Chapter 1
Chapter 1
One. She hadn't eaten all day, and by the time she got home she was .
a. blighted b. confutative c. ravenous d. ostentatious e. blissful
Two. The movie offended many of the parents of its younger viewers by including unnecessary in the dialogue.
a. vulgarity b. verbosity c. vocalizations d. garishness e. tonality
Three. His neighbors found his manner bossy and irritating, and they stopped inviting him to backyard barbeques.
a. insentient b. magisterial c. reparatory d. restorative e. modest
Four. Rajendra is always about showing up for work because he feels that tardiness is a sign of irresponsibility.
a. legible b. tolerable c. punctual d. literal e. belligerent
Five. Garvit would her little sister into an argument by teasing her and calling her names.
a. advocate b. provoke c. perforate d. lamentate e. expunge
Six. The dress Anuradha wore with small, glassy beads, creating a shimmering effect.
a. titillated d. acceptable e. acute
Eleven. Prince Ram Pratap had to choose: marry the woman he loved and his right to the throne, or marry Lady Gaytri and inherit the crown.
a. reprimand c. enterprising d. chivalrous e. irreverent
Sixteen. With her eyesight, Radha spotted a trio of deer on the hillside and she reduced the speed of her car.
a. inferior b. keen c. impressionable d. ductile e. conspiratorial a. jaundiced b. nefarious c. stereotypical d. sentimental e. impartial
Eighteen. Her display of tears at work did not impress her new boss, who felt she should try to control her emotions.
a. maudlin b. meritorious c. precarious d. plausible e. schematic
Nineteen. Anil argued, "If you know about a crime but don't report it, you are in that crime because you allowed it to happen."
a. acquitted b. steadfast c. tenuous d. complicit e. nullified
Twenty. The authorities, fearing a_of their power, called for a military state in the hopes of restoring order.
a. subversion b. premonition c. predilection d. infusion e. inversion
Solutions
Solutions
One. c.
Ravenous (adj.) means extremely hungry.
Two. a. Vulgarity (n.) means offensive speech or conduct. Three. b.
Magisterial (adj.) means overbearing or offensively self-assured.
Four. c.
Punctual (adj.) means arriving exactly on time.
Five. b.
To provoke (v.) is to incite anger or resentment; to call forth a feeling or action.
Six. c.
To scintillate (v.) means to emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light, creating a shimmering effect; to sparkle.
Seven. d.
To necessitate (v.) means to make necessary, especially as a result.
Eight. c.
To abet (v.) means to assist, encourage, urge, or aid, usually an act of wrongdoing.
Nine. d.
Prolific (adj.) means abundantly creative.
Ten. c.
Galling (adj.) means irritating, annoying, or exasperating.
Eleven. c.
To abdicate (v.) means to formally relinquish or surrender power, office, or responsibility.
Twelve. d.
Volition (n.) means accord; an act or exercise of will.
Thirteen. a.
Malodorous (adj.) means having a foul-smelling odor.
Fourteen. e.
Fetid (adj.) means having a foul or offensive odor, putrid.
Fifteen. e.
Irreverent (adj.) means lacking respect or seriousness; not reverent.
Sixteen. b.
Keen (adj.) means being extremely sensitive or responsive; having strength of perception.
Seventeen. b.
Nefarious (adj.) means wicked, vicious, or evil.
Eighteen. a.
Maudlin (adj.) means excessively and weakly sentimental or tearfully emotional.
Nineteen. d.
Complicit (adj.) means participating in or associated with a questionable act or a crime.
Twenty. a.
Subversion (n.) means an overthrow, as from the foundation.
One. The teacher must . The unique style of a learner in order to it to the desired knowledge.
(a)advocate, direct
(b)perpetuate, develop
(c) appreciate, focus
(d) absorb, maintain
(e)discover, harness
Two. Not all countries benefit from liberalisation. The benefits tend to first to the advantaged and to those with the right education to be able to benefit from the opportunities presented.
(a)equally, generate
(b)richly, downgrade
(c)suitably, ascribe
(d) uniformly, percolate
(e) Judiciously facilitate
Three. He has sense of words. Therefore, the sentence he constructs are always with rich meaning.
