WORD MEANINGS

Verbal

1. Depreciation: deflation, depression, devaluation, fall, slump

2. Deprecate : feel and express disapproval,

3. Incentive : thing one encourages one to do (stimulus)

4. Echelon : level of authority or responsibility

5. Innovation : make changes or introduce new things

6. Intermittent : externally stopping and then starting

7. Detrimental: harmful

8. Conciliation : make less angry or more friendly


9. Orthodox: conventional or traditional, superstitious


10. Fallible : liable to error


11. Volatile : ever changing


12. Manifest: clear and obvious


13. Connotation : suggest or implied meaning of expression


14. Reciprocal: reverse or opposite


15. Agrarian : related to agriculture


16. Vacillate : undecided or dilemma


17. Expedient : fitting proper, desirable


18. Simulate : produce artificially resembling an existing one.


19. Access : to approach


20. Compensation: salary


21. Truncate : shorten by cutting


22. Adherence : stick


23. Heterogeneous: non similar things


24. Surplus : excessive


25. Assess : determine the amount or value


26. Cognizance : knowledge


27. Retrospective : review


28. Naive : innocent, rustic


29. Equivocate : tallying on both sides, lie, mislead


30. Postulate : frame a theory


31. Latent : dormant, secret


32. Fluctuation : wavering,


33. Eliminate : to reduce


34. Affinity : strong liking


35. Expedite : hasten


36. Console : to show sympathy


37. Adversary : opposition


38. Affable : lovable or approachable


39. Decomposition : rotten


40. Agregious : apart from the crowd, especially bad


41. Conglomeration: group, collection


42. Aberration: deviation


43. Augury : prediction


44. Creditability : ability to common belief, quality of being credible


45. Coincident: incidentally


46. Constituent : accompanying


47. Differential : having or showing or making use of


48. Litigation : engaging in a law suit


49. Moratorium: legally or officially determined period of delay before fulfillment of the agreement of paying of debts.


50. Negotiate : discuss or bargain


51. Preparation : act of preparing


52. Preponderant : superiority of power or quality


53. Relevance : quality of being relevant


54. Apparatus : appliances


55. Ignorance : blindness, in experience


56. Obsession: complex enthusiasm


57. precipitate : speed, active

58. corroborative: refutable

59. obnoxious : harmless

60. sanction: hinder

61. empirical: experimental

62. aborigine: emigrant

63. corpulent : emaciated

64. officious: pragmate   

65. Agitator : Firebrand :: Renegade : Turncoat

66. Burst : Sound :: Tinder : Fire

67. Star : cluster :: Tree : clump

68. Piston : Cylinder :: elevator : shaft

69. Mitigate : punishment :: commute : sentence

70. Erudite : scholar :: illiterate : ignorant

71. Fire : Ashes :: explosion : debris 

72. mason : wall :: Author : Book 

73. Fire : Ashes :: Event : memories

74. cheerleaders :

(a) pompoms
(b) audience:seats
(c) team:goalposts
(d) conductor:podium
(e) referee:decisionAns. (a)
75. archipelago: islands::

(a) arbor:bower
(b) garden:flower
(c) mountain:valley
(d) sand:dune
(e) constellation: starAns. (a)

76. crow:boastful ::

(a) smirk:witty
(b) conceal:s;y
(c) pout:sulky
(d) blush:coarse
(e) bluster:unhappyAns. (a)

77. bracket:shelf ::

(a) hammer:anvil
(b) girder:rivet
(c) strut:rafter
(d) valve:pipe
(e) bucket:wellAns. (a)

78. taxonomy:classifica tion ::

(a) etymology:derivatio n
(b) autonomy:authorizat ion
(c) economy:rationaliza tion
(d) tautology:justifica tion
(e) ecology:urbanisatio nAns. (a)

79. moderator:debate ::

(a) legislator:election
(b) chef:banquet
(c) auditor:lecture
(d) conspirator: plot
(e) umpire:gameAns. (a)

80. glossary:words ::

(a) catalogue:dates
(b) atlas:maps
(c) almanac:synonyms
(d) thesaurus:rhymes
(e) lexicon:numbersAns. (a)

81. lumber: bear ::

(a) roost:hen
(b) bray:donkey
(c) waddle:goose
(d) swoop:hawk
(e) chirp:sparrowAns. (a)

82. celerity:snail ::

(a) indolence:sloth
(b) cunning:weasel
(c) curiosity:cat
(d) humility:peacock
(e) obstinacy:muleAns. (a)

83. wood:sand ::

(a) coal:burn
(b) brick:lay
(c) oil:polish
(d) metal:burnish
(e) stone:quarryAns. (a)

84. carpenter:saw :: 

(a) stenographer: typist
(b) painter:brush
(c) lawyer:brief
(d) runner:sneakers
(e) seamstress:scissorsAns. (a)

85. horns:bull :: 

(a) mane:lion
(b) wattles:turkey
(c) antlers:stag
(d) hooves:horse
(e) wings:eagleAns. (a)

86. gullible:duped :: 

(a) credible:cheated
(b) careful:cautioned
(c) malleable:moulded
(d) myopic:mislead
(e) articulate:silencedAns. (a)

87. marathon:stamina :: 

(a) relay:independence
(b) hurdle:perseverance
(c) sprint:celerity
(d) job:weariness
(e) ramble:directnessAns. (a)

88. Skin:man ::

(a) hide:animal
(b) jump:start
(c) peel:potato
(d) eat:food
(e) wool:clothAns. (a)

89. Bamboo:Shoot :: 

(a) Bean:Sprout
(b) Peas:Pod
(c) Potato:Eye
(d) Carrot:Root
(e) Leaf:StemAns. (a)

90. Deflect:Missile :: 

(a) Siege:Castle
(b) Distract:Attraction
(c) Protect:Honour
(d) Drop:Catch
(e) Score:GoalAns. (a)

91. Editor:magazine :: 

(a) captain:ship
(b) actor:movie
(c) director:film
(d) player:team
(e) jockey:horseAns. (a)

92. Volcano : Lava :: 

(a) Fault:earthquate
(b) crack:wall
(c) tunnel:dig
(d) water:swim
(e) floor:polishAns. (a)

93. Disregarded 
(a) heed 
(b) hopeful
(c) evade
(d) dense

Ans. (a)

94. Obviate
(a) becloud
(b) necessitate
(c) rationalize
(d) execute

Ans. (b)

95. Superficial
(a)  profound
(b) exaggerated
(c) subjective
(d) spirited

Ans. (a)

96. chief : tribe :: governer : state

97. epaulette : shoulder :: tiara : head

98. guttural : throat :: gastric : stomach

99. inept : clever :: languid : active

100. Erudite : scholar :: illiterate : ignorant