Directions:

Each sentence below has one or two blanks. Each blank shows that something has been omitted. Under each sentence five words are given as choice. Choose the one correct word for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentences as a whole.

1. The fact that the____ of confrontation is no longer as popular as it once was____progress in race relations.
A. insidiousness … reiterates
B. practice … inculcates
C. glimmer … foreshadows
D. technique … presages
E. reticence … indicates

Ans : D
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2. A child should not be ____ as being either very shy or over aggressive.
A. categorized
B. instructed
C. intoned
D. distracted
E. refrained

Ans : A
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3. President Anwar el – Sadat of Egypt, disregarding ____ criticism in the Alab world and in his own Government, ____ accepted prime minister Menahem Begin’s invitation to visit Israel in order to address the Israeli parliament.
A. acrimonious … formally
B. blemished … stiffly
C. categorical … previously
D. malignant … plaintively
E. charismatic … meticulously

Ans : A
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4. In his usual ____ manner, he had insured himself against this type of loss.
A. pensive
B. providential
C. indifferent
D. circumspect
E. caustic

Ans : D
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5. We never believed that he would resort to ____ in order to achieve his goal; we always regarded him as a … man.
A. charm … insincere
B. necromancy … pietistic
C. logic … honorable
D. prestidigitation … articulate
E. subterfuge … honest

Ans : E
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6. ANGLE : DEGREE
A. area : square inch
B. milk : quart
C. society : classes
D. letter : alphabet
E. time : minutes

Ans : A
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7. CONFIRMED : INVETERATE
A. knowledge : supposed
B. financial : bankrupt
C. immature : callow
D. credible : incredible
E. careful: punishing

Ans : B
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8. LULLABY : BARCAROLE
A. birth : marriage
B. night : morning
C. cradle : gondola
D. song : poem
E. carol : sonneteer

Ans : C
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9. ZOOLOGY : ANIMALS
A. ecology : pollution
B. botany : plants
C. chemistry : atoms
D. history : people
E. mathematics : geometry

Ans : B
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10. DORY : VAN
A. dairy     : cow
B. fish       : vehicle
C. freighter: caisson
D. runners : wheels
E. danish   : Dutch

Ans  : C