Verbal Ability - Synonyms - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Synonyms - Section 2 (Q.No. 76)
Directions to Solve
In each of the sentences given below a word is printed in bold. Below it four choices are given. Pick up the one which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printer in bold and can replaces it without altering the meaning of the sentence.
76.
When I look back over there wartime years I cannot help feeling that time is an inadequate and even capricious measure of their duration at one moment they seem so long, at another so short.
Discussion:
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Viraj said:
1 decade ago
According to most of the dictionaries capricious means unpredictable or fickle. Whimsical is partially correct but unpredictable seems more correct & appropriate.
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Ajit Singh said:
1 decade ago
Will any one elobarate please?
Mohit said:
1 decade ago
Capricious means unconventional or freakish. So whimsical is correct answer.
Neha said:
1 decade ago
Why not option C and D, capricious also means erratic and unpredictable? can anyone explain why we choose only B?
Sup said:
1 decade ago
Whimsical means?
Riri said:
7 years ago
Unpredictable should be the most accurate answer for this.
Dilip said:
4 years ago
Whimsical means? Explain it.
Steve Rogers said:
1 year ago
Erratic is a synonym of capricious. It's not whimsical.
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