Placement Papers - TCS - Verbal - Synonyms 8

ACUMEN a. exactness b. potential c. shrewdness d. bluntness e. None of these BEHEST a. behavior b. hold down c. hold up d. relieve e. condemn DISCRETION a. prudence b. consistency c. precipice d. disturbance e. distemper ORDAIN a. arrange b. command c. contribute d. establish e. control FLORID a. ornate b. thriving c. artistic d. elegant e. None of these PENITENCE a. liking b. insightful c. attractive d. penetrable e. compunction WHET a. stimulate b. humorous c. inculate d. dampen e. None of these INCENTIVE a. reflex b. amplitude c. inflection d. provocation e. escutcheon LATITUDE a. scope b. segment c. globule d. legislature e. lamentation

MORTIFY a. make a cavity b. displease c. humiliate d. relapse e. murder ADAGE a. advice b. proverb c. enlargement d. advantage e. usage TO DISPEL a. to dissipate b. to dissent c. to distort d. to disfigure e. to dissect ERRATIC a. unromantic b. free c. popular d. steady e. unknown TO MERIT a. to embrace b. to devote c. to deserve d. to combine e. to display RAPT a. lively b. concealed c. engrossed d. prototype e. None of these TO HEAP a. to pile b. to forbid c. to proceed d. to share e. to stoop CAJOLE a. coax b. motivate c. profound d. mollify e. evade OVULATE a. penury b. immunize c. fertilize d. reproduce e. incisions

ABODE a. clay b. obstacle c. dwelling d. bind e. to beguile POTENTIAL a. latent b. hysterical c. conventional d. symmetrical e. conscientious EXTRICATE a. terminate b. isolate c. liberate d. simplify e. frustrate DISPARITY a. inequality b. impartiality c. unfairness d. twist e. None of these TO CONFISCATE a. to harass b. to repulse c. to console d. to appropriate e. to congregate PIOUS a. historic b. devout c. multiple d. fortunate e. authoritative LETHARGY a. reminiscence b. category c. fallacy d. unanimity e. stupor CARGO a. cabbage b. camel c. lance d. freight e. flax OVATION a. oration b. gesture c. emulation d. applause e. nourish