Synonyms - Study Mode

[#941] Please sound the Principal about the reaction of the students.
Correct Answer

(D) caution

Explanation

Solution: Support : bear all or part of the weight of
hold up. Discuss : talk about (something) with a person or people. Tell : communicate information to someone in spoken or written words. Caution : say something as a warning. Sound : give an audible signal to indicate (something). Synonym of Sound is Caution

[#942] When the editor refused to publish my first article, I was totally disheartened .
Correct Answer

(B) discouraged

Explanation

Solution: Displeased : feeling or showing annoyance and displeasure. Discouraged : having lost confidence or enthusiasm
disheartened. Dissatisfied : not content or happy with something. Disturbed : having had the normal pattern or functioning disrupted. Disheartened : cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence. Synonym of Disheartened is Discouraged

[#943] Science has revealed the mysteries of nature to man.
Correct Answer

(B) disclosed

Explanation

Solution: Released : allow or enable to escape from confinement
set free. Disclosed : make (secret or new information) known. Opened : move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision. Cleared : easy to perceive, understand, or interpret. Revealed : make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others. Synonym of Revealed is Disclosed

[#944] The oppressive weather made the work difficult for them.
Correct Answer

(C) unbearable

Explanation

Solution: Turbulent : characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion
not stable or calm. Disappointing : failing to fulfil someone's hopes or expectations. Unbearable : not able to be endured or tolerated. Cold : of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body. Oppressive : weighing heavily on the mind or spirits. Synonym of Oppressive is Unbearable

[#945] The medicine was aperient .
Correct Answer

(D) laxative

Explanation

Solution: Bitter : having a sharp, pungent taste or smell
not sweet. Sweet : having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey
not salt, sour, or bitter. Giddy : having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger
dizzy. Laxative : (chiefly of a drug or medicine) tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels. Aperient : (chiefly of a drug) used to relieve constipation. Synonym of Aperient is Laxative