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SSC CGL Synonyms — practice questions

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What is the standard test for synonymy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which term is used for synonyms with identical meanings?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase cannot take 'long' in place of 'extended'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these words is more formal than 'cat'?Read the answer and worked solution →Calling the US executive branch 'the White House' is an example of which device?Read the answer and worked solution →The Greek element onoma, found in the word synonym, means what?Read the answer and worked solution →The word synonym reached English from Latin, which had borrowed it from which language?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these English words comes from Old English rather than Norman French?Read the answer and worked solution →In Turkish, siyah meaning 'black' is a borrowing from which language?Read the answer and worked solution →In Ottoman Turkish, the synonym ma for water was drawn from which language?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Greek-derived prefix corresponds to the native English word fish?Read the answer and worked solution →What is elegant variation in writing?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair consists of synonymous adverbs?Read the answer and worked solution →For two words to be synonyms, what must be true of their part of speech?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence stays sensible if 'expired' is replaced with 'died'?Read the answer and worked solution →In the phrase 'the pupil of the eye', what does pupil refer to?Read the answer and worked solution →A thesaurus is best described as what kind of book?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair of words are antonyms?Read the answer and worked solution →If vehicle is a hypernym of car, then car is a what of vehicle?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair are homophones in most accents?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word can mean both a flower and the past tense of rise?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word is a synonym of 'commence'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which description fits a synonym?Read the answer and worked solution →Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese take synonymous borrowings mainly from which language?Read the answer and worked solution →Coinages as a source of new synonyms are often motivated by what?Read the answer and worked solution →What do homographs share, whatever their pronunciation?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are see and sea homophones but not homographs?Read the answer and worked solution →Skate meaning to glide and skate meaning a fish are which kind of homonyms?Read the answer and worked solution →Mouth of a river and mouth of an animal illustrate which type?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the relationship between a set of homonyms called?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What is the standard test for synonymy?

  1. Comparing spellings
  2. Substituting one word
  3. Counting syllables
  4. Tracing Latin roots
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Correct answer: B. Substituting one word

Two words pass as synonyms when one can be swapped for the other in a sentence without changing its meaning.

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Which term is used for synonyms with identical meanings?

  1. Plesionym pairs
  2. Hyponym pairs
  3. Cognitive synonyms
  4. Heteronym pairs
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Correct answer: C. Cognitive synonyms

Synonyms that share exactly the same meaning are called cognitive synonyms, while looser ones are near-synonyms.

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Which phrase cannot take 'long' in place of 'extended'?

  1. extended time
  2. extended hours
  3. extended wait
  4. extended family
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Correct answer: D. extended family

Long and extended match only in some senses, and long cannot stand in for extended in the phrase extended family.

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