TCS Verbal Question Paper Answer TCS Placement Paper.
1.Physiognomy the practice of trying to judge character and mental qualities by observation of bodily, esp. facial, features
2. Repudiate disinherit, banish, renounce; discard, oust.
3. Antonyms: EMBRACE; CONFIRM; ACCEPT
4. Mitigate alleviate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken, attenuate
Antonyms: AGGRAVATE; INCREASE; INTENSIFY
5. Inundate overwhelm, overpower, overburden, overflow, overrun
6. Bilk cheat, defraud, exploit, fleece, deceive, trick
7. Nettle irritates, provoke, try someone’s patience, annoy, incense
8. Impugn question, dispute, query, berate, criticize, denounce, censure
9. Mulch fertilize, fertilizer
10. Tenacity firmness, fastness, tightness, strength, force, forcefulness, power.
11. Sobriety soberness, seriousness, solemnest, solemnity, thoughtfulness, gravity, graveness, earnestness, calmness,
12. Degrade
13. Misanthrope a person who hates or distrusts all people
14. Waif stray, foundling, orphan.
15. Hamper obstruct, impede, hold back, inhibit, retard, slow down
16. Retrograde worsening, deteriorating, declining
17. Despondent hopeless, downcast, cast down, down, low, disheartened
18. Debacle downfall, collapse
19. Tarry delay, dawdle, dally, wait; linger loiter.
21. Incontinent. unrestrained, unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned,
22. Nebulous shapeless, unformed, amorphous, shadowy, dim, indistinct
23. Paradox mystery, enigma, ambiguity; puzzle
24. Hidebound narrow-minded, narrow, intolerant, conventional
25. Lacklustre bland, insipid, vapid, dull, flat, dry, prosaic
26. Moribund near death, near the end, breathing one’s last, fading fast
TCS IN ANNA UNIVERSITY
WHIMSICAL: unusual and not serious in a way that is either amusing or annoying.
CENSURE: criticism
OPTIMUM: the best possible
MISAPPREHENSION: wrong idea bout sth
CANDID: frank, saying wat u feel openly, not hiding ones thought
TERSE: using few words and often not seeming polite or friendly
CITE: to mention sth as a reason or eq to support wat u r saying
EFFUSIVE: showing too much of emotion, overenthusiastic
IRRADIATE: Radiate(darken)
TENACIOUS: firm, stubborn
VOLUBLE: talkative
BANAL: commonplace, trite, saying sth too often so that it becomes common
RUPTURE: a situation in which sth breaks
STANDING: status, existing or arranged permanently
NASCENT: emerging, budding
TRANSIENT: continuing fr a short time
CLUTCH: to hold sth tightly
GENERIC: general, (specific)
EMPIRICAL: based on exp n experiments rather than ideas
ANOMALY: abnormality, glitch
CIRCUITOUS: long n not direct
HAMPER: hinder
SURVEILLANCE: observation, watch
OBJECTIVE: purpose
RAUCOUS: harsh, rasping
VORACIOUS: greedy, hungry
PEDIGREE: ancestry, derivation
FIDELITY: loyalty, commitment
AUGMENT: to increase the amnt, value of sth
PRECARIOUS: not safe or certain, dangerous, uncertain(stable)
ALACRITY: great willingness or enthusiasm
DEROGATORY: insulting
ONUS: the responsibility fr sth
ANALOGUE: a thing similar to another thing
EXPEDIENT: useful fr a particular purpose but not always fair or rite
ANALOGOUS similar in some way therefore able to be compared
ASSUAGE: to make un unpleasant feeling less severe
COMPLIANCE: practice or obeying rules or request made by the authority
DIFFIDENT: shy (bold)
PLAINTIVE: sounding sad, lamenting
INSINUATE: hint, intimate
MISDEMEANOR: an action that is bad or unacceptable but not serious
EXONERATE: to officially state that sb is not responsible fr sth they ve been blamed fr
GREGARIOUS: sociable
ANATHEMATIZE: curse (bless)
BENIGN: kind n gentle
ATTENUATE: to make sth weaker of less effective
SONOROUS: having a pleasant full deep sound
BOLSTER: to improve sth or make it more stronger
DIVERGENT: to go in a diff way..opinion
DECOLLATE: the top edge of womens dress etc
HETERODOX: not following the usual opinion (unorthodox)
RESTIVENESS: able to stay still
IGNONIMOUS: dishonor, deep disgrace
PLAGIARIZE: steal another’s ideas and pass them as one’s own
EFFIGY: a statue of famous person
TENACIOUS: determined, persistent
RETROGRADE: making a situation worse or returning to how sth was in past
SACROSANCT: that is considered to be too important to change or question
DANGLE: to hang or swing freely
CRYPTIC: with a meaning that is hidden or not easily understood
DEBILITATE: to make sth weak
DIVULGE: reveal. to give some info that is considered to be secret
SCEPTIC: a person that usually doubts claims that r true specially that others believe in
SPENDTHRIFT: who spends too much money
SPECULATE: to form opinion without knwing the details or facts
INDIGENOUS: native
ERRONIUS: not correct
EQUIVOCATE: to talk bout sth in a way that is deliberately not clear in order to avoid or hide the truth
MINION: servant
VERACITY: truthfulness, quality of telling truth
MITIGATE: to make sth less harmful or serious, alleviate
APEX: top or highest part of sth
APPAL: to shock sb very much
BRACKISH: salty in unpleasant way
COGENT strongly n clearly expressed in a way that influences wat people believe in
CONCEDE: to admit that sth is true, logical
CONCEIT: too much pride in urself n wat u do
CONCEAL: to hide sth
CONCEIVE: to form an idea in ur mind
LETHARGY: the state of not having energy to do things
TACITURN: tending not to say very much, in a way that seems unfriendly
Dwindle: to become less gradually.
