CBSE Questions for Class 8 English Vocabulary Quiz 17 - MCQExams.com

Choose the synonym of the underlined word.
During the ten years he worked in Germany he accumulated a fortune.
  • made
  • expanded
  • concentrated
  • increased
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The line's very bad. It's difficult to ________ what he's saying.
  • make off
  • make out
  • make for
  • make up
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The only cure for alcoholism is complete abstinence from alcohol.
  • Absence
  • Avoidance
  • Sickness
  • Prescription
  • Pretension
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Have you any idea which son of his will _______ when he retires?
  • take up
  • take along
  • take over
  • take in
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I'll have so much spare time, I'll probably ______ some kind of hobby.
  • take up
  • take along
  • take down
  • take over
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Put ________ your sweater before you get out.
  • on
  • in
  • down
  • at
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No, the burglar didn't take too much, but he did manage to ________ some of my best carpets.
  • make for with
  • make out with
  • make off with
  • make of with
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I don't really like his being absent so much, but he does ________ the most amusing excuses.
  • make for
  • make up
  • make away
  • make out
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It's very difficult to ________ a person who has so many prejudices.
  • take to
  • take off
  • take in
  • take for
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He ________ his grandfather.
  • takes off
  • takes to
  • takes after
  • takes for
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She ________ her friends for advice on investing her money.
  • looks after
  • looks away
  • looks to
  • looks into
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Panthotenic acid is abundant in eggs, peas and potatoes.
  • Plentiful
  • Scarce
  • Inadequate
  • Insufficient
  • Analogous
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Frequent minor ailments keep Mrs. Collins from work.
  • Irritations
  • Young children
  • Sickness
  • Falls
  • Excuses
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The newscaster gave a concise account of the hurricane.
  • Long and detailed
  • Sad and depressing
  • Up-to-date
  • Short and clear
  • Complicated and intricate
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The musicians who graduated from that school are adept at playing at least four instruments.
  • Proficient
  • Adjustable
  • Awkward
  • Careful
  • Proverbial
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Many countries nowadays restrict the exportation of authentic artefacts.
  • Particular
  • Rare
  • Tentative
  • Costly
  • Genuine
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The heaviest concentration of niacin is in natural sources such as beans, whole grain cereal products, liver and fish.
  • Mass
  • Recollection
  • Scattering
  • Decency
  • Instantaneous
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The department chairmen refused to authorize the requisition.
  • Request
  • Transfer
  • Grant
  • Project
  • Invalidate
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We were shocked by the brutality of the hooligans. They were simply like a herd of violent animals.
  • Politeness
  • Foolishness
  • Eagerness
  • Happiness
  • Cruetly
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Bones of the skull are capable of conducting sounds of the human voice to the inner ear.
  • Receiving
  • Transmitting
  • Creating
  • Adjusting
  • Convenes
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Affluent nations have an obligation to help their neighbours; however, they quite often do just the opposites causing poor countries to be even poorer.
  • Sophisticated
  • Wealthy
  • Advanced
  • Powerful
  • Industrialized
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Dauntless men and women with their children crossed America in covered wagons.
  • Foreign
  • Fearless
  • Penniless
  • Adventuresome
  • Pitiable
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The consensus among her family members was that she ought to get married.
  • Agreement
  • Survey
  • Statistics
  • Prohibition
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Teaching provides the chief means of conveying knowledge from generation to generation.
  • Reviewing
  • Mastering
  • Passing on
  • Preserving
  • Speculating
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Since $$1970$$'s, all governments efforts to curb inflation in Turkey have been unsuccessful.
  • Resist
  • Control
  • Sustain
  • Induce
  • Reverse
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Conscientious researchers always pay attention to details while carrying out a research.
  • Clever
  • Meticulous
  • Fearless
  • Hasty
  • Intellectual
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John was as deft at handing complaints as he was at teaching.
  • Intelligent
  • Angry
  • Skillful
  • Crude
  • Awkward
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George Ravencroft's invention of lead crystal in the late $$17$$th  century was crucial to the development of optical lenses.
  • Essential to
  • Prior to
  • Dependent on
  • Instructive for
  • Propitious for
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After several near disasters and especially that one in Chernobyl, a controversy has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.
  • Dispute
  • Seminar
  • Colloquium
  • Conversation
  • Collaboration
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Recent border confrontations between the two countries lend credence to the rumors of an impending war.
  • Enterprises
  • Consequences
  • Conferences
  • Disputes
  • Interims
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Deficiency of vitamin $$B1$$ causes a dysfunction of the nervous system and beriberi.
  • Overdose
  • Too much
  • Lack
  • Wrong use
  • Side effects
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He disregarded his wife's feelings in the matter, which made her furious enough to think of divorce.
  • Did not ignore
  • Paid no attention to
  • Discharged
  • Considered
  • Was careless
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The new government regulation disallows disclosure of personal tax information.
  • Announcement
  • Public revelation
  • Opening
  • Closing
  • Discredit
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Most businessmen are dubious about predictions of a speedy economic recovery in Turkey.
  • Assured
  • Enthusiastic
  • Happy
  • Doubtful
  • Worried
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It is said that brown genes are dominant and blue ones are recessive.
  • Controlling
  • Docile
  • Dormant
  • Doleful
  • Barren
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The old town hall was demolished and a new recreation center took its place.
  • Renovated
  • Razed
  • Remodeled
  • Vanished
  • Disappeared
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The fact that economists are able to distinguish virtually all of the causes of recessions does not mean they can accurately predict them.
  • Prevent
  • Discern
  • Promote
  • Define
  • Confound
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The government took some drastic measures against reckless drivers to be able to decrease the number of traffic accidents.
  • Moderate
  • Compromising
  • Radical
  • Sensible
  • Wild
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The boy felt disgraced because he knew that he had been wrong to cheat on the exam.
  • Ashamed
  • Worried
  • Tempted
  • Cunning
  • Relieved
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I hope that club does not deprive poor children of the opportunity to participate in sports.
  • Deny
  • Retract
  • Improvise
  • Dilute
  • Fret
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The public seems doubtful about the government's last plan on economy.
  • Debit
  • Delightful
  • Delirious
  • Dubious
  • Rational
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So engrossed in his writing was the young writer that he barely noticed the passing of time.
  • Delighted
  • Frustrated
  • Approached
  • Involved
  • Detached
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Aristotle believed that a thrown ball travelled in a straight line until the force that impelled it was exhausted.
  • Used up
  • Debilitated
  • Diverted
  • Tired out
  • Accelerated
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This vitamin is abundantly enriched in whole grain breads, cheese, lean meats, eggs, leafy vegetables and liver.
  • Adored
  • Admired
  • Fortified
  • Enhanced
  • Concise
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Which country emerged as a world power after World War II?
  • Surrendered
  • Came forth
  • Fought
  • Dismissed
  • Lurked
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Cooperative education is regarded as a valued educational enterprise.
  • Blender
  • Venture
  • Fraud
  • Revenue
  • Prelude
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The plant has an edible, bulb-shaped stem.
  • Eatable
  • Rotund
  • Convex
  • Sizable
  • Poisonous
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Enraged by being overcharged, Mr. Thompson refused to pay the bill.
  • Disappointed
  • Infuriated
  • Alienated
  • Endangered
  • Alleviated
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The detectives use various means to elicit a confession from murderers.
  • Make
  • Force
  • Frame
  • Temper
  • Draw out
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Kitaro is often described by critics being an exemplary man of creative music.
  • Atypical
  • Extra
  • Unusual
  • Worst
  • Model
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