CPO Mini Mock English(17 June 2024)

Alleviate- to make pain or problems less severe

Aggravate- to make something worse or more serious

Soothe- to make somebody calmer or less upset

Ameliorate- to make something better

Destroy- to damage something so badly that it can no longer be used

Heinous- very bad and shocking

Delightful- very pleasant, attractive, or enjoyable

Gruesome- very unpleasant or shocking

Appalling- so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you

Cynical- not trusting or respecting the goodness of other people and their actions

Preserve- to keep something safe or in good condition

Neglect- to give too little or no attention or care to somebody/something

Safeguard- something that protects against possible dangers

Treasure- a collection of very valuable objects, for example gold, silver, jewellery, etc.

Descend- to go down to a lower place;

Abate - to become less strong

Aggravate - to make something worse or more serious

Moderate- neither too much nor too little of something

Observe- notice or perceive something and register it as being significant.

Decrease- to become or to make something smaller or less

'Posthumously' is the correct spelling.

        'Believe' is the correct spelling.

Equilibrium is the correct spelling.

Encouragement is the correct spelling.

• The correct answer is option 4) i.e. Familiar

• Strange means unusual or unfamiliar.

•  Therefore, familiar is clearly its antonym.

•  Meanings of the remaining words:

Durable means 'strong and long-lasting."

Delicate means 'something that can be broken easily' (antonym of durable).

Unknown means unfamiliar or unusual (synonym of strange).

• The correct answer is option (2)

• Vacate means to move out of a dwelling, an office or position.

Holiday is a day declared free from work.

• To occupy is to fill some place or a position.

• To discharge is to leave a position or to relieve of an office or hospital.

• Abandon means to give up or surrender.

From above explanations we can say that the words vacate and occupy are opposite in meaning.