(a)profound, pregnant
(b)distinguished, loaded
(c)terrific, tempted
(d)meaningful, full
(e)outstanding, consistent
Four. He was an musician, had been awarded the George Medal during the second world war and with the title of Rai Bahadur.
(a)outstanding, popularise
(b)underestimated, declared
(c)accomplished, honored
(d)impressive, assigned
(e)obdurate, proclaimed
Five. Whether it be shallow or not, commitment is the the bedrock of any loving relationship.
(a) expression, perfunctory
(b) foundation, genuinely
(c)manifestation, deep
(d)key, alarmingly
(e)basis, absorbing
Six. Many people take spirituality very seriously and about those who don't worrying about them and them to believe
(a)think, criticising
(b)pride, appraising
(c)rationalise, enabling
(d)wonder, prodding
(e)ponder, venturing
Seven. Unless new reserves are found soon the worlds supply of coal is being in such a way that with demand continuing to grow at present rates, reserves will be by the year two thousand fifty
(a) consumed, completed
(b) depleted, exhausted
(c) reduced, argument
(d)burnt, destroyed
(e)utilized, perished
Eight. If you are a you tend to respond to stressful situations, in a calm, secure, steady and way.
(a)resilient, rational
(b)obdurate, manageable
(c)propitious, stable
(d)delectable, flexible
(e) supportive, positive
Nine. Management can be defined as the process of organizational goals by working with and through human and nonhuman resources to improve value added to the world.
(a) getting, deliberately
(b)managing, purposefully
(c)targeting, critically
(d)realizing, dialectically
(e)reaching, continuously
Ten. If you are an introvert, you to prefer working alone and, if possible, will . towards projects where you can work by yourself or with as few people as possible.
(a) like, depart
(b) advocate, move
(c)tend, gravitate
(d) express, attract
(e) feel, follow
Eleven. The playing of loud music has led the angry residents of this vicinity to file a police complaint and move court against the organisers lack of for the peoples need for a peaceful neighborhood.
(a)peaceful, thought
(b)abrupt, hope
(c)incessant, consideration
(d)fashionable, friendliness
(e)intermittent, interpretation
Twelve. The of the chronic balance of payments deficit which has the Finance Ministry under three Prime Ministers is very real.
(a)temptation, reviled
(b)understanding, menaced
(c)impact, underestimated
(d)obligation, blessed
(e)dilemma, plagued
Thirteen. Britain for the present, is deeply in economic troubles, and the economic future, heavily looks uncertain.
(a)engrossed, responsive
(b)ingrained, skeptical
(c)saturate, enveloped
(d)mired, mortgaged
(e)restrained, participative
Fourteen. Belief that, the free of ideas, people and cultures is essential to the of a democratic society.
(a)selection, concurrence
(b)interchange, preservation
(c)reversal, upholding
(d)dissemination, congruence
(e)distinction, design
Fifteen. As this country has become more industrial and inter nationalized, it has like all Western democracies, experienced a necessary increase in the of the executive.
(a)urbanized, role
(b)objective, wealth
(c)synthesized, efficiency
(d)civilized, convenience
(e)concretized, vision
Sixteen. More is . of conditions of the tribal's in Maharashtra than conditions of those in the other parts of the country.
(a)certain, the
(b)known, of
(c) aware, of
(d)favorable, those
(e)uncertain, all
Seventeen. Although is not a very desirable feeling, We need a certain amount of it to well.
(a)anxiety, exist
(b)grief, enjoy
(c) impatience, preach
(d)anger, define
(e)jealousy, bad
Eighteen. Although he is a person, he occasionally loses his
(a) quiet, power
(b)cheerful, grief
(c) balanced, temper
(d)thoughtful, anxiety
(e)generous, wealthy
Nineteen. In a tone me leaner made a powerful to the mob.
(a)realistic, zeal
(b) lower, conviction
One. The story's bitter antagonist felt such great_for all of the other characters that as a result, his life was very lonely and he died alone.
d. propulsive e. indisputable Six. Prem's tone endeared him to his comical friends, but irritated his serious father.
a. proficient
Fifteen. Such a violation of school policy should be punished by nothing less than expulsion.
a. copious e. taboo Twenty. She reached the of her career with her fourth novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
a. harbinger b. apogee c. metamorphosis d. dictum e. synthesis