Directions(1-15):In each of the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence, there are five options and each blank is to be filled with the same word given below to make the sentence correct. Fill up the sentences with the correct word.
Q1. (I) If I receive ………… service in a restaurant, I generally will not return to that establishment.
(II) I hope the medicine is not causing you to be sleepy and …………
(a) healthy
(b) filthy
(c) lackadaisical
(d) flabbergasted
(e) hackneyed
Sol. lackadaisical- lazy; showing no interest
Q2. (I) There are ………. passages in the system, but it is now rapidly becoming a major thoroughfare.
(II) Though these reasons were very insufficient and ………, no one made any rejoinder.
(a) pinnacle
(b) bewildered
(c) exasperated
(d) amaze
(e) obscure
Sol. obscure- hidden or out of sight
Q3. (I) He had the imagination that invested with personal being and ethical qualities the most ……… notions.
(II) This investigation was first published in 1824 and in ……… and difficult form, and afterwards (1826) more elaborately in the first volume of Crelle’s Journal.
(a) whimsical
(b) abstruse
(c) violent
(d) tranquil
(e) moderate
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Sol. abstruse- hard to understand
Q4. (I) Moreover, his attention was engaged on studies which ultimately led to his doctrine of ……… heat.
(II) While possessing considerable gifts of mind and a ……… fund of energy, he seldom acted or reflected until the favorable moment had passed.
(a) latent
(b) vague
(c) opaque
(d) obvious
(e) stigmatic
Sol. latent- hidden
Q5. (I) I’m sure God has forgiven their little transgressions and the two of them are ……… for their actions.
(II) At the airport, the meter registers nine pounds, and of course he had said six or seven. I have a sense now of his feeling somewhat ………, or perhaps only abashed.
(a) pardoning
(b) contrary
(c) contrite
(d) trite
(e) alleged
Sol. contrite- sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow; apologetic
Q6. (I) The ………. defiance was so sweetly uttered, he didn’t know how to respond.
(II) Sofia watched, astonished at the ……… display, and almost didn’t prep herself for her first encounter.
(a) combative
(b) cacophonous
(c) bold
(d) blatant
(e) belligerent
Sol. blatant- disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly
Q7. (I) So long as they were powerful, the crown had treated with them, but when once their power began to …….., it was certain that the crown would crush them.
(II) These latter are few in number, and some of them barely suffice for purposes of agricultural irrigation, and in summer ……….. down to small nills.
(a) weak
(b) dwindle
(c) fragile
(d) demolish
(e) swindle
Sol. dwindle– to decrease or shrink; reduce
Q8. (I) He ……….. his last remaining strength, took hold of his left hand with his right, and reached the bushes.
(II) Lethington was to be tried, but his armed friends ……… in great numbers, and, secure in the castle, he and Kirkcaldy upheld the cause of Mary.
(a) contributed
(b) approached
(c) formed
(d) mobbed
(e) mustered
Sol. mustered- gathered
Q9. (I) She ………. into the food on her plate, discovering that Brandon wasn’t bragging about his mother’s cooking.
(II) She shivered despite her lamb’s wool coat, her hands ……….. deep into pockets that contained weapons.
(a) hidden
(b) drowned
(c) sank
(d) plunged
(e) kept
Sol. plunged– the act of submerging
Q10. (I) Let every one mind his own business, and ……….. to be what he was made.
(II) Do not stay to be an overseer of the poor, but ……….. to become one of the worthies of the world.
(a) endeavor
(b) enthusiasm
(c) strife
(d) attempt
(e) try
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Sol. endeavor– efforts
Q11. (I) Wynn’s breath caught at the stark pronouncement from the ………… deity.
(II) These ………. speeches were all that the multitudes got, but the disciples in private were taught their lesson of hope.
(a) roaring
(b) bombastic
(c) enigmatic
(d) ill-famed
(e) barbarous
Sol. enigmatic– maze; difficult to understand
Q12. (I) If driven over hard they ……….. to the towns, where hands were needed as much as in the countryside, or migrated to districts where the statute was laxly administered.
(II) There upon he ……….. by night, and took sanctuary in the abbey of Beaulieu.
(a) eluded
(b) eloped
(c) abstained
(d) absconded
(e) vanished
Sol. abscond- to flee
Q13. (I) Pierre walked along, looking from side to side, counting his steps in threes, and ……….. them off on his fingers.
(II) But what then is to be made of the above ………… when it was taken over by the Apocalyptist who wrote in Domitian’s reign ?
(a) reckoning
(b) beckoning
(c) writing
(d) hiding
(e) maintaining
Sol. reckoning– the action of calculating or estimating
Q14. (I) Among the other invertebrate groups there is also a large proportion of …….. species.
(II) Most notable of all, yellow fever was eradicated where it had been ………. for centuries.
(a) epidemic
(b) endemic
(c) endangered
(d) prevailing
(e) residing
Sol. endemic– native to particular area or culture
Q15. (I) During the dry season the climate is healthy, but dysentery and ………. fever are not uncommon.
(II) By reason of their ……… action they are only suited for use in driving galleries or in pillar-and-stall workings.
(a) intermittent
(b) internment
(c) scattered
(d) rapidly
(e) drastic
Sol. intermittent- stopping and starting at intervals
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