SYNONYMS
 120. ANTIPATHY                           132. FELICITY                              146. DEBACLE
      (1) dishonesty                            (1) prosperity (2) honesty                (1) decline         (2) downfall
      (2) disturbance                           (3) bliss         (4) sorrow              (3) discomfiture (4) degeneration
      (3) demonstration                   133. KNAVE                                 147. OSTRACISE
      (4) dislike                               (1) emperor       (2) enchanter           (1) banish          (2) belittle
     Directions (121-130) : In the fol-         (3) soldier       (4) scoundrel           (3) beguile         (4) besiege
lowing questions, out of the four alter-                                             148. PROPHYLACTIC
                                          134. FRONTIER
natives, choose the one which best ex-                                                    (1) antagonistic (2) toxic
                                                (1) edge          (2) landmark
presses the meaning of the given word.                                                    (3) preventive (4) purgative
                                                (3) boundary      (4) corner
             (SSC Tax Assistant (Income                                              149. CODDLE
                   Tax & Central Excise)  135. ROUT
                                                                                          (1) huddle          (2) satisfy
                      Exam.14.12.2008)          (1) death         (2) defeat
                                                                                          (3) protect         (4) cheat
 121. IILICIT                                   (3) loss          (4) crash          150. FLIMSY
      (1) immoral       (2) illegal       136. FOREGO                                     (1) funny           (2) irrational
      (3) ineligible    (4) illegible           (1) renounce      (2) disown              (3) weak            (4) partisan
 122. FLAIR                                     (3) leave         (4) accumulate         Directions (151-155) : In the
      (1) talent        (2) tendency      137. RECIPIENTS                           following questions out of the four
      (3) bias          (4) need                (1) creators      (2) donors        alternatives, choose the one which best
                                                (3) receivers     (4) instigators   expresses the meaning of the given
 123. CONSERVATION
                                                                                    word.
      (1) preservation(2) respiration     138. PRODIGAL
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      (3) correction (4) confusion              (1) huge          (2) prodigious
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 124. ABYSMAL                                   (3) enormous (4) wasteful           151. FATUOUS
      (1) sickening     (2) gloomy        139. IMPOST                                     (1) fastidious      (2) fantastic
      (3) sad           (4) bottomless          (1) fertilizer    (2) dispatch            (3) funny           (4) silly
 125. SALIENT                                   (3) tax           (4) postage       152. ARTFUL
      (1) valiant       (2) variant       140. COARSE                                     (1) artistic        (2) cunning
                                                (1) academic      (2) grain               (3) intelligent     (4) attractive
      (3) prudent       (4) prominent
                                                (3) rough         (4) training      153. PROPINQUITY
 126. DECAMP
                                              Directions (141 – 145) : In the             (1) propensity (2) prosperity
      (1) move          (2) encamp
                                         following questions out of the four              (3) nearness        (4) foresight
      (3) flee          (4) hide                                                    154. PROMISCUOUS
                                         alternatives, choose the one which best
 127. PHILANTHROPIST                     expresses the meaning of the given               (1) conspicuous
      (1) benefactor (2) beneficiary     word.                                            (2) virtuous
      (3) matron        (4) sponsor                 (SSC Combined Graduate Level          (3) indiscriminate
 128. EXOTIC                                   Tier-I Exam.16.05.2010 (Ist Sitting)       (4) spontaneous
      (1) alien         (2) strange       141. LUXURIANT                            155. IRASCIBLE
      (3) rare          (4) grand               (1) luxury-loving (2) lovely              (1) temperamental
 129. INCAPACITATE                              (3) rich           (4) abundant           (2) envious
      (1) cripple       (2) strengthen    142. CANTANKEROUS                               (3) angry
                                                (1) cancerous      (2) ferocious          (4) irritable
      (3) imprison      (4) invent
                                                (3) quarrelsome (4) fissiparous          Directions (156–160) : In the
 130. CONGREGATION
                                          143. ONUS                                 following questions out of the four
      (1) concentration                                                             alternatives, choose the one which best
                                                (1) sadness        (2) happiness
      (2) meeting                               (3) responsibility (4) criticism    expresses the meaning of the given
      (3) discussion                      144. DERISION                             word.
      (4) judgement                             (1) humiliation                                         (SSC CISF ASI Exam.
     Directions (131 – 140) : In the            (2) embarrassment                                         29.08.2010 (Paper-I)
following questions, out of the four            (3) ridicule                        156. ILLICIT
alternatives, choose the one which              (4) condemnation                          (1) unlawful        (2) disgraceful
expresses the correct meaning of the      145. TRITE                                      (3) improper        (4) infamous
given word.                                     (1) commonplace(2) clever            157. OBSTINATE
             (SSC Tax Assistant (Income         (3) brief          (4) impudent           (1) antagonistic (2)    abstruse
                   Tax & Central Excise)                                                  (3) intrinsic       (4) stubborn
                                              Directions (146 – 150) : In the
                     Exam. 29.03.2009)                                              158. DANGEROUS
                                         following questions, out of the four
 131. IRREPROACHABLE                     alternatives, choose the one which best          (1) safe            (2) strong
      (1) remarkable                     expresses the meaning of the given               (3) hazardous       (4) secure
      (2) extraordinary                  word.                                       159. CONFIDENTIAL
      (3) faultless                                 (SSC Combined Graduate Level          (1) obvious         (2) honest
      (4) immense                             Tier-I Exam.16.05.2010 (IInd Sitting)       (3) secret          (4) accurate
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