NDA (I) 2021 General Ability Test · Question 3 of 149

Correct — B, bemoaning. To 'lament' is to express grief, sorrow or regret over something, and to 'bemoan' is to mourn or complain about with sorrow, so 'bemoaning' matches 'lamenting' most closely.

• (a)celebrating — 'Celebrating' means rejoicing over something happy — the opposite of the sorrow in 'lamenting'.
• (c)blaming — 'Blaming' means holding someone responsible for a fault; a lament expresses grief, not accusation.
• (d)making — 'Making' means creating or producing; it has no connection with expressing sorrow over one's destiny.

A synonym item — 'lamenting' means grieving or mourning over something, and 'bemoaning' expresses that same sorrowful complaint.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'mourn'.

  • (a)grieve
  • (b)boast
  • (c)ignore
  • (d)praise

  Answer(a) grieve — to 'mourn' is to feel or show sorrow, which 'grieve' captures.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'wail'.

  • (a)laugh
  • (b)lament
  • (c)whisper
  • (d)argue

  Answer(b) lament — to 'wail' is to cry out in grief, close to 'lament'.