Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has a blank space and four words or groups of words are given after the sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group of words which you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.

To the dismay of all the students, the class monitor was _____berated by the Principal at a school assembly.

  1. critically

  2. ignominiously

  3. prudently

  4. fortuitously
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The word ignominiously means in a way that causes public disgrace or shame, which fits the context of a student being berated at a school assembly. Critically, prudently, and fortuitously do not carry the connotation of public humiliation required by the sentence.

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