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CDS Vocabulary Test 552
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CDS Vocabulary Test 552
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    Directions: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/groups of word. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

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    The journalist did not notice their agitation.
    Solutions

    The meanings of the words are:

    Agitation: a state of anxiety or nervous excitement.

    Dilemma: a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.

    Communication: the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.

    Conversation: a talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged.

    Anxiety: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

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    Directions: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/groups of word. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

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    The match has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
    Solutions

    The meanings of the words are:

    Adverse: preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable.

    Unfavourable: expressing or showing a lack of approval or support.

    Magnificent: extremely beautiful, elaborate, or impressive.

    Agreeable: quite enjoyable and pleasurable; pleasant.

    Immense: extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

    Hence, option A is the correct answer.

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    Directions: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/groups of word. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

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    He had a chance to render some service to his country.
    Solutions

    The meanings of the words are:

    Render: provide or give (a service, help, etc.).

    Enable: give (someone) the authority or means to do something; make it possible for.

    Differ: be unlike or dissimilar.

    Criticize: indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.

    Provide: make available for use; supply.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

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    Directions: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/groups of word. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

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    We wish to defer our decision until next week.
    Solutions

    The meanings of the words are:

    Defer: put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone.

    Announce: make a formal public statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention.

    Postpone: cause or arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled.

    Bifurcate: divide into two branches or forks.

    Convince: cause (someone) to believe firmly in the truth of something.

    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

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    Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/group of words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word/words and mark your response in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

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    The survey provided the company with a wide spectrum of feedback on its products.
    Solutions

    Wide = of great or more than the average width.

    Extensive = covering or affecting a large area.

    Slight = small in degree; inconsiderable.

    Slender = barely sufficient in amount or basis.

    Tapered = gradually lessen.

    Hence, option A is the correct answer.

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    Direction: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/group of words. Select the option that is the nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

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    The crying girl’s theatrics irritated her parents who were tired of her constant drama.
    Solutions

    “Constant” means “occurring continuously over a period of time” and “persistent” means “continuing to exist or occur over a prolonged period”. They share a similar meaning so they are synonyms.

    Meanings of other options are:

    Fitful = not regular or steady.

    Sporadic = occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places.

    Erratic = not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.

    Hence, ‘option B’ is the correct answer.

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    Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/group of words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word/words and mark your response in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

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    The toddler likes to take her shoes and socks off and walk around the yard barefoot.
    Solutions

    Toddler = a young child who is just beginning to walk.

    Infant = a very young child or baby.

    Mature = fully developed physically; full-grown.

    Grown = undergone natural development by increasing in size and changing physically.

    Adult = a person who is fully grown or developed.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

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    Direction: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/group of words. Select the option that is the nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

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    The storyteller told fanciful tales about talking mermaids and fearless princesses.
    Solutions

    “Fanciful” means “over-imaginative and unrealistic.” and “whimsical” means “playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way”. They share a similar meaning so they are synonyms.

    Likely = such as well might happen or be true.

    Expected = regarded as likely; anticipated.

    Probable = likely to happen or be the case.

    Hence, ‘option B’ is the correct answer.

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    Each item in this section consists of sentences with an underlined word followed by four words or group of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

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    If you ask me, it is better to terminate the contract right now.
    Solutions

    Terminate = to bring to an end.

    Imitate =
    take or follow as a model.

    Interrupt = stop the continuous progress of an activity.

    Initiate = to begin something.

    Examine = inspect thoroughly in order to determine the nature or condition.

    Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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    Direction: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/group of words. Select the option that is the nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

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    The band can’t seem to mesh well together and continuously play off key.
    Solutions

    “Mesh” means “make or become entangled or entwined” and “tangle” means “twist together into a confused mass”. They share a similar meaning so they are synonyms.

    Meanings of other words are:

    Disengage = become released

    Extricate = free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.

    Liberate = release (someone) from a situation which limits freedom of thought or behaviour.

    Hence, ‘option B’ is the correct answer.

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