GATE 2017 CS (CS2) – Question 1

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Choose the pair of words that are NOT synonyms.

aversion, dislike
luminous, radiant
plunder, loot
yielding, resistant

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Correct answer: (D) yielding, resistant

Explanation

Aversion and dislike both mean antipathy; luminous and radiant describe emitting light; plunder and loot mean steal by force. Yielding means giving way, whereas resistant means opposing or refusing to give way. Therefore D contains the nonsynonyms.

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