SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 18 September 2025, Shift 2 · English Comprehension · Question 8 of 100

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Choose the correct one-word substitute for: “To leave suddenly and hurriedly”.

(a)Abscond
(b)Perambulate
(c)Circumambulate
(d)Loiter

Answer

Why

Correct — A. To abscond is to depart suddenly and secretly, especially to escape debt or the law.

Abscond is the option that means leaving. The other three describe walking about or staying put → option (a).

Its Latin root, abscondere, means 'to hide, put out of sight', from ab, 'away', and condere, 'to store'.

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Perambulate — Perambulate means to walk about, roam or stroll through a place. It is unhurried movement, and it involves no departure.
(c)
Circumambulate — Circumambulate means to walk all the way round something, especially as a ritual. The walk ends where it began, so it is not a departure.
(d)
Loiter — Loiter means to stand about idly instead of moving on. It is the reverse of leaving in a hurry.

Concept

A one-word substitution turns on the definition's key action. Here the action is leaving, done suddenly and in haste.

Perambulate and Circumambulate share Latin ambulare, 'to walk', with per- 'through' and circum- 'around'. Both describe walking, not leaving. Loiter describes lingering.

Abscond is the lone departure word, as in: The cashier absconded with the takings.

The stem gives only part of the word's sense. Abscond also carries secrecy, and especially escape from debt or the law. 'Suddenly and hurriedly' is a looser gloss, but none of the other options involves leaving at all.

Key facts

Abscond means to depart suddenly and secretly, especially to escape debt or the law.
It comes from Latin abscondere, 'to hide, put out of sight'.
Perambulate and circumambulate come from Latin ambulare, 'to walk'.
Loiter means to stand about idly instead of moving on.

Study next

Verbs of hasty departure, such as decamp, bolt and fleeWords from Latin ambulare, such as amble, ambulatory and somnambulistThe prefixes per- 'through' and circum- 'around', as in permeate and circumnavigate

Common traps

Picking Perambulate or Circumambulate because both describe movement, when neither involves leaving
Rejecting Abscond because the definition mentions only haste, not secrecy or escape from the law

The same one-word-substitute format appears at 12 Sep 2025, 09:00, English Q.6, where 'An official reprimand or strong criticism' is keyed Censure.

19 Sep 2025, 09:00, English Q.8 asks it for 'A government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal', keyed Kleptocracy.

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