MDCAT ENGLISH (Word 1-50, Homophones 1-25, 1st Set Spellings)

(ANTONYMS & SYNONYM IN CONTEXT, HOMOPHONES, SPELLING)

 Select the most suitable ANTONYMS for the given words:
1. CAPTIVATED
(a) addicted (b) dazed (c) offended (d) awestruck
2. DAINTILY
(a) furiously (b) endemically (c) relatedly (d) clumsily
3. DEFINITE
(a) resilient (b) wavering (c) embedded (d) irrepressible
4. CAPACIOUS
(a) dogmatic (b) contentious (c) somatic (d) least
5. BRISKLY
(a) jubilantly (b) reverently (c) discouragingly (d) leisurely
 Select the most suitable SYNONYMS for the given words:
6. CONFRONT
(a) content (b) vex (c) lie down (d) quell
7. BASHFUL
(a) laudable (b) invading (c) shrinking (d) failure
8. APPRAISED
(a) medalled (b) sizzling (c) valued (d) curled
9. CRITERIA
(a) censure (b) contrite (c) decay (d) touchstone
10. DISPENSING
(a) hoisting (b) founding (c) goading (d) allotting
11. DISTRACT
(a) befuddle (b) divest (c) traumatize (d) wane
12. CRUDELY
(a) defiantly (b) evenly (c) cheekily (d) coarsely
13. CRAMMED
(a) prompt (b) overflowing (c) pulsating (d) languorous
14. DILAPIDATED
(a) unobtrusive (b) raucous (c) decrepit (d) precarious
15. APPALLING
(a) abysmal (b) bestowing (c) glinting (d) satiating
 Select the SYNONYMS IN CONTEXT word for the bold word in the given statement:
16. A real estate agent will come over tonight to appraise our house.
a. devalue b. elaborate c. evaluate d. appreciate
17. The prisoners of war were subjected to bestial atrocities.
a. hardships b. punishment c. cruelties d. jobs
18. Marxist economists propound that the bourgeoisie class is the main reason behind unequal distribution of wealth.
a) upper class b. plebeians c. middle class d. proletariats
19. His family was bereft of food and shelter following the disastrous tornado.
a) full b. avoid c. devoid d. provide
20. Love burgeoned between both the friends as the time elapsed.
a. declined b. suppressed c. prospered d. diminished
21. The good weather has been a boon for many businesses located near the beach.
a. burden b. gift c. setback d. blight
Select the correct SPELLING for the bold word in the given statement:
22. A) avoirdopois (B) avoirduiposie (C) avoirdupois (D) avoirdopose
23. A) rigretabble (B) regrettable (C) regrettible (D) reggretable
24. A) picnicking (B) picknicing (C) picniking (D) piknikcing
25. A) comited (B) commited (C) comitted (D) committed
Select the correct HOMONYMS to fill in the blanks:
26. With specialties such as meatloaf, rib eye and roasted chicken, the restaurant's entrees cover the ____.
(A. basis B. bases)
27. One day, she turned ____ and stopped breathing. (A. blew B. blue)
28. Steamboats ___ the traveller out of Kerrerra Sound. (A. bare B. bear)
SPOT THE ERROR in the given sentences:
29. Smith moved further into the cave-like room and beckoned to him who had followed him in.
30. Next morning he left secretly and, in disguise, appeared at Vendome, for he had been negotiating to
marry to the duke's daughter.

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