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Indian Navy SSR (Sailor) Idioms — practice questions

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Choose the SYNONYM of: AMELIORATERead the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: METICULOUSRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the ANTONYM of: VIRTUERead the answer and worked solution →Identify the part with the error: 'Neither the manager (A) nor the employees (B) was satisfied (C) with the new policy. (D)'Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the error: 'She is one of those students (A) who has always (B) excelled in academics (C) without showing arrogance. (D)'Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the error: 'Each of the boys (A) have completed (B) their homework (C) on time. (D)'Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in: 'The judge's decision was widely seen as _____, with critics calling for an appeal.'Read the answer and worked solution →A government by the people:Read the answer and worked solution →What does the idiom 'A blessing in disguise' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →What does 'To bite the bullet' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →What does 'To beat around the bush' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct preposition: 'He has been working here ___ five years.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: EPHEMERALRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the ANTONYM of: GREGARIOUSRead the answer and worked solution →'Under a cloud' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Break the ice' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Bite the bullet' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Burn the midnight oil' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Cost an arm and a leg' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Let the cat out of the bag' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'When pigs fly' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Throw in the towel' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Cry over spilt milk' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Pull someone's leg' meansRead the answer and worked solution →'Beat around the bush' meansRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the correct passive formRead the answer and worked solution →Match each rule to what it governsRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: commas and clausesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the rule on participial phrasesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every principle of composition Strunk givesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Choose the SYNONYM of: AMELIORATE

  1. Ignore
  2. Improve
  3. Worsen
  4. Conclude
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Correct answer: B. Improve

**Ameliorate:** to make better, improve. Latin melior = better. **Synonyms:** improve, enhance, upgrade. **Antonyms:** worsen, deteriorate, exacerbate.

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Choose the SYNONYM of: METICULOUS

  1. Vague
  2. Careless
  3. Painstaking
  4. Quick
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Correct answer: C. Painstaking

**Meticulous:** showing great attention to detail, very careful. **Synonyms:** painstaking, thorough, scrupulous, precise. **Antonym:** careless, sloppy.

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Choose the ANTONYM of: VIRTUE

  1. Quality
  2. Morality
  3. Vice
  4. Goodness
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Correct answer: C. Vice

**Virtue:** morally good behavior or trait. **Antonym:** vice (immoral or wicked behavior). **Examples:** courage, honesty, kindness vs cowardice, lying, cruelty.

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