New One Word Substitution Quiz for SSC CGL - Set 3

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We are presenting the thrid set of our recently started series, in which we provide you quizzes on some New One Word Substitutions. Although SSC has a habit of repeating questions, it still brings some new words every year that create problems for the students. Through this series, we are trying to make you familiar with new words. If you missed the First set of this series and want to check it now, Click Here.

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New One Word Substitution Quiz for SSC CGL - Set 3

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1. Devoid of all Hope
   (A) Dwindled
   (B) Desperate
   (C) Rash
   (D) Agony
   
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   (B) Desperate
   Explanation::
   Desperate means feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.
   Agony means Extreme Suffering.
2. One leading an Unsettled Life
   (A) Wanderer
   (B) Restless
   (C) Vagabond
   (D) Hurtling
   
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   (C) Vagabond
   Explanation::
   Vagabond is a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.
3. A Woman who uses her charm to exploit men
   (A) Vamp
   (B) Couquette
   (C) Flirt
   (D) Sly
   
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   (B) Couquette
   Explanation::
   Couquette means a flirtatious woman.
4. An unmarried woman past the age of marriage?
   (A) maid
   (B) lady
   (C) spinster
   (D) sinister
   
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   (C) spinster
   Explanation::
   Spinster means an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage.
5. A song to induce sleep in children
   (A) melody
   (B) music
   (C) lullaby
   (D) lyric
   
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   (C) lullaby
   Explanation::
   Lullaby is basically a quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep.
6. Go beyond what is just or natural
   (A) Exodus
   (B) Pawn
   (C) Encroach
   (D) Senate
   
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   (C) Encroach
   Explanation::
   No explanation
7. The act of killing one self by cutting open one's stomach with a sword, to avoid losing honour:
   (A) hara-kiri
   (B) sati
   (C) self-immolation
   (D) assassination
   
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   (A) hara-kiri
   Explanation::
   It's a ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practised in Japan by samurai as an honourable alternative to disgrace or execution.
8. A moral story not necessarily with animal characters.
   (A) Autobiography
   (B) Fable
   (C) Parable
   (D) Tale
   
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   (C) Parable
   Explanation::
   Parable - A moral story not necessarily with animal characters.
   Fable - A moral story with animals as a character.
9. To be in an unpleasant situation for a long time
   (A) expiate
   (B) languish
   (C) brag
   (D) tremble
   
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   (B) languish
   Explanation::
   Languish - To be in an unpleasant situation for a long time.
   Brag- A boastful statement
   Expiate - Make amends or reparation for gwit or wrongdoing.
10. Long intensely for something that belongs to another
    (A) Desire
    (B) Hanker
    (C) Covet
    (D) Languish
    
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    (C) Covet
    Explanation::
    Covet - Long intensely for something that belongs to another
    Hanker - Feel a strong desire for or to do something.
    Languish - To be in an unpleasant situation for a long time

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