KPMG Past Questions And Answers


From the words lettered A to E, Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the emboldened word


246)

ETIOLATE


EXPLANATION
Etiolate: pale and weak especially because of lack of light
A) Relegate: to give somebody or something a lower or less importance rank, task
or state
B) Facilitate: to make something especially an action or a process, easy or easier
C) Clean: free from dirt
D) Stain: to leave or make colored patches or dirty marks on something especially
one that is difficult to remove
E) Discuss: to talk or write about something
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (D)

247)

FIASCO


EXPLANATION
Fiasco: a complete and ridiculous failure
A) Production: the action of manufacturing, growing, extracting things especially
in large quantities
B) Gamut: the complete range or scale of something
C) Analysis: the study of something by examining its parts and their relationship
D) Success: the achievement of a desire aim, or of fame, wealth or social position
E) Allegory: a story, play, picture etc in which the character and event are meant
as symbols, representing e.g. patience, truth or envy
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (D)

248)

ENCOMIUM


EXPLANATION
Encomium: formal word of praise
A) Censure: to criticize somebody severely; disapproval
B) Invoke: to use something or somebody as an authority for doing or arguing
something
C) Sequence: asset of events, numbers, actions, etc, in which each follows the one
before continuously or in a particular order
D) Coherence: logical or consistent; easy to understand; clear
E) Paradox: a person, thing or situation that has two contrary features and is
therefore rather strange
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS A

249)

VOCIFERATE


EXPLANATION
Vociferate: noisy and forceful in expressing one’s feelings and opinions
A) Turgid: elaborate and difficult to understand
B) Listen: to make an effort to hear somebody or something
C) Resurgent: reviving after a period of little activity, poor performance, lack of
popularity
.D) Rapacity: greed, especially for money
E) Vilify: to say unpleasant or insulting things about somebody
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (B)
 

250)

EMPYREAN


EXPLANATION
Empyrean: the highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to contain the pure
element of fire
A) Amenity: a feature or facility of a place that makes life there easy or pleasant
B) Corpulent: (of a person) fat
C) Exonerate: to declare somebody free from blame
D) Hellish: extremely unpleasant
E) Indolent: lazy
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (D)