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CBSE Class 9 Vocabulary & Language Study — practice questions

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Choose the word that is closest in meaning to **CORPULENT**.Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the word that is closest in meaning to **BRIEF**.Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the word that is closest in meaning to **EMBEZZLE**.Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the word that is closest in meaning to **VENT**.Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the word that is closest in meaning to **AUGUST**.Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the word closest in meaning to 'SIGNIFICANT':Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the best synonym for 'ESTABLISH':Read the answer and worked solution →Select the word that best completes the sentence: 'The new policy will ___ economic growth.' (formal register)Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the antonym of 'CONSTRAINT':Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the word closest in meaning to 'SUBSEQUENT':Read the answer and worked solution →Which word best fits: 'The data were ___ to draw a firm conclusion.' (insufficient quantity)Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the word closest in meaning to 'OBTAIN':Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the best synonym for 'COMPONENT':Read the answer and worked solution →Select the best word: 'The researchers will ___ the findings next week.' (formal)Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the antonym of 'EXPLICIT':Read the answer and worked solution →Closest in meaning to 'DEMONSTRATE':Read the answer and worked solution →Best fits: 'The two theories are ___; both cannot be true at once.'Read the answer and worked solution →In a formal CAT passage, the writer is described as 'eloquent'. The connotation here is:Read the answer and worked solution →The prefix 'mal-' in words like 'malfunction' and 'malice' typically conveys:Read the answer and worked solution →The idiom 'to take the bull by the horns' means:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct word: 'The principal _____ behind the school's new policy is fairness.'Read the answer and worked solution →Parts of speech — match the word to its partRead the answer and worked solution →Sort: present tense or past tense?Read the answer and worked solution →Match the word to its synonym (easy)Read the answer and worked solution →A clause that can stand on its own is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Match the grammar termRead the answer and worked solution →Order the two past actionsRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the tense ruleRead the answer and worked solution →A binomial is an expression made of how many words?Read the answer and worked solution →Binomials are usually joined by:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Choose the word that is closest in meaning to **CORPULENT**.

  1. Lean
  2. Gaunt
  3. Emaciated
  4. Obese
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Correct answer: D. Obese

Corpulent means having a large, bulky body — i.e. obese. The distractors A, B and C all mean the *opposite* (thin, wasted) so they fail the synonym test even though they're all related to body description.

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Choose the word that is closest in meaning to **BRIEF**.

  1. Limited
  2. Small
  3. Little
  4. Short
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Correct answer: D. Short

Brief = short in duration or length. 'Limited', 'small' and 'little' all describe quantity/size rather than duration — they don't capture the temporal sense that 'brief' carries.

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Choose the word that is closest in meaning to **EMBEZZLE**.

  1. Misappropriate
  2. Balance
  3. Remunerate
  4. Clear
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Correct answer: A. Misappropriate

To embezzle is to fraudulently take funds entrusted to one's care — i.e. to *misappropriate*. 'Remunerate' (to pay for services) and 'clear' (to settle accounts) are tempting because they're financial terms, but they describe legitimate transactions, not theft.

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