Directions (1-6): For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word/phrase from the alternatives that is most the appropriate substitute in the given context and mark its number as your answer.
Q1. Apace: Development on the project continued apace.
(a) ploddingly
(b) swiftly
(c) slow
(d) tardily
(e) delinquently
Q2.Blithe: He showed blithe disregard for the rights of others.
(a) troubled
(b) morose
(c) beneath
(d) sad
(e) heedless
Q3. Fervent: It is his fervent hope that a peaceful solution will soon be found.
(a) favorite
(b) apathetic
(c) frigid
(d) intense
(e) similar
Q4.Wrath: These buildings somehow survived the hurricane’s wrath.
(a) gab
(b) glib
(c) glee
(d) anger
(e) sincere
Q5. Tidings : They brought tidings of a great victory
(a) ignorance
(b) trio
(c) news
(d) minute
(e) central
Q6.Tenebrous: It is a tenebrous night with no moon
(a) bright
(b) dark
(c) relevant
(d) dropped
(e) inviting
Directions (7-15): In each of the following questions five options are given, of which one word is most nearly same in meaning to the given word in the question. Find the correct option having the same meaning.
Q7. Sempiternal
(a) eternal
(b) complex
(c) finite
(d) cease
(e) mutable
Q8. Pulchritude
(a) introduced
(b) noble
(c) beauty
(d) power
(e) Defender
Q9. Satire
(a) suggestion
(b) opposite
(c) grand
(d) ridicule
(e) entered
Q10. Pellucid
(a) pillar
(b) lucid
(c) misty
(d) plight
(e) tinted
Q11. Nescient
(a) heed
(b) taught
(c) ignorant
(d) sentient
(e) cognizant
Q12. Lambent
(a) obscured
(b) murky
(c) flickering
(d) palish
(e) lame
Q13. Stygian
(a) effulgent
(b) dark
(c) resplendent
(d) optimistic
(e) style
Q14. Impuissant
(a) potent
(b) possible
(c) powerless
(d) adequate
(e) imposter
Q15. Dulcify
(a) incite
(b) sweeten
(c) agitate
(d) worry
(e) upset
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