I disdain those who tell lies.

A. condemn
B. scorn
C. hate
D. despise
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Condemn : express complete disapproval of; censure.

Scorn : a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.

Hate : feel intense dislike for.

Despise : feel contempt or a deep repugnance for.

Disdain : the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect.

Synonym of Disdain is Hate

The boy gave a vivid description of all that happened.

A. brilliant
B. fresh
C. explanatory
D. picturesque
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Brilliant : (of light or colour) very bright.

Fresh :(of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved.

Explanatory : serving to explain something.

Picturesque : (of language) unusual and vivid.

Vivid : producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.

Synonym of Vivid is Picturesque

BROWSE

A. Heal
B. Deceive
C. Examine
D. Strike
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Heal : cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again.

Deceive : deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.

Examine : inspect (someone or something) thoroughly in order to determine their nature or condition.

Strike : hit forcibly and deliberately with one’s hand or a weapon or other implement.

Browse : scan through a text, website, or collection of data to gain an impression of the contents.

Synonym of Browse is Examine

He was not able to unearth his secret to the last.

A. suppress
B. discover
C. disclose
D. decode
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Suppress : forcibly put an end to.

Discover : find unexpectedly or during a search.

Disclose : make (secret or new information) known.

Decode : convert (a coded message) into intelligible language.

Unearth : discover (something hidden, lost, or kept secret) by investigation or searching.

Synonym of Unearth is Discover

Synonym of ADMONISH

A. Threaten
B. Praise
C. Appeal
D. Support
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Threaten : state one’s intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Praise : express warm approval or admiration of.

Appeal : make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Support : bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Admonish : warn or reprimand someone firmly.

Synonym of Admonish is Threaten

Synonym of SURREPTITIOUS

A. Mysterious
B. Abstract
C. Open
D. Secret
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Mysterious : difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.

Abstract : existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

Open : allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked.

Secret : not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others.

Surreptitious : kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

Synonym of Surreptitious is Secret

I tried to persuade him to change his mind, but he remained adamant.

A. foolish
B. aggressive
C. stubborn
D. defensive
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Foolish : lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Aggressive : ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression.

Stubborn : having or showing dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so.

Defensive : used or intended to defend or protect.

Adamant : refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind.

Synonym of Adamant is Stubborn

Synonym of PROSCRIBE

A. Recommend
B. Allow
C. Advance
D. Banish
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Recommend : put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role.

Allow : let (someone) have or do something.

Advance : move forwards in a purposeful way.

Banish : send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment.

Proscribe : forbid, especially by law.

Synonym of Proscribe is Banish

Miss Universe pageant was really worth seeing.

A. contest
B. show
C. function
D. carnival
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Contest : an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a quality.

Show : a play or other stage performance, especially a musical.

Function : an activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing.

Carnival : an annual festival, typically during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade.

Pageant : a scene erected on a fixed stage or moving vehicle as a public show.

Synonym of Pageant is Show

Synonym of EPISTLE

A. Practice
B. Sermon
C. Note
D. Letter
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Practice : the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it.

Sermon : a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.

Note : a brief record of points or ideas written down as an aid to memory.

Letter : a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech; any of the symbols of an alphabet.

Epistle : a letter.

Synonym of Epistle is Letter