Vocabulary

Word Usage

Medium

Match the words given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II:

List-I
(Word) List-II
(Meanings)
(A) Neologism (I) Lasting for a short period of time
(B) Loquacious (II) A newly coined word or expression
(C) Isthmus (III) A person who talks continuously
(D) Ephemeral (IV) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

List-I (Word)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) Neologism	(I) Lasting for a short period of time
(B) Loquacious	(II) A newly coined word or expression
(C) Isthmus	(III) A person who talks continuously
(D) Ephemeral	(IV) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses

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

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

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

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

✅ Correct Option: 4

Option 4: (A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I) → This correctly matches all words with their meanings: Neologism means a newly coined word or expression; Loquacious describes a person who talks continuously; Isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses (like the Isthmus of Panama); and Ephemeral means lasting for a short period of time → correct

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List I (SENTENCE / MEANING)	List II (ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION)
A. Concern and anxious about the near future	I. COMPREHENSION
B. Knock down and break into pieces	II. DESTRUCTION
C. To build and create	III. CONSTRUCTION
D. To understand	IV. APPREHENSION

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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