DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to10: part 02

DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to10:  of the given words, choose the one closest in meaning to the main word.

  1.       HABITAT

A.      Appearance     B. dress or other outer garment    C. region where something normally lives   D. saddle

2.       MENTOR

A.      Old man   B. experienced counselor    C. officer of the law            D. scholar

3.       VASSAL

A.       Old-time ship    B. container   C. slave    D. Saxon lord

4.       NUANCE

A.      Hint   B. subtle difference in meaning     C. trickery   D. modesty

5.       CONVENE

A.       To make easy  B. call together            C. talk secretly   D. persuade

6.       CAROUSEL

A.      Merry-go-round        B. chime       C. wild drinking party           D. whirling dance

7.       MORASS

A.      Marsh            B. confusion     C. melancholy             D. abyss

8.       IMPOSTURE

A.      Heavy burden   B. stooping position  C. fraud    D. handicap

9.       FORAY

A.      Tropical fish     B. raid       C. display         D. failure

10.   ASSEVERATE

A.      To state emphatically   B. be proud   C. cut in two   D. annoy

Syn. HE-02

 

1.       C

2.       B

3.       C

4.       B

5.       B

6.       A

7.       A

8.       C

9.       B

10.   A