Contextual Usage:Test-1

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Directions for individual questions: For the following word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context

Contextual Usage:Test-1

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Question 1

For the following word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. Specious: A specious argument is not simply a false one but one that has the ring of truth.

A	Deceitful
B	Fallacious
C	Credible
D	Deceptive

Question 1 Explanation:

Specious means false or misleading. The word that does not fit with this cluster is credible.

Question 2

For the following word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. Obviate: The new mass transit system may obviate the need for the use of personal cars.

A	Prevent
B	Forestall
C	Preclude
D	Bolster

Question 2 Explanation:

Obviate means to ‘Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening’. The word that does not fit in the given context is bolster, which means ‘Support and strengthen’.

Question 3

3. For the following word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. Disuse: some words fall into disuse as technology makes objects obsolete.

A	Prevalent
B	Discarded
C	Obliterated
D	Unfashionable

Question 3 Explanation:

Disuse means something not in use. The opposite of this prevalent.

Question 4

For the following word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. Parsimonious: The evidence was constructed from very parsimonious scraps of information.

A	Frugal
B	Penurious
C	Thrifty
D	Altruistic

Question 4 Explanation:

Parsimonious means thrifty or frugal. The opposite of this is altruistic.

Question 5

For the following word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context. Facetious: When I suggested that war is a method of controlling population, my father remarked that I was being facetious.