Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Synonyms

Question:

Match the words in List - I with their synonyms in List - II.

List - I

List - II

 (A)

 callous

 (I)

 unreliable 

 (B)

 evade

 (II)

 rigid

 (C)

 fickle

 (III) 

 heartless

 (D) 

 adamant 

 (IV) 

 avoid

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Options:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

(A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(II)

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

(A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Explanation:

The correct option is Option 3.

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)


Callous means not caring about the feelings or suffering of other people.

Synonyms for CALLOUS: ruthless, merciless, heartless, stony, hard, abusive, insensitive, cruel.

Evade means to manage to escape from or to avoid meeting somebody/something

Synonyms for EVADE: avoid, escape, elude, dodge, shun, eschew, prevent, deflect;

Fickle means always changing your mind or your feelings so you cannot be trusted.

Synonyms for FICKLE: volatile, unpredictable, changeful, inconsistent, variable, unreliable.

Adamant means very sure; refusing to change your mind.

Synonyms for ADAMANT: stubborn, steadfast, hardened, obsessive, rigid.