Q. No. 7: ABNEGATION
A : blackness
B : self-denial
C : selfishness
D : effectiveness
Answer: B Abnegate :- Deny oneself, renounce. Abnegation :- renunciation, self-sacrifice.
Q. No. 8: ABORIGINE
A : absolution
B : finale
C : concept
D : primitive inhabitant
Answer: D Aborigine :- being the first of its kind in a region, primitive, native. Syn :- native Ant :- emigrant, outsider, alien.
Q. No. 9: ABORTIVE
A : unsuccessful
B : consuming
C : familiar
D : fruitful
Answer: A Abortive :- Resulting in nothing. Syn :- fruitless, unsuccessful, futile, miscarried. Ant :- successful, fruitful, victorious, viable.
Q. No. 10: ABSTINENCE
A : vulgar display
B : restrained eating or drinking
C : reluctance
D : deportment
Answer: B Abstinence :- Refrains from or doing without certain foods, drinks or pleasures. Syn :- temperance, self-deprivation. Ant :- indulgence, intemperance.
Q. No. 11: ABSTRUSE
A : profound
B : irrespective
C : suspended
D : protesting
Answer: A Abstruse :- Difficult to understand Syn :- obscure, complex, mysterious Ant :- simple, plain, intelligible.
Q. No. 12: ABUT
A : stimulate
B : oppose
C : adjoin
D : widen
Answer: C Abut :- To touch or join at the edge or side; border.