MBA CET 2025 Vocabulary Actual Questions

MBA CET 2025: Verbal Ability & Vocabulary Mastery

MBA CET 2025: Vocab Actual Words

Instructions: Select the correct meaning, synonym, or appropriate word for the given terms.
Q1. Choose the meaning of the word: VITUPERATE
  • A) To praise highly
  • B) To abuse verbally
  • C) To change rapidly
  • D) To restore health
  • E) To act swiftly
Meaning: Vituperate = To abuse verbally or censure severely.
Q2. Choose the meaning of the word: SESQUIPEDALIAN
  • A) A fast runner
  • B) Very small
  • C) Long-worded
  • D) Related to feet
  • E) Short-tempered
Meaning: Sesquipedalian = Characterized by long words; long-winded.
Q3. Choose the meaning of the word: PULCHRITUDINOUS
  • A) Extremely weak
  • B) Beautiful
  • C) Very brave
  • D) Dull or dark
  • E) Wise
Meaning: Pulchritudinous = Having great physical beauty.
Q4. Choose the meaning of the word: ELEGIAC
  • A) Full of energy
  • B) Mournful
  • C) Highly skilled
  • D) Ancient
  • E) Confused
Meaning: Elegiac = Mournful, sad, or resembling an elegy.
Q5. Choose the opposite of the word: FIENDISH
  • A) Cruel
  • B) Devilish
  • C) Smart
  • D) Sympathetic
  • E) Wicked
Context: Fiendish means extremely cruel or wicked. Sympathetic is the best opposite.
Q6. Choose the meaning of the word: CONTRITE
  • A) Argumentative
  • B) Remorseful
  • C) Brief
  • D) Arrogant
  • E) Solid
Meaning: Contrite = Penitent/Remorseful for one’s sins or shortcomings.
Q7. Choose the meaning of the word: NESCIENCE
  • A) Knowledge
  • B) Science
  • C) Ignorance
  • D) Silence
  • E) Skill
Meaning: Nescience = Lack of knowledge; ignorance (Non-science).
Q8. Choose the meaning of the word: SANGUINE
  • A) Optimistic
  • B) Depressed
  • C) Nervous
  • D) Aggressive
  • E) Pale
Meaning: Sanguine = Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.
Q9. Choose the meaning of the word: EUPHEMISM
  • A) Harsh insult
  • B) Mild substitute for harsh words
  • C) Religious chant
  • D) Fear of words
  • E) Overstatement
Meaning: Euphemism = An innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant.
Q10. Choose the meaning of the word: ACME
  • A) Bottom
  • B) Middle
  • C) Pinnacle
  • D) Beginning
  • E) Depth
Meaning: Acme = Peak or Pinnacle; the point at which someone or something is best/most successful.
Q11. Choose the meaning of the word: CURMUDGEON
  • A) A friendly person
  • B) Bad-tempered person
  • C) An adventurer
  • D) A scholar
  • E) A musician
Meaning: Curmudgeon = A bad-tempered or surly person.
Q12. Choose the meaning of the word: STRATIFIED
  • A) Flattened
  • B) Arranged in layers
  • C) Mixed randomly
  • D) Highly complex
  • E) Deeply felt
Meaning: Stratified = Formed or arranged in layers or classes.
Q13. Choose the meaning of the word: INDIGENT
  • A) Angry
  • B) Very poor
  • C) Indigenous
  • D) Wealthy
  • E) Talented
Meaning: Indigent = Lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy.
Q14. Choose the opposite of the word: CORPOREAL
  • A) Physical
  • B) Spiritual
  • C) Bodily
  • D) Solid
  • E) Tangible
Context: Corporeal relates to a person’s body. Spiritual/Intangible is the best opposite.
Q15. Choose the meaning of the word: SAVANT
  • A) A beginner
  • B) A learned person
  • C) A criminal
  • D) A servant
  • E) A traveler
Meaning: Savant = A person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
Q16. Choose the meaning of the word: EMANCIPATION
  • A) Slavery
  • B) Liberation
  • C) Imprisonment
  • D) Education
  • E) Wealth
Meaning: Emancipation = The process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
Q17. Choose the meaning of the word: MALICE
  • A) Kindness
  • B) Ill-will
  • C) Speed
  • D) Honesty
  • E) Care
Meaning: Malice = The intention or desire to do evil; ill-will.
Q18. Choose the meaning of the word: TROUNCE
  • A) To surrender
  • B) To defeat decisively
  • C) To run away
  • D) To play a game
  • E) To build something
Meaning: Trounce = To defeat heavily in a contest.
Q19. Choose the meaning of the word: LAMBASTE
  • A) To cook thoroughly
  • B) To criticize severely
  • C) To praise gently
  • D) To dance
  • E) To join together
Meaning: Lambaste = To scold or criticize severely.
Q20. Choose the meaning of the word: HOMICHLOPHOBIA
  • A) Fear of water
  • B) Fear of heights
  • C) Fear of fog
  • D) Fear of spiders
  • E) Fear of fire
Meaning: Homichlophobia = An irrational fear of fog.
Q21. Choose the meaning of the word: AICHMOPHOBIA
  • A) Fear of heights
  • B) Fear of darkness
  • C) Fear of animals
  • D) Fear of sharp objects
  • E) Fear of blood
Meaning: Aichmophobia = A morbid fear of sharp or pointed objects (like needles or knives).
Q22. Choose the meaning of the word: ANTHROPHOBIA
  • A) Fear of books
  • B) Fear of people
  • C) Fear of gravity
  • D) Fear of animals
  • E) Fear of open spaces
Meaning: Anthrophobia = Fear of people or human company (Homo sapiens).
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