Efface: to make sth disappear
Indignity: humiliation
Inept: acting or done with no skill
Infirmity: weakness or illness fr a long period of time
TCS NIT Durgapur
Harbinger forerunner, precursor, usher, announcer
Cacophony discord, dissonance, discordance, jarring, stridency
Divulge disclose, reveal, make known, tell, impart, communicate, publish
Clutch grasp, clasp, hold; grip
Prolific fertile, fruitful, fecund, luxuriant, abundant, profuse
Jaded fatigued, worn-out, wearied; bored, tired
Mite parasite, bug, tick; insect, vermin
Mitigate
Ambitious
Aberration
Buxom obust, vigorous; healthy,fat
Foray venture; attack , venture
Deponent witness
TCS Calicut REC
admonish : usurp
meager : scanty
alienate: estrange
merry : gay
brim: boarder
obstinate: stubborn
adhesive: tenacious
tranquil : serene
solicit: urge
furtive : stealthy
misery: distress
volume: quantity
hamper : obstruct
veer : diverge
belief: conviction
incentive: merit
inert: passive
concur: acquise
cargo: freight
dispel: scatter
caprice: whim
heap: to pile
covet: crave
emancipate: liberate
instigate: incite
latitude: scope
lethargy: stupor
divulge: discretion
hover: linger
embrace: effigy
baffle: frustate
lament:
stiffle: snithy
subside: wane
confiscate: appropriate
discretion: prudence
efface: deliberate
latent: potential
TCS Other Sources
Directions: Give the synonyms for the following words
1. Depreciation: deflation, depression, devaluation, fall, slump
2. Deprecate: feel and express disapproval,
3. Incentive: thing one encourages one to do (stimulus)
4. Echelon: level of authority or responsibility
5. Innovation: make changes or introduce new things
6. Intermittent: externally stopping and then starting
7. Detrimental: harmful
8. Conciliation: make less angry or more friendly
9. Orthodox: conventional or traditional, superstitious
10. Fallible: liable to error
11. Volatile: ever changing
12. Manifest: clear and obvious
13. Connotation: suggest or implied meaning of expression
14. Reciprocal: reverse or opposite
15. Agrarian: related to agriculture
16. Vacillate: undecided or dilemma
17. Expedient: fitting proper, desirable
18. Simulate: produce artificially resembling an existing one.
19. Access: to approah
20. Compensation: salary
21. Truncate: shorten by cutting
22. Adherence: stick
23. Heterogeneous: non similar things
24. Surplus: excessive
25. Assess: determine the amount or value
26. Cognizance: knowledge
27. Retrospective: review
28. Naive: innocent, rustic
29. Equivocate: tallying on both sides, lie, mislead
30. Postulate: frame a theory
31. Latent: dormant, secret
32. Fluctuation: wavering,
33. Eliminate: to reduce
34. Affinity: strong liking
35. Expedite: hasten
36. Console: to show sympathy
37. Adversary: opposition
38. Affable: lovable or approachable
39. Decomposition: rotten
40. Egregious: apart from the crowd, especially bad
41. Conglomeration: group, collection
42. Aberration: deviation
43. Augury: prediction
44. Credibility: ability to common belief, quality of being credible
45. Coincident: incidentally
46. Constituent : accompanying
47. Differential : having or showing or making use of
48. Litigation : engaging in a law suit
49. Maratorium: legally or offficiallly determined period of dealy before
fulfillment of the agreement of paying of debts.
50. Negotiate: discuss or bargain
51. Preparation: act of preparing
52. Preponderant: superiority of power or quality
53. Relevance: quality of being relevant
54. Apparatus: appliances
55. Ignorance: blindness, in experience
56. Obsession: complex enthusiasm
57. Precipitate: speed,active
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