

(e) dregs: society

Ans: (D)

47. OUTSKIRTS: TOWN

(a) water: goblet

(b) margin: page

(c) rung: ladder

(d) hangar: airplane

(e) trunk: tree

Ans: (b)

48. EQUIVOCATE: COMMITMENT

(a) collaborate: falsification

(b) fabricate: explanation

(c) procrastinate: action

(d) expostulate: confusion

(e) implicate: exposition

Ans: (c)

49. MORPHINE: SEDATES

(a) oil: smears

(b) bandage: protects

(c) drug: addicts

(d) liquor: sedates

(e) medicine: soothes

Ans: (d)

50. STICKLER: APPROXIMATION

(a) Lugard: indolence

(b) connoisseur: anachronism

(c) scientist: theorizing

(d) leader: guidance

(e) purist: adulteration

Ans: (e)

51. LOOM: WEAVE

(a) couch: sleep

(b) needle: knit

(d) machine: stitch

(e) bail: fish

Ans: (b)

52. SUBPOENA: WITNESS

(a) hire: labourer

(b) tax: worker

(c) elect: officer

(d) suborn: judge

(e) conscript: soldier

Ans: (e)

53. INVINCIBLE: SUBDUED

(a) expensive: bought

(b) inconsistent: expressed

(c) bolted: separated

(d) impervious: damaged

(e) imprudent: enacted

Ans: (d)

54. BURLESQUE: PLAY

(a) operetta: symphony

(b) limerick: sonnet

(c) doggerel: verse

(d) table: narration

(e) sketch: drawing

Ans: (c)

55. GROW: BURGEON

(a) flourish: thrive

(b) transport: enrapture

(c) beat: palpitate

(d) evolve: multiply

(e) wrote: decay

Ans: (c)

56 HOAX: DECEIVE

(a) gimmick: wheedle

(b) filibuster: delay

(c) boast: cajole

(d) lottery: disburse

(e) scandal: vilify

Ans: (b)

57. BODYGUARD: PERSON

(a) teacher: pupil

(b) mayor: city

(c) police officer: traffic

(d) soldier: country

(e) secretary: office

Ans: (d)

58. MUFFLE: SOUND

(a) conceal: secret

(b) assuage: grief

(c) maul: object

(d) extract: flavor

(e) endure: agony

Ans: (b)