Directions: Choose appropriate meaning of the words in bold as per their contextual use.

There was an unfortunate disparity between his ambitions and his ability.

Disparity means a significant difference or inequality between two things. Here, it refers to the mismatch between what he wants to achieve and what he can actually do. 'Dissimilarity' is too mild, 'awkwardness' means lack of skill, and 'dependency' means reliance - none capture the sense of problematic gap between ambition and ability.