Daily Vocab Quiz 27 May 2017

Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word?

Allay

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

In the racist town, the well-known study/ do little to dispel /the belief African Americans are /intellectually inferior to Caucasians. /No error

Fill up the blanks/blank with suitable pair of words/word from the options given below to make a meaningful sentence.

The U.S., with a defence budget of more than $600 billion, -----------more on its security than the next six countries put together.

Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Exaggeration

Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word?

Pragmatic

Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word?

Sluggishness

Out of given alternatives select the word which is incorrectly spelt.

Fill up the blanks/blank with suitable pair of words/word from the options given below to make a meaningful sentence.

Last week, as Donald Trump ---------the oath of office to become the 45th President of the United States, millions around the world watched, ---------by the thought that the surreal had become real.

Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

Cleverness or skill.

Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

A state of being distant, remote, or withdrawn.