SSC CHSL 2025 PYQ — Question 5

SSC CHSL - 19 Nov 2025 - Shift 2 • English • Q5

Select the most appropriate synonym of the word: PALIMPSESTIC

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The word "palimpsestic" relates to a palimpsest, which is a manuscript page from which the text has been scraped or washed off to be reused for another document, though traces of the original writing often remain. Therefore, it means something that has multiple layers of meaning or history, with earlier layers visible beneath the surface of later ones. "Layered" is the most appropriate synonym among the choices.