Practice Section 11 question answer - general english mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

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Q-1)   ZENITH

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Q-2)   Judicious

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Q-3)   Forego

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Q-4)   REVOKE

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Explanation:

When a law is revoked, it stands cancelled. We can also say that the law has been repealed.


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Q-5)   FRATERNISE

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Q-6)   Fragrance

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Q-7)   VISIONARY

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Explanation:

A visionary is one who has vision for the future. He comes up with strong, original ideas. He can foresee the changes to come and shapes the future, bringing about an improvement. All visionary ideas are dreams at one stage. But all dreams do not mature. Most of them remain pipedreams. A visionary is a dreamy person.


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Q-8)   Avert

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Q-9)   SOLICIT

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Q-10)   ATTENUATE

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Explanation:

You are familiar with the word tenuous. Attenuate also comes from the same Latin root tenuis (= thin). If you attenuate something, you make it slender or thin; you reduce it in force or value.