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GPSC Gujarat Synonyms — practice questions — page 5

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Positive or negative in tone?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading a synonym entryRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the idea of a synonymRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: pick the best synonymRead the answer and worked solution →Which shade of meaning?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: choosing between near wordsRead the answer and worked solution →More synonym groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the intruderRead the answer and worked solution →

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Positive or negative in tone?

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Items
  1. Item
    blissful
    Category
    Positive tone
  2. Item
    merry
    Category
    Positive tone
  3. Item
    gallant
    Category
    Positive tone
  4. Item
    toilsome
    Category
    Hard or heavy tone
  5. Item
    onerous
    Category
    Hard or heavy tone
  6. Item
    exhausting
    Category
    Hard or heavy tone
Categories
  1. Item
    Positive tone
  2. Item
    Hard or heavy tone
Grouping by feel, before grouping by meaning. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.

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Reading a synonym entry

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Questions
  1. Question
    Each entry begins with a
    Choices
    1. definition
    2. sentence
    3. headword
    Correct choice
    headword
  2. Question
    Under it the book lists
    Choices
    1. synonyms
    2. rhymes
    3. spellings
    Correct choice
    synonyms
  3. Question
    The discussion afterwards explains
    Choices
    1. how to spell them
    2. how the words differ
    3. their origins only
    Correct choice
    how the words differ
How the book is organised. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.

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Complete the idea of a synonym

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    close
    Choices
    1. close
    2. opposite
    3. unrelated
  2. Answer
    identical
    Choices
    1. identical
    2. spelled alike
    3. related
Complete the statement
A synonym is a word {0} in meaning to another. Because they are not {1}, choosing between them changes the shade of what you say.
Near, not identical. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.